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1990 FIFA World Cup Italy ™

  • Teams: 24
  • When: 08 June 1990 to 08 July 1990
  • Final: 08 July 1990
  • Matches: 52
  • Goals Scored: 115 (average 2.2 per match)
  • Attendance: 2516215 (average 48388)
      • Winner: Germany FR
      • Runners-Up: Argentina
      • Third: Italy
      • Fourth: England
      • adidas Golden Ball: Salvatore SCHILLACI (ITA)
          • adidas Golden Shoe: Salvatore SCHILLACI (ITA)
              • Best Young Player Award: Robert PROSINECKI (CRO)
              • FIFA Fair Play award: England

Overview

Germany hit winning note as Italian chorus fades
When Lothar Matthaus lifted the FIFA World Cup for Germany, it was an undoubted triumph for Franz Beckenbauer, who became only the second winner of the trophy as both player and coach. If low on goals, Italy 1990 was certainly high on drama – from the feats of Italy's top scorer Toto Schillaci via the tears of England's Paul Gascoigne to the historic run of Roger Milla's Cameroon to the quarter-finals.

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    • Uncapped going into the tournament, Italy's Salvatore Schillaci bagged six of his seven career international goals to pocket the adidas Golden Shoe
    • In the Italy-Argentina semi-final, referee Michel Vautrot added eight minutes on at the end of first half extra time after forgetting about the time.
    • England's Peter Shilton kept his tenth FIFA World Cup™ clean sheet, while Italy's Walter Zenga went an unequalled 517 minutes without conceding.
    • Cameroon became the only side in history to top their group with a negative goal difference, two 1-0 wins preceding a 4-0 loss to the Soviet Union.
    • Just as they had done against Belgium as defending champions in 1982, holders Argentina lost 1-0 in their opener, this time to nine-man Cameroon.

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    Official poster 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy™
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