0:21:10 > 0:21:12In the endless summer of 1990,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15the 14th FIFA World Cup competition provoked a mass pilgrimage
0:21:15 > 0:21:18of footballers, fans and journalists to Italy.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20The setting could not have been more apt,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22with the strength of its domestic league,
0:21:22 > 0:21:24its long international traditions
0:21:24 > 0:21:26and its willingness to invest in football,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Italy had become the spiritual home of the modern game.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Among the first to arrive were the West German team,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35only fourth favourites behind Italy, Brazil and Holland
0:21:35 > 0:21:38despite their astonishing record of consistency in World Cup finals.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Twice winners, three times runners-up
0:21:41 > 0:21:44and three times semifinalists.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Perhaps it was the burden of history on Franz Beckenbauer,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50who had captained his country to World Cup victory in 1974,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54to win as manager would be an unprecedented feat.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59The tournament would also be a media event of unparalleled proportions
0:21:59 > 0:22:02and more than 7,000 journalists and photographers accredited.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03FANS CHANT
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Although a few press came expecting trouble,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Ferdinando Metsallani hoped that the players and not the police
0:22:09 > 0:22:11would provide the best photographs.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16With more than 200,000 supporters travelling, the risks were high,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20but none arrived with more good humour than the Irish.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22To this, their country's first-ever finals,
0:22:22 > 0:22:27the 20,000 Irish fans brought both a determination to enjoy themselves
0:22:27 > 0:22:29and to be enjoyed by others.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Que sera sera.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32FANS CHEER
0:22:41 > 0:22:43And while the tournament's referees
0:22:43 > 0:22:45dutifully inspected the places of worship...
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Not as good as Wembley. Wembley is beautiful now.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- Is so?- Oh, fantastic!- Only good?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54..His Holiness the Pope came to bless them,
0:22:54 > 0:22:55knowing that for four weeks
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Catholicism would have to take a back-seat
0:22:58 > 0:23:01to the world's foremost religion.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03MAN SPEAKS IN ITALIAN
0:23:03 > 0:23:06After the official welcomes from FIFA's President Havelange
0:23:06 > 0:23:11and Italy's Prime Minister Andreotti...the festival commenced.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13APPLAUSE
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Argentina, the champions of 1986,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21were still led by their tiny maestro Diego Maradona.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Would age and a succession of injuries
0:23:24 > 0:23:26diminish his magical powers?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Cameroon soon showed that they would be a test for anybody.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Undefeated in the 1982 tournament,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35they were now as fit, skilful and as hard
0:23:35 > 0:23:38as any European or South American side.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01In the 67th minute, five minutes after his brother had been sent off,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Omam-Biyik produced a stupendous salmon leap
0:24:04 > 0:24:08which left Pumpido handling the ball as it were a wriggling fish.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The world champions were a goal down.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Cameroon's celebrations reflected the team's amazement.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28The speed of Claudio Caniggia was Argentina's main threat
0:24:28 > 0:24:32until Benjamin Massing invited him to try it without legs.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Maradona made sure there would be a second red card for Cameroon.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49The 38-year-old veteran Roger Milla
0:24:49 > 0:24:52was brought on to keep Argentina occupied.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56And an astonishing victory was secured.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Maradona sought consolation in hailing the result
0:25:04 > 0:25:07as a symbolic defeat for racism.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09LAUGHTER
0:25:10 > 0:25:13But those who patronised Cameroon did so at their peril.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Another victory over Romania,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18two goals from Milla, took them to the second round
0:25:18 > 0:25:21for a match against the uncertain talents of Colombia in Naples.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37But as a stalemate developed
0:25:37 > 0:25:40the old warhorse Milla was sent into battle again.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53While one Colombian fan
0:25:53 > 0:25:56invoked ancient South American gods to help his team...
0:26:01 > 0:26:04...the game now needed extra time to find a quarterfinalist.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06The pressure built.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12Especially on Colombia's eccentric keeper Rene "El Loco" Higuita.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15While European managers agonised over their defensive systems,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Higuita's solution was to double up as an occasional sweeper.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23In the group match against West Germany,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Higuita's antics had only just escaped punishment
0:26:26 > 0:26:28with the referee coming to his rescue.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30CROWD WHISTLES
0:26:34 > 0:26:35MANIACAL LAUGHTER
0:26:37 > 0:26:39But when Milla finally put Cameroon ahead
0:26:39 > 0:26:41in the second period of extra time
0:26:41 > 0:26:45with a typically forceful finish, Higuita simply became a time bomb
0:26:45 > 0:26:48waiting to go off in the Colombian defence.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58In the 108th minute, he finally exploded into action.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Milla blasted the ball home
0:27:03 > 0:27:06and the only shrapnel was the egg on Higuita's face.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13While Milla wiggled, Higuita squirmed.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29The Cameroonians celebrated just as they played
0:27:29 > 0:27:31and despite a late Colombian goal,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33they became the first African side
0:27:33 > 0:27:37ever to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50While football may remember Higuita's bizarre exploits with a smile,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53they would be the stuff of nightmares for his team-mates.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56CHEERING
0:27:56 > 0:27:57For the Italian squad the challenge
0:27:57 > 0:28:02was to make the dreams of their 60 million fans reality.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Gianluca Vialli, the muscular striker from Sampdoria,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08was their main hope for goals in the first game.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Although Austria had the prolific Toni Polster to threaten.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Italy attacked from the start
0:28:13 > 0:28:15in dazzling contrast to their usual caution.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Vialli was soon risking his expensive legs.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Italy's approach work was thrilling,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41but Napoli's Carnevale squandered chances.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45His replacement by the virtually unknown Sicilian Schillaci
0:28:45 > 0:28:47seemed a desperate gamble.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Schillaci had had just one successful year in the top flight
0:28:51 > 0:28:54with Juventus and little international experience.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04But it took him just three minutes to shake off obscurity for ever.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09CHEERING
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Italy had found a saviour in Salvatore.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31# We're a thousand miles away
0:29:31 > 0:29:34# On the dawning of the day... #
0:29:36 > 0:29:39In their next match they faced the Americans.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Already thrashed 5-1 by the Czechs,
0:29:41 > 0:29:45the Americans had little more than the credibility
0:29:45 > 0:29:48of their status as 1994 hosts to play for.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Encouraged by Italy's fluent style in the opening game,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54a huge domestic TV audience tuned in,
0:29:54 > 0:29:56while Ferdinando and his colleagues
0:29:56 > 0:30:00loaded up to capture the expected goal rush.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06The challenge for American goalkeeper Tony Meola
0:30:06 > 0:30:10was double-edged - how could he possibly please his Italian father?
