World Cup 1990
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Quiz! Can you name every country Diego Maradona faced in a World Cup?
By FourFourTwo Staff published
Quiz He played at four World Cups and he scored that goal - and that one - but who else did Diego face?
Ray Houghton on Italia 90: "Jack Charlton joked that we'd get to meet the Pope. Suddenly we're at the Vatican..."
By Leo Moynihan published
World Cup 1990 "Suits? Ireland didn't have suits!" In an interview from the FourFourTwo archive, Ray Houghton recalls how Jack Charlton and the Ireland squad prepared for a World Cup quarter-final
90 things we miss about football in the 1990s
By FourFourTwo Staff published
From John Barnes rapping to avian mascots scrapping, FFT recalls some of the players, teams, goals, matches, merchandise, moments and mayhem that made football in the '90s so great…
Back of the Net's alternative Italia '90: Popular opera, Shilts and the outlawing of Ireland
By John Foster last updated
Back of the Net Low scoring, cynicism, red cards and endless penalty shootouts mean Italia '90 is considered by most people to be the worst World Cup ever. Which just goes to show that most people are idiots...
Gary Lineker on Italia 90: "Really, it boiled down to Germany being jammy"
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 1990 The Golden Boot winner tells FFT that he doesn't mind not breaking England's all-time goalscoring record – his one regret is that the Three Lions didn’t go all the way in Italy
Ranked! The 10 best goals of Italia '90
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 1990 We round up the tournament's greatest net-ripplers: starring Milla, Platt, Caniggia and lots, lots more...
The biggest shock of Italia '90: when Cameroon axed Argentina
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 1990 Right from the start, Italia '90 had its fair share of noteworthy games – from cup shocks to clashing giants and an intrigue-filled derby clash
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