Italia 90

[The Norfolk Blue]

1982 for me, the quarter-finals onwards particularly were just brilliant games of football

Anything up to us not qualifying in 94' is good for me .... after that I've been pretty non-plussed by it all.

I even think rooting for Scotland in 78' because Hartford & Donachie played for them was better than some of our showings since the turn of the Century.

 

[BLUEYESTU]

DH Gate are getting in on the build up to the World Cup and are selling replicas of all the different balls used. I’ve just ordered this beauty - probably my favourite ball ever (after the Champions League ball when we won of course).

 

[malg]

DH Gate are getting in on the build up to the World Cup and are selling replicas of all the different balls used. I’ve just ordered this beauty - probably my favourite ball ever (after the Champions League ball when we won of course).

The 1974 ball has never been bettered

 

[city5189]

First World cup I remember watching,England v Ireland was fun in our house,me supporting England and the rest of the family was Irish.
Baggios solo goal
Rikard spitting on voller
Cameroon dirty tackles on the argies
Platts last min volley v Belgium
Probably only 2nd to France 98 as my best world cup

 

[BLUEYESTU]

The 1974 ball has never been bettered

Yeah I do like that one, I’ve got it somewhere I think.

 

[Bobby the blue]

Watched another documentary the other night on sky about this. Was really well made.
I bought one of those Jekyll west Germany shirts a few years back. Quite possibly the smartest shirt ever made.

One thing I’ve thought of for a while is that while Italia 90 is seen as some amazing tournament that catapulted England back into the big time, when looking at the games and results there wasn’t really a standout performance like say v Holland in 96.

Draws against Ireland and Holland and a one nil win over Egypt.
Extra time v Belgium and Cameroon pushed us all the way. Lost against west Germany.

Maybe someone who was older at the time can give a better insight than me as I was a mere kid at the time

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

DH Gate are getting in on the build up to the World Cup and are selling replicas of all the different balls used. I’ve just ordered this beauty - probably my favourite ball ever (after the Champions League ball when we won of course).

Proper Nostalgia with that ball.

And ofcourse none of the stores had it in stock.. only the older ones from 70's and 80's!

BTW that was the 3rd world cup I watched but probably the one I remember the best as there were some ridiculous moments!

Cameroon 1 - Argentina 0 to start it off.
Then Pumpido getting injured and Goykachea being an absolutely unbelievable keeper for the rest of the tournament.

The Germans were honestly the best team but even they needed luck to win it all in the Semi and the Final.

And who can forget that crazy goalkeeper's scorpion kick!

I could never figure out how Schillachi was the standout player of the tournament other than.. he got into the correct positions!

 

[Lupo]

And who can forget that crazy goalkeeper's scorpion kick!

Rene Higuita?

That wasn't in the World Cup. Was a friendly between England and Colombia about 3 years later

Schillaci came out of nowhere for Italia 90. Think he'd had a good season for Palermo and earned a move to Juventus for after the WC. Came into the Italy side, not even a starter to begin with but ended as top scorer. After the WC his international career quickly ended. Played 16 goals in total for Italy and scored 7 goals, 6 of which were at that WC. Think he only played 4 more games after the WC.

Sadly died a couple of years ago