0:30:14 > 0:30:20# We will live and we will die beneath the flag. #
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Meola had little chance with Giannini's superbly taken goal
0:30:30 > 0:30:32after just 11 minutes.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33CHEERING
0:30:52 > 0:30:55And when Berti won a penalty in the 33rd minute
0:30:55 > 0:30:58it seemed the avalanche was crashing around Meola's head.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59WHISTLE
0:31:01 > 0:31:02CHEERING
0:31:02 > 0:31:04But the goalpost saved Vialli's penalty
0:31:04 > 0:31:07and Italy's swagger lost its confident stride.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Again the hit man Schillaci
0:31:14 > 0:31:19was sent on for the disappointing Carnevale, a striker firing blanks.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26SHUTTER CLICKS
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Italy swarmed around Meola,
0:31:30 > 0:31:33who stood up bravely and no doubt thought of Custer.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43But unlike Custer, America almost got a draw.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47With Italy struggling to close out the game America won a free kick.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54It took the seat of Zenga's shorts and a clearance by Ferri
0:31:54 > 0:31:57to prevent Vermes scoring a shock equaliser.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Italy had scraped their win
0:32:00 > 0:32:02but it took them through to the second round.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05America was out but had shown some promise for the future.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Indeed, Meola's display of the right stuff
0:32:07 > 0:32:10would later bring him the chance of a professional career in England
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and the result left his dad beaming.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Whilst Italy had laid on a feast of style with a famine of goals,
0:32:20 > 0:32:24West Germany faced Holland in the second round as leading scorers
0:32:24 > 0:32:26with ten goals in their three group matches,
0:32:26 > 0:32:29some of the highest quality.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Their powerhouse captain, Lothar Matthaus, led by example.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31With his two great goals against Yugoslavia and his non-stop running,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Matthaus has staked an early claim to be the player of the tournament,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37closely followed by striker Jurgen Klinsmann,
0:33:37 > 0:33:41a giraffe to look at but a gazelle in motion.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43These two and full-back Brehme
0:33:43 > 0:33:46played their club football for Inter Milan.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49With Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard from AC Milan
0:33:49 > 0:33:54there was an additional edge between two nations short on brotherly love for each other.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Within 20 minutes, this volatile mixture had begun to boil over
0:34:02 > 0:34:06as Rijkaard was booked for a crude foul on Rudi Voller.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Rijkaard then added disgraceful insult to injury
0:34:16 > 0:34:18by spitting on the German forward.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25Voller's complaints fell on deaf ears and earned him a booking.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29So an angry Voller quickly sought to take the law into his own hands.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Eventually referee Loustau of Argentina
0:34:50 > 0:34:54applied the wisdom of Solomon and dismissed both players.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Even then Rijkaard found time to repeat his contemptible behaviour.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02CHEERING
0:35:04 > 0:35:07No provocation could have justified it.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22With the poison drained however the game suddenly flowered into vibrant life.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Ruud Gullit Long absent through injury
0:35:25 > 0:35:27showed glimpses of his awesome talent.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32The Dutch grew in confidence.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39But nothing can beat a man at the height of his powers.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43In the 50th minute, Klinsmann swooped on Buchwald's cross
0:35:43 > 0:35:44to give Germany the lead.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Holland subsided into frustration
0:36:09 > 0:36:12with Van Basten, as pale in form as he is in complexion,
0:36:12 > 0:36:14taking it out on Matthaus.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16A booking was a sorry way to register his name
0:36:16 > 0:36:20in a World Cup which had expected greatness from him.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Deprived of Voller's support, Klinsmann did the work of two men
0:36:24 > 0:36:27running his heart out to break the Dutch resistance.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29WHISTLE
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Exhausted to the point of substitution,
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Klinsmann received a justifiable ovation for his performance
0:36:45 > 0:36:50as thrilling for its spirit as it was for its technique.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51APPLAUSE
0:36:56 > 0:37:00With six minutes left, Andy Brehme, a left back with a great right foot,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03finally put the game beyond Holland with a marvellous shot.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05CHEERING
0:37:16 > 0:37:18The Germans celebrated extravagantly
0:37:18 > 0:37:22giving evidence of the team spirit Beckenbauer had generated.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25The Dutch camp had been riven with dissent
0:37:25 > 0:37:29and when the team needed unity most it had gone missing in action.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33A late penalty from Koeman was more torment than consolation.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36The night belonged
0:37:36 > 0:37:40to an increasingly impressive West Germany.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41MEN CHANT
0:37:41 > 0:37:44The great tapestry of colour which supporters weaved across Italy
0:37:44 > 0:37:47included a large contingent of the Egyptian Navy,
0:37:47 > 0:37:49who just happened to dock in Cagliari
0:37:49 > 0:37:52on the night their team played England.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53ALL CHANT IN EGYPTIAN
0:38:03 > 0:38:06After a much derided draw against Ireland in their opening game,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09the England players had persuaded manager Bobby Robson
0:38:09 > 0:38:12to bring in Mark Wright as a sweeper.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16A success in the goalless draw with Holland, Wright was now a fixture.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Especially as captain Bryan Robson
0:38:18 > 0:38:22for the second tournament in succession had flown home with an injury.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31The aptly named Bull was picked
0:38:31 > 0:38:34to treat the rugged Egyptian defence like a china shop.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38But England, needing a point to be certain of progress, stuttered.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Shilton, by now the most capped goalkeeper in history,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44stayed on constant alert for any Egyptian threat.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Likewise the Carabinieri for the English fans.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Robson urged his team forward.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16The game was won by Wright's header after 58 minutes.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18CHEERING
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Come on!
