Soccer World Cup 1990 / Italy

The Italian national football team at the 1990 World Cup :

qualification

As the host of the World Cup, Italy was automatically qualified for the tournament.

Italian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Walter Zenga	Inter Milan	04/28/1960	7th	0	0	0
12	Stefano Tacconi	Juventus Turin	05/13/1957	0	0	0	0
22nd	Gianluca Pagliuca	Sampdoria Genoa	December 18, 1966	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Franco Baresi	AC Milan	05/08/1960	7th	0	0	0
3	Giuseppe Bergomi	Inter Milan	12/22/1963	7th	0	0	0
4th	Luigi De Agostini	Juventus Turin	04/07/1961	6th	0	1	0
5	Ciro Ferrara	SSC Naples	02/11/1967	1	0	0	0
6th	Riccardo Ferri	Inter Milan	08/20/1963	7th	0	1	0
7th	Paolo Maldini	AC Milan	06/26/1968	7th	0	0	0
8th	Pietro Vierchowod	Sampdoria Genoa	04/06/1959	3	0	0	0
midfield player
9	Carlo Ancelotti	AC Milan	06/10/1959	3	0	0	0
10	Nicola Berti	Inter Milan	04/14/1967	4th	0	2	0
11	Fernando De Napoli	SSC Naples	03/15/1964	6th	0	0	0
13	Giuseppe Giannini	AS Roma	08/20/1964	7th	1	1	0
14th	Giancarlo Marocchi	Juventus Turin	07/04/1965	0	0	0	0
17th	Roberto Donadoni	AC Milan	09.09.1963	5	0	0	0
striker
15th	Roberto Baggio	Juventus Turin	02/18/1967	5	2	1	0
16	Andrea Carnevale	AS Roma	01/12/1961	2	0	0	0
18th	Roberto Mancini	Sampdoria Genoa	11/27/1964	0	0	0	0
19th	Salvatore Schillaci	Juventus Turin	December 01, 1964	7th	6th	0	0
20th	Aldo Serena	Inter Milan	06/25/1960	3	1	0	0
21st	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria Genoa	07/09/1964	3	0	0	0
Trainer
	Azeglio Vicini		03/20/1933

Italian games at the 1990 World Cup

Preliminary round (Group A)

• Italy - Austria 1-0 - Goal: 1-0 Schillaci (78th minute)
• Italy 1-0 USA - Goal: 1-0 Giannini (11th minute)
• Italy 2-0 Czechoslovakia - Goals: 1-0 Schillaci (10th minute), 2-0 Baggio (78th minute)

Round of 16

• Italy 2-0 Uruguay - Goals: 1-0 Schillaci (65th minute), 2-0 Serena (83rd minute)

Quarter finals

• Italy 1-0 Ireland - Goal: 1-0 Schillaci (37th minute)

Semifinals

• Italy - Argentina 1: 1 ae, 3: 4 ae - Goals: 1: 0 Schillaci (17th minute), 1: 1 Caniggia (67th minute)
  • Shooters on penalties: 1-0 Baresi, 1-1 Serrizuela , 2-1 Baggio, 2-2 Burruchaga , 3-2 de Agostini, 3-3 Olarticoechea , Donadoni forgives, 3-4 Maradona , Serena forgives

Until the semi-finals, Italy relied on Schillaci goals and a strong defense. Caniggia was the first to beat Walter Zenga with a header. The defending champions Argentina had a penalty killer named Sergio Goycochea in the penalty shoot-out , who had already ensured that Argentina could advance to the semi-finals.

Third place game

• Italy 2-1 England - Goals: 1-0 Baggio (70th minute), 1: 1 Platt (80th minute), 2-1 Schillaci (85th minute from a penalty kick)