Goal of Italia '90 (Goonersweb)

Title: Goal of Italia '90

Rors - May 10, 2008 06:40 PM (GMT)

Been warming up for June by zooming around Youtube for tournament related stuff today, and came across this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNniIoF5U0

Two scary things:

1) the comment that Italia 90 was the greatest tournament ever :haha:
2) the fact I knew every word of commentary for Baggio's goal :unsure:

I'd actually go for Matthaus' from that selection, but where's Scifo's against Uruguay!?

Remember the competition is over, so please do not phone in as you may still be charged.... :getcoat:

Rors - May 10, 2008 06:48 PM (GMT)

Or indeed Brehme against Holland. I suppose they forgot anything else happened in that game other than Rijkaard thinking even a mighty mullet like Vollers' was just missing a certain something....

Synergetic - May 10, 2008 06:52 PM (GMT)

About a half of the goals from that selection were pretty shit. That Uruguay goal was quite good.

Grimandi's Perm - May 10, 2008 06:59 PM (GMT)

My overriding memory of Italia 90 is this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5zwamZZ-w8 :whistle:

Cripps - May 10, 2008 07:10 PM (GMT)

The first world cup i ever watched and still the best ive seen

Synergetic - May 10, 2008 07:17 PM (GMT)

Just been searching up articles on Italia '90. Came across this:

QUOTE (The Guardian)

Nessun Dorma and Italia 1990 were the greatest

Pavarotti's death brings flooding back memories of the moment that high and popular culture collided.

Italia 1990 was the best World Cup in my lifetime, and not least because of Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma. It may have been mercilessly parodied and ridiculed for its mass, housewife CD-buying popularity but it was the tournament's greatest ever TV theme.

I was 15-years-old and was not particularly interested in football until the tournament but those finals in Italy hopelessly hooked me for life. Now I might get a bit of flak for this but we have become cynical about Nessun Dorma: as a teenager it helped articulate the pain and the glory of the beautiful game and football creep into my soul.

What a World Cup. Right from the start there was Cameroon, reduced to nine men but holding out to win the opening match against Argentina. There was Roger Milla's dance and there was the Salvatore Schillaci story and his crazed celebrations, with those bulging eyes.
There was Jack Charlton meeting the Pope. Voller and Rijkaard spitting.

And then there was Bobby Robson's England. David Platt's last-gasp spinning volley against Belgium and that epic semi-final defeat.

When Gary Lineker equalised against West Germany I ran around the living room like an idiot. And I cried almost as much as Gazza when Chris Waddle's penalty sailed into the Turin night.

Sure the final was a debacle, but at least the bad boy Argentinean team didn't win.

Italia 1990 was magnificent and the sentimental soup of it all was made all the greater for Nessun Dorma. And to cap it all, Italia 1990 also boasted England's greatest ever World Cup song: World in Motion.

Cripps - May 10, 2008 07:20 PM (GMT)

Agree fully with that.

Certainly the best ive seen.

1998 and 2006 were ok

1994 and 2002 were crap.

No surprise that the latter 2 were out of Europe

Rors - May 10, 2008 07:26 PM (GMT)

QUOTE (Grimandi's Perm @ May 10 2008, 06:59 PM)

My overriding memory of Italia 90 is this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5zwamZZ-w8 :whistle:

:bow:

The goal-kick 'cut-scene' in particular on the Mega Drive version was something to behold. And real players of a fashion too (albeit the 3 England strikers you could choose being 'Linker', 'Hately' and 'Charlton'!)

Wengervision - May 10, 2008 07:32 PM (GMT)

Where's the goal from Cameroon v Colombia when the keeper, "El Loco" Higuita loses the ball at midfield?

McNamara That Ghost... - May 10, 2008 07:32 PM (GMT)

Bring back Barry Davies, he'll make any tournament better!

Rors - May 10, 2008 07:33 PM (GMT)

QUOTE (McNamara That Ghost... @ May 10 2008, 07:32 PM)

Bring back Barry Davies, he'll make any tournament better!

:goodpost: :nanacheers:

Coca Kolo - May 10, 2008 10:01 PM (GMT)

QUOTE (McNamara That Ghost... @ May 10 2008, 07:32 PM)

Bring back Barry Davies, he'll make any tournament better!

:goodpost: :goodpost: :goodpost: :goodpost:

Rkane - May 11, 2008 01:01 AM (GMT)

QUOTE (Grimandi's Perm @ May 10 2008, 07:59 PM)

My overriding memory of Italia 90 is this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5zwamZZ-w8 :whistle:

Is that you talking? ;)

Rors - May 11, 2008 12:10 PM (GMT)

The 'other' Italia 90 tie-in game can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUJ9b-7qfJQ&feature=related

The best moment kicks in at 1min31.. :haha:

McNamara That Ghost... - May 11, 2008 12:18 PM (GMT)

What the hell happened? :haha:

Also, I am sure that was Hleb on the ball just after 47 seconds...

Synergetic - May 11, 2008 01:18 PM (GMT)

:haha:

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