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Meanwhile, the number 19 quietly celebrated his part in the goal.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Liberated from exile on Sardinia, England and their fans
0:39:47 > 0:39:50began to give evidence of the new harmony in the game.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53The match in Bologna against a good Belgian side
0:39:53 > 0:39:56promised to burn out the motor drives of ever-present photographers.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59They were not to be disappointed.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Belgian skipper Jan Ceulemans hit the post with Shilton beaten.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40But then the luck was with Belgium as Barnes' brilliant volley
0:40:40 > 0:40:43became a victim of FIFA's misguided policy
0:40:43 > 0:40:46of using the referees to do the specialist job of linesman.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03The two teams continued to play open football.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Scifo beats Shilton but not the goalpost.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Still no goals.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11David Platt, a rising star of the English game
0:41:11 > 0:41:14but still an apprentice in international teams,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17comes on for the third time as substitute.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21WHISTLE
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Gascoigne gets what will prove to be a fateful booking.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26CROWD WHISTLES
0:41:41 > 0:41:44And demonstrates his dangerous relationship with referees,
0:41:44 > 0:41:47that of the parrot to their Long John Silver.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57The game goes into extra time.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00With both sides having used up their ration of luck,
0:42:00 > 0:42:04it is now simply a test of guts as well as skill.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09And Gascoigne proves that he has both.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11CROWD CHANT
0:42:15 > 0:42:17WHISTLE
0:42:26 > 0:42:28SHUTTER CLICKS
0:42:29 > 0:42:34He even listens to the bench's orders to chip, not shoot.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37And with one less than one minute of extra time remaining,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Platt volleys his team into the quarterfinals
0:42:39 > 0:42:42and himself onto 1,000 back pages.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44WHISTLE
0:43:05 > 0:43:08The England bandwagon gathers new momentum.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10BELLS PEAL
0:43:30 > 0:43:33During a brief lull in the tournament,
0:43:33 > 0:43:35Florence puts on a display of "calcio storico,"
0:43:35 > 0:43:38the 400-year-old ancestor of modern football.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41It allowed us to see how much the modern game has progressed
0:43:41 > 0:43:46from its rough-and-tumble origins or perhaps...how little.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57WHISTLE
0:43:57 > 0:44:00Argentina's second match against the Soviet Union,
0:44:00 > 0:44:02and goalkeeper Pumpido breaks a leg
0:44:02 > 0:44:04in a collision with his own defender.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14His replacement is Sergio Goycochea
0:44:14 > 0:44:16whose preparations have been limited.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19The Colombian league where he plays
0:44:19 > 0:44:22had been suspended after the shooting of a referee.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Maradona is quick to lend a hand,
0:44:34 > 0:44:39proving that after Mexico, God is truly ambidextrous.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59Troglio heads Argentina into the lead.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Bezsonov's tackle is straight out of the 16th century.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24And after the two Cameroonians,
0:45:24 > 0:45:27he becomes the third player to be sent off
0:45:27 > 0:45:29for clipping Caniggia's wings.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58Another free kick set up Burruchaga for Argentina's second.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01After their shocking start, they were back on course
0:46:01 > 0:46:05and a 1-1 draw with Romania took them through to the second round
0:46:05 > 0:46:09where they faced a difficult match against their archrivals Brazil.
0:46:09 > 0:46:10CHEERING
0:46:35 > 0:46:38In their group matches, Brazil had begun promisingly.
0:46:38 > 0:46:42Careca's two confidently taken goals complete with a Milla twirl
0:46:42 > 0:46:44had outgunned Sweden's solitary strike
0:46:44 > 0:46:46from the promising Tomas Brolin.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49CHEERING
0:46:58 > 0:47:01But against Costa Rica, conquerors of Scotland,
0:47:01 > 0:47:04the samba lost its stride
0:47:04 > 0:47:07in the face of Conejo's gallant goalkeeping.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19A deflection set up the winner for Muller,
0:47:19 > 0:47:23but this Brazilian team seemed capable of prose, not poetry.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48And it was Leighton who composed the requiem in the Scotland match,
0:47:48 > 0:47:51fumbling Alemoa's shot to provide the winner for Muller.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Yet Brazil's three straight wins
0:47:56 > 0:48:00suggested that they'd have the edge on struggling Argentina.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03Turin knew that it would be a hard-fought match.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05And if it was to be tough on the pitch,
0:48:05 > 0:48:09it would be tougher still in the South American commentary boxes.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12COMMENTATOR SPEAKS RAPIDLY IN PORTUGUESE
0:48:12 > 0:48:14COMMENTARY CONTINUES
0:48:16 > 0:48:19COMMENTATOR SPEAKS RAPIDLY IN SPANISH
0:48:31 > 0:48:33All the excited chatter
0:48:33 > 0:48:36could not disguise a substandard Brazilian team.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40Overly defensive and short of attacking support for the splendid Careca,
0:48:40 > 0:48:43Brazil had neither the luck nor the skill
0:48:43 > 0:48:46to get past Argentina's new goalkeeper Goycochea,
0:48:46 > 0:48:50who would soon cease to play like the male model he used to be.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53COMMENTATOR SPEAKS RAPIDLY IN SPANISH
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Brazil dominated the game for sure
0:49:12 > 0:49:15but even the expectations of their own commentators began to flag.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18MAN SPEAKS IN PORTUGUESE
0:49:26 > 0:49:29And then, in what seemed like a flashback to 1986,
0:49:29 > 0:49:32Maradona produced a brilliant individual moment
0:49:32 > 0:49:35to set up Caniggia for the winning goal.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41And the commentator for his party piece.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45- MAN SPEAKS RAPIDLY IN SPANISH - Goal! Goal! Goal!
