1990 World Cup was better than 2002 in more than just atmosphere. I’d have rather have a defensive minded tournament than a completely corrupted one.
Brazil vs Belgium from that World Cup was equally as bad. Wimots cleans goals called back. And Brazil vs Turkey was plain as day robbery as well.
I was 9. I watched it with my family, but I didn't really comprehend it.
EURO 92 was my first tournament where I started the football diet and watched every minute of every game, imitated players, idolized Flemming Povlsen (yes, out of all the players in the 92 EURO, Flemming Povlsen was my idol lol)...
But Italia '90 felt like a WC, even to a kid. It's not just about football, its about the complete circus following it.
Yes, the football was largely rubbish,but there was a buzz here with Italia 90, the culture and atmosphere were definitely there.
FIFA using the WC to "expand" and make money and appeal to non-traditional football countries can be portrayed as good or bad - but its a fact that the atmosphere in Japan and South Korea was definitely not up to par of Italia 90, France 98 or Germany 2006.
Another one from an unlikely goalscorer. Cracking hit (vuvuzela warning)
Disagree with 80s football. Socrates, Platini, Maradona, Zico, so many creative players.
It's in the 90s that football went full catenaccio and boring.
Maybe I'm a romantic, but that 82-86 France was beautiful football.
Can't remember many 90s teams playing nice football.
Can't remember many 90s teams playing nice football.
1990 was the last WC where the back pass to the GK was allowed was it not? Unbelievable the amount of time that was wasted with that crap.
GrossoAlessandro Del Piero's chip shot to finish off Germany in the semis in 2006