0:49:45 > 0:49:50Goalllllllllllllll!
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Argentina!
0:49:53 > 0:49:55HE CONTINUES RAPIDLY IN SPANISH
0:50:03 > 0:50:06Maradona exults in a victory which takes the champions
0:50:06 > 0:50:11through to the quarterfinals...and gives thanks to his sponsor.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18HORN
0:50:28 > 0:50:30CHEERING
0:50:30 > 0:50:33Thank God! I didn't think yous would come along.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35ALL CHEER
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Brazil's eclipse was matched off the field where their supporters,
0:51:39 > 0:51:41usually the most flamboyant of all,
0:51:41 > 0:51:44were upstaged by the lads from Ireland.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46CHEERING
0:52:01 > 0:52:06Dublin plumber, Joe McDermot, never seemed to stop smiling,
0:52:06 > 0:52:09except when Gullit of Holland scored against them in Palermo.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42A mixture of home-grown players and Englishmen with Irish relatives,
0:52:42 > 0:52:45the Ireland team had a no-nonsense approach to football
0:52:45 > 0:52:49which drew criticism from those wanting a more sophisticated style of play.
0:52:49 > 0:52:53But while they may have lacked the individual brilliance to win games,
0:52:53 > 0:52:57the Irish as a team didn't know how to lose.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Their English manager, Jack Charlton,
0:53:02 > 0:53:06himself a World Cup winner in 1966 had a simple enough formation,
0:53:06 > 0:53:10ten defenders, ten midfield players, ten forwards
0:53:10 > 0:53:13with Packie Bonner in goal behind them.
0:53:47 > 0:53:52Jack's boys chased the ball like dogs after a rabbit.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54And usually got their teeth into something.
0:53:54 > 0:53:58Niall Quinn jumps on Van Breukelen's fumble and equalises.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00CHEERING
0:54:14 > 0:54:18With three straight draws and an identical goals tally,
0:54:18 > 0:54:21Holland and Ireland both qualified for the second round,
0:54:21 > 0:54:23but the drawing of lots to define positions
0:54:23 > 0:54:27left Holland with the short straw of West Germany.
0:54:27 > 0:54:31Ireland went north to Genoa to face Romania.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43The Irish fans booked themselves another two weeks sick leave from work.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45The team cancelled the return flight they'd booked,
0:54:45 > 0:54:47checked into the hotel Scotland no longer required
0:54:47 > 0:54:49and stocked up on suntan cream,
0:54:49 > 0:54:52while Big Jack rehearsed Bonner for a penalty shoot out.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Which is exactly how the game was decided
0:55:05 > 0:55:07after a goalless 120 minutes.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11Bonner saving the fifth kick from Timofte.
0:55:11 > 0:55:12CHEERING
0:55:16 > 0:55:19Which left veteran defender David O'Leary
0:55:19 > 0:55:23to put Ireland into the quarterfinals and their fans into ecstasy.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25WILD CHEERING
0:55:39 > 0:55:43Ireland would face the winners of Italy against Uruguay.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Now that the tournament had reached the sudden-death stage
0:55:47 > 0:55:50the referees would come under incredible pressure.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53The experienced English official, George Courtney,
0:55:53 > 0:55:56was put in charge of this potentially volatile match,
0:55:56 > 0:56:00which promised a stern test of FIFA's new guidelines on fair play.
0:56:00 > 0:56:04Ireland through, eh?
0:56:04 > 0:56:06Fantastic!
0:56:09 > 0:56:11CHEERING
0:56:13 > 0:56:18No, I mean, the thing is that I've been educated in this business
0:56:18 > 0:56:22for so many years now the adrenaline doesn't flow.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24I hope it doesn't sound arrogant,
0:56:24 > 0:56:26but we're educated to cope with this sort of stress.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29And, you know, during the game it's a different thing,
0:56:29 > 0:56:33but in the preparations I'm not nervous, no.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Added to Courtney's problems was the sweltering Roman heat,
0:56:46 > 0:56:49which made every decision a potential flash point.
0:56:49 > 0:56:55The booking of encroachers at free kicks was one of FIFA's more welcome disciplinary measures,
0:56:55 > 0:56:59but how do you cope when there are another 22 referees on the pitch?
0:57:27 > 0:57:29By bravely playing the advantage rule,
0:57:29 > 0:57:33Courtney allowed Schillaci to score a spectacular goal.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35CHEERING
0:57:36 > 0:57:39But then had the near impossible task
0:57:39 > 0:57:41of breaking up Italian celebrations
0:57:41 > 0:57:44with a new hymn swamping the stadium.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47- CROWD CHANT:- Toto Schillaci! Toto Schillaci!
0:57:47 > 0:57:49WHISTLE
0:58:03 > 0:58:06Throughout the tournament, the referees had to decide
0:58:06 > 0:58:10which injuries were for real, which were strategically feigned.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26Fortunately, Italy's second goal from substitute Serena
0:58:26 > 0:58:28posed no questions.
0:58:28 > 0:58:29Italy were through to face Ireland
0:58:29 > 0:58:33and it had been a good night for the referee, too.
0:58:33 > 0:58:34WHISTLE
0:58:39 > 0:58:43Italy's win allowed them to stay in Rome for their quarterfinal,
0:58:43 > 0:58:46which pleased one young Italian fan in particular
0:58:46 > 0:58:50while leaving his mother worried about the rapidly disappearing wallpaper.
0:58:53 > 0:58:57THEY CONVERSE IN ITALIAN
0:59:06 > 0:59:10A junior player with Roma, Ricardo had been granted a privilege
0:59:10 > 0:59:13for which most Italian lads would have given up their mopeds,
0:59:13 > 0:59:17to be a ball boy at the Olympic Stadium.
0:59:17 > 0:59:20Zenga. Baresi.
0:59:20 > 0:59:23HE CONTINUES IN ITALIAN
0:59:30 > 0:59:32Baggio.
0:59:32 > 0:59:34Vialli.
0:59:34 > 0:59:36Mancini.
1:00:00 > 1:00:02CAR HORN
1:00:03 > 1:00:05For some of the Irish fans,
1:00:05 > 1:00:09going on to Rome meant giving up jobs, wives, homes.
1:00:09 > 1:00:13A game against Italy and a chance to see the team meet the Pope!
1:00:13 > 1:00:15This was once-in-a-lifetime stuff.
1:00:35 > 1:00:38It was not a night for flat caps.
1:00:38 > 1:00:39CROWD CHANT
1:00:58 > 1:01:01And here's Ricardo, a ball boy with stars in his eyes
1:01:01 > 1:01:04sitting by the Italian bench in case his country needs him.
1:01:05 > 1:01:09Roberto Baggio, whose 13 million transfer to Juventus
1:01:09 > 1:01:12had made him the most expensive player in history,
1:01:12 > 1:01:14at last seemed secure of a place
1:01:14 > 1:01:17in what the Italian press called The Team of Dreams.
1:01:17 > 1:01:19Donadoni was back from injury,
1:01:19 > 1:01:22Schillaci was now unchallenged as striker-in-chief.
1:01:23 > 1:01:25But Ireland had visions of their own glory.
1:01:25 > 1:01:28Hindered occasionally by a linesman's decision,
1:01:28 > 1:01:31here McGrath's run is called offside.
1:01:45 > 1:01:48After 17 minutes, Baggio's sinuous dribble
1:01:48 > 1:01:52set up Donadoni for a shot Bono could only parry.
1:01:52 > 1:01:54And Schillaci pounced again.
1:01:54 > 1:01:56CHEERING
1:02:00 > 1:02:03The Italian press had not been exaggerating.
1:02:19 > 1:02:23But the Irish were proving to be the most resilient team in Italy
1:02:23 > 1:02:25and battled back.
1:02:29 > 1:02:31CROWD CHANT
1:02:51 > 1:02:54Italy desperately needed a second goal
1:02:54 > 1:02:58and nearly got it from Schillaci's thunderous free kick.
1:02:58 > 1:03:00CROWD CHEERS
1:03:01 > 1:03:05Italian manager Vicini aged by the second.
1:03:25 > 1:03:26A minute to go and Schillaci
1:03:26 > 1:03:29is denied by another dubious offside decision.
1:03:29 > 1:03:31WHISTLE
1:03:36 > 1:03:38WHISTLE
1:03:56 > 1:04:00Italy go through by the narrowest of margins.
1:04:00 > 1:04:01The Irish are out,
1:04:01 > 1:04:04but the whole country is queueing up to kiss their feet.
1:04:04 > 1:04:06- ALL CHANT:- We want Jack! We want Jack!
1:04:11 > 1:04:15And Ricardo gets to pat his hero, Giannini.
1:04:18 > 1:04:21Ireland's World Cup may be over, but for Saint Jack,
1:04:21 > 1:04:26his squad and the fans, the party is just beginning.
1:04:36 > 1:04:39Time to go home, Joe. Time to go home.
1:04:56 > 1:04:58Vamos Argentina.
1:05:00 > 1:05:03Italy's reward was a dubious one.
1:05:03 > 1:05:06A semifinal against Argentina in Naples, Maradona's adopted city.
1:05:06 > 1:05:09Maradona had played politics before the game
1:05:09 > 1:05:12trying to divide the local support, but it backfired
1:05:12 > 1:05:16as the Tifosi put patriotism before provincialism.
1:05:17 > 1:05:20The Italian team feared Maradona as a player.
1:05:20 > 1:05:22He had taken Napoli to two titles,
1:05:22 > 1:05:25they knew his strengths, he knew their weaknesses.
1:05:25 > 1:05:27He was the enemy within.
1:05:27 > 1:05:29CROWD CHANTS
1:05:29 > 1:05:31BRASS BAND PLAYS
1:05:45 > 1:05:48Carlos Bilardo, the Argentinian manager,
1:05:48 > 1:05:51was an easy target for the anxiety of the Italian fans.
1:05:51 > 1:05:55They were already bemused by Vicini's decision to restore Vialli
1:05:55 > 1:05:57and leave Baggio on the bench.
1:05:57 > 1:06:02Had the manager forgotten Baggio's astonishing goal against Czechoslovakia?
1:06:06 > 1:06:08CHEERING
1:06:14 > 1:06:16The whole country came to a standstill
1:06:16 > 1:06:20and around the world more than 800 million people
1:06:20 > 1:06:23tuned in for what promised to be an epic battle of wills.
1:06:23 > 1:06:25COMMENTARY PLAYS IN ITALIAN
1:06:30 > 1:06:32THEY CONVERSE IN ITALIAN
1:06:42 > 1:06:45CROWD CHANT
1:06:58 > 1:07:01Italy took the initiative after 17 minutes.
1:07:01 > 1:07:08Vialli's thumping volley is saved but Schillaci, who else, scores his fifth goal of the tournament.
1:07:08 > 1:07:09CHEERING
1:07:12 > 1:07:15Schillaci has the eyes of a hawk.
1:07:25 > 1:07:27ALL CHEER
1:07:41 > 1:07:45Argentina will not grant Schillaci such freedom again.
1:07:45 > 1:07:47WHISTLE
1:08:25 > 1:08:29And then they begin to test the referee's judgment.
1:08:29 > 1:08:32Despite their lead, Italy could not settle.
1:08:35 > 1:08:40Driven on by Maradona, Argentina began to feed off Italy's anxiety.
1:08:47 > 1:08:50As the Neapolitan night darkened, so did the match.
1:08:55 > 1:09:00The level of physical intimidation rose like scum on a tide
1:09:00 > 1:09:03and slowly threatened to swamp the match.
1:09:26 > 1:09:30Gradually, Maradona pushed his team forward.
1:09:32 > 1:09:35Italy's nerves were shredded when Zenga came for a cross
1:09:35 > 1:09:38and was beaten by Caniggia's flick.
1:09:41 > 1:09:44The whole of Italy felt a sickening dread.
1:10:09 > 1:10:14Vicini sent on both Serena and then Baggio to stiffen Italy's resolve.
1:10:14 > 1:10:17But why not their hard man, Ancelotti?
1:10:42 > 1:10:44Goycochea, who grew bigger with each game,
1:10:44 > 1:10:47saved everything that Italy threw at him.
1:11:06 > 1:11:08For both Vicini and Bilardo,
1:11:08 > 1:11:11the tension is like an ache that will not leave their bodies.
1:11:14 > 1:11:171-1 at full-time.
1:11:17 > 1:11:19Now, there will be 30 minutes more.
1:11:24 > 1:11:29The mouth of the Italian captain Bergomi seems almost dry with fear.
1:11:36 > 1:11:41Goycochea saves again, from Baggio's curling free-kick.
1:11:41 > 1:11:43The ball is not running for Italy.
1:11:50 > 1:11:51As the pressure mounts,
1:11:51 > 1:11:55the undercurrent of violence finally bubbles to the surface.
1:12:01 > 1:12:04Baggio has been felled off the ball.
1:12:25 > 1:12:28BLOWS WHISTLE
1:12:36 > 1:12:39Monsieur Vautrot is obliged to play Monsieur Poirot
1:12:39 > 1:12:41and after preliminary investigations, goes to
1:12:41 > 1:12:46consult his assistant, who fingers number 14, Giusti, for the assault.
1:12:50 > 1:12:53BLOWS WHISTLE
1:13:06 > 1:13:09Maradona claims a case of mistaken identity,
1:13:09 > 1:13:11but offers no new suspects.
1:13:53 > 1:13:58Argentina's ten men fall back to their last line of defence,
1:13:58 > 1:14:01determined to hang on for the penalty shoot out.
1:14:01 > 1:14:03And Argentina duly get their wish.
1:14:15 > 1:14:17In the quarterfinals,
1:14:17 > 1:14:20Goycochea had saved two penalties to dismiss Yugoslavia
1:14:20 > 1:14:24and spare Maradona the humiliation of missing his own spot-kick.
1:14:25 > 1:14:28He walks to his line like a sheriff awaiting a gunfight.
1:14:32 > 1:14:34CROWD ROARS
1:14:40 > 1:14:42CROWD ROARS
1:14:47 > 1:14:50CROWD ROARS
1:14:58 > 1:15:01CROWD ROARS
1:15:12 > 1:15:15CROWD ROARS
1:15:22 > 1:15:24CROWD ROARS
1:15:24 > 1:15:27After three successful penalties each,
1:15:27 > 1:15:30Donadoni is foiled by the incredible Goycochea.
1:15:51 > 1:15:54Can Maradona possibly miss again?
1:15:54 > 1:15:57The whole of Italy wills it.
1:15:57 > 1:16:01But, like a street urchin, he pushes a stiletto into the country's heart.
1:16:26 > 1:16:30Now, Serena must hit the target to keep the tie alive.
1:16:37 > 1:16:39Goycochea shoots him down.
1:16:45 > 1:16:47Italy see Naples and die.
1:16:47 > 1:16:51The shock wave of disappointment must have
1:16:51 > 1:16:53registered on the Richter scale.
1:16:56 > 1:16:58Argentina's players celebrate in virtual
1:16:58 > 1:17:01disbelief at their progress to the final.
1:17:19 > 1:17:23Bilardo hugs his little Generalissimo.
1:17:24 > 1:17:28While Vicini must face the inquest about his substitutions
1:17:28 > 1:17:31and perhaps most crucially, why Italy's top scorer,
1:17:31 > 1:17:33Schillaci, did not take a penalty.
1:17:53 > 1:17:57The England team prepared to face Cameroon in Naples, knowing
1:17:57 > 1:18:00the threat they face from the rugged and enterprising Africans.
1:18:00 > 1:18:03Yet, Gascoigne and Lineker were asserting themselves,
1:18:03 > 1:18:06showing the understanding they'd developed at Tottenham.
1:18:06 > 1:18:08A defeat was unthinkable.
1:18:20 > 1:18:21And it began to look unlikely
1:18:21 > 1:18:25when England took a 25th minute lead, with the hero of Bologna,
1:18:25 > 1:18:29David Platt, showing that his goal there was no fluke.
1:18:50 > 1:18:54If England felt in their heart the match would now be an easy ride,
1:18:54 > 1:18:56Gascoigne for one wasn't showing it.
1:19:08 > 1:19:121-0 down at half-time, Cameroon warmed up their not
1:19:12 > 1:19:14so secret weapon, Milla,
1:19:14 > 1:19:17while England hoped that his new haircut had sapped his strength.
1:19:20 > 1:19:23But Milla was soon in the thick of the action,
1:19:23 > 1:19:26winning a penalty by coaxing a rash challenge from Gascoigne.
1:19:44 > 1:19:47Emmanuel Kunde put Cameroon level.
1:19:53 > 1:19:55And manager Robson fears the worst.
1:20:13 > 1:20:16Within three minutes, the worst happens.
1:20:16 > 1:20:20Milla's pass sets up a chance for the other substitute, Ekeke,
1:20:20 > 1:20:21and it is coolly taken.
1:21:08 > 1:21:11Undone by complacency, England reeled,
1:21:11 > 1:21:14but they regained their senses with just eight minutes remaining.
1:21:14 > 1:21:17Lineker's speed in the box wins them a lifeline.
1:21:18 > 1:21:21WHISTLE BLOWS AND CROWD ROARS
1:21:25 > 1:21:28Despite the enormous tension, Lineker's spot-kick is perfect.
1:21:33 > 1:21:36England are back in the match at 2-2.
1:21:55 > 1:21:58But then, Mark Wright is injured after coming off second best
1:21:58 > 1:22:00to Milla's shaven head.
1:22:24 > 1:22:26The Lions scent blood.
1:22:42 > 1:22:46Looking like a latter day Nelson, Wright returns to the bridge
1:22:46 > 1:22:49and steers England to the relative safety of extra-time.
1:22:49 > 1:22:53A chance to regroup. Surely, the Africans must be weakening.
1:23:02 > 1:23:06Cameroon is like a nightmare that won't go away.
1:23:06 > 1:23:09Steven and Shilton are at full stretch to keep them out.
1:23:15 > 1:23:18In a pulsating match, it was fitting that Gascoigne,
1:23:18 > 1:23:21a Cameroonian in spirit, should fashion the winner,
1:23:21 > 1:23:24driving England through the suffocating humidity.
1:23:30 > 1:23:34Thomas Nkono, the hero of '82, is booked for his foul.
1:23:42 > 1:23:46Lineker, at the point of exhaustion, uses sheer power this time.
1:23:51 > 1:23:533-2 to England.
1:24:08 > 1:24:12The Indomitable Lions are finally beaten.
1:24:12 > 1:24:14Manager Robson, who once looked on Gascoigne
1:24:14 > 1:24:18as if he were an exploding cigar, now knows the boy's true quality.
1:24:26 > 1:24:29But Robson's face registers the relief of a man
1:24:29 > 1:24:31who has glimpsed the precipice.
1:24:36 > 1:24:39While Platt and Lineker celebrate their progress to the semifinal,
1:24:39 > 1:24:42Roger Milla leaves the stage for the last time,
1:24:42 > 1:24:45although they said that about him in 1982.
1:24:45 > 1:24:48He will at least draw comfort from the invitation
1:24:48 > 1:24:50to Cameroon to play at Wembley.
1:24:50 > 1:24:53A mark of not just England's respect, but the world's.
1:25:12 > 1:25:16West Germany approached their quarterfinal against Czechoslovakia
1:25:16 > 1:25:17with typical thoroughness.
1:25:17 > 1:25:20Like supreme athletes, they knew that their bodies would not
1:25:20 > 1:25:23let them down, no matter what the Czechs produced.
1:25:27 > 1:25:30# Give me give me everything
1:25:34 > 1:25:38# Leave nothing to my Imagination... #
1:25:46 > 1:25:49Matthaus' penalty gave them an early advantage.
1:25:51 > 1:25:54And they throttled back power.
1:25:54 > 1:25:57Sometimes the mind will only let the body do so much.
1:25:58 > 1:26:01# Come on, come on, come on
1:26:01 > 1:26:02# The world is waiting
1:26:06 > 1:26:08# Come on, come on, come on
1:26:08 > 1:26:10# The world is waiting
1:26:18 > 1:26:19# Give me, give me
1:26:21 > 1:26:23# Give me, give me
1:26:25 > 1:26:27# Give me, give me
1:26:29 > 1:26:31# Come on, come on, come on
1:26:31 > 1:26:33# The world is waiting
1:26:37 > 1:26:39# Come on, come on, come on
1:26:39 > 1:26:42# The world is waiting
1:26:42 > 1:26:44# Oh, yeah
1:27:00 > 1:27:02# Come on, come on, come on
1:27:02 > 1:27:04# The world is waiting
1:27:07 > 1:27:11# Come on, come on, come on... #
1:27:11 > 1:27:14A disappointed Beckenbauer nevertheless allowed his team
1:27:14 > 1:27:18to go home for a few days' recuperation before facing England in Turin.
1:27:20 > 1:27:24What memories for Bobby Charlton, a hero of '66.
1:27:31 > 1:27:33The England fans believed a repeat was possible,
1:27:33 > 1:27:35but Germans wouldn't hear of it.
1:27:53 > 1:27:55Beckenbauer seemed confident.
1:28:25 > 1:28:28Despite having the burden of extra time in their last two games,
1:28:28 > 1:28:31England started with astonishing energy.
1:28:31 > 1:28:34Gascoigne testing Illgner's alertness in the opening minutes.
1:28:55 > 1:28:57As England flowed forward,
1:28:57 > 1:28:59the Germans needed every ounce of wit to foil them.
1:29:21 > 1:29:25Illgner's spider's web shirt seemed to turn the ball into a fly.
1:29:26 > 1:29:28Now Beckenbauer looked anxious.
1:29:53 > 1:29:56Waddle showed he could match the Germans for technique.
1:30:11 > 1:30:12A blow for West Germany.
1:30:12 > 1:30:15The dangerous Voller quits the field with a leg injury.
1:30:15 > 1:30:17Riedle takes his place.
1:30:18 > 1:30:20Amid all the pressure,
1:30:20 > 1:30:23Gascoigne finds time for fun at the referee's expense.
1:30:40 > 1:30:43But West Germany have survived the early English assault.
1:30:43 > 1:30:46Augenthaler's free kick brings the best out of Shilton.
1:31:00 > 1:31:03As the game moved into the second half, the Germans began to
1:31:03 > 1:31:07look more like the team who started the tournament so brilliantly.
1:31:07 > 1:31:09Matthaus and Hassler took control of midfield
1:31:09 > 1:31:11to set up a chance for Thon.
1:31:25 > 1:31:28But Pearce's header reminded them of England's menace.
1:31:45 > 1:31:49The same player's foul at the other end was to prove decisive.
1:32:08 > 1:32:09Parker charges.
1:32:09 > 1:32:14And deflects Brehme's shot beyond Shilton for a cruel goal.
1:32:42 > 1:32:45England spat out its disappointment and fought back.
1:32:45 > 1:32:48Pearce, who could probably have demolished the Berlin Wall
1:32:48 > 1:32:52single-handed, reminds the Germans why he's called "Psycho".
1:33:05 > 1:33:09Steven, an attacking midfielder, comes on for defender Butcher,
1:33:09 > 1:33:11whose last international this proves to be.
1:33:37 > 1:33:40Parker now makes amends with a cross that finds the German defence
1:33:40 > 1:33:44playing hands, knees and bumpsadaisy. Lineker scores.
1:33:54 > 1:33:56England are level with ten minutes left.
1:34:23 > 1:34:26Extra time. Gascoigne does his own laundry.
1:34:44 > 1:34:47Immediately, Klinsmann forces Shilton into a reflex save.
1:34:50 > 1:34:51The Germans have the edge again.
1:35:05 > 1:35:08Battling to win the ball, Gascoigne fouls Berthold.
1:35:25 > 1:35:28And finds the referee having the last laugh.
1:35:29 > 1:35:33His second yellow card means he will now miss the final,
1:35:33 > 1:35:35should England get there.
1:35:35 > 1:35:37Gascoigne is ambushed by despair.
1:35:37 > 1:35:40Lineker's awareness shows his qualities as the future captain
1:35:40 > 1:35:42but will Gascoigne hold himself together?
1:35:59 > 1:36:03on the stroke of half-time, Germany is saved by the post.
1:36:10 > 1:36:13And Gascoigne vents his anger at the referee.
1:36:21 > 1:36:24But when the moment comes, he stands up quickly -
1:36:24 > 1:36:26there's no time for private pain.
1:36:26 > 1:36:27The team comes first.
1:36:35 > 1:36:38Platt's offside goal is the last throw of the dice
1:36:38 > 1:36:41before the roulette.
1:36:41 > 1:36:44This semifinal, too, must be settled by a shoot-out.
1:36:50 > 1:36:52In this artificial solution,
1:36:52 > 1:36:55the managers know they are no longer a factor.
1:36:55 > 1:36:57The real game has been an honourable draw.
1:37:48 > 1:37:51The first six penalties are scored with cold-blooded efficiency,
1:37:51 > 1:37:52three, three.
1:37:52 > 1:37:55But then Pearce fires blind.
1:38:14 > 1:38:17Lineker and club colleague Walker console Pearce.
1:38:36 > 1:38:40Olaf Thon calmly puts Germany 4-3 ahead.
1:38:44 > 1:38:49Now Waddle, like Serena of Italy, must score to keep hope alive.
1:39:01 > 1:39:05West Germany are through to their third successive World Cup final.
1:39:06 > 1:39:09How could the bookmakers have underestimated them so much?
1:39:21 > 1:39:23Shilton reflects on an ambition
1:39:23 > 1:39:25which, after a career of over 20 years,
1:39:25 > 1:39:27must remain unfulfilled.
1:39:37 > 1:39:39After the sweat, the tears.
1:39:55 > 1:39:59England had surpassed even their own expectations and won new respect.
1:40:00 > 1:40:02And nobody did more to achieve this than Gazza,
1:40:02 > 1:40:05the boy who became a man.
1:40:21 > 1:40:22After a few days' mourning,
1:40:22 > 1:40:25the Italian team awoke to the fact that they no longer
1:40:25 > 1:40:27had to walk around with bags on their heads.
1:40:27 > 1:40:30They still had the respect of their people.
1:40:38 > 1:40:39More immediately,
1:40:39 > 1:40:42they had the third-place play-off against England in Bari,
1:40:42 > 1:40:46normally a redundant fixture, now a competitive event
1:40:46 > 1:40:48between two teams who had technically not lost
1:40:48 > 1:40:50any of the 12 games they had played.
1:40:54 > 1:40:57The shoot-out victims had more than just wounded pride at stake.
1:41:02 > 1:41:05After a stylish first half, Italy took the lead
1:41:05 > 1:41:09with a goal more reminiscent of a kickaround in a pub car park.
1:41:24 > 1:41:28Baggio got the credit, but Shilton, in his last international,
1:41:28 > 1:41:29took the blame.
1:41:29 > 1:41:34While the paparazzi, as ever, took embarrassing photographs.
1:41:34 > 1:41:37With ten minutes left, England's Australian-born full-back Dorigo
1:41:37 > 1:41:41crossed for Platt to score his third goal of the tournament.
1:41:50 > 1:41:54Extra time would have interfered with the Pavarotti concert in Rome,
1:41:54 > 1:41:58so Baggio and Schillaci made sure of the result.
1:42:10 > 1:42:14And Schillaci duly became top scorer for Italia 90.
1:42:27 > 1:42:31Italy takes third place while England win FIFA's Fair Play award.
1:42:35 > 1:42:37The two teams mingled joyously at the close.
1:42:37 > 1:42:41Having left behind abiding images of their good football, they added
1:42:41 > 1:42:46another, of brotherhood and mutual respect, five years on from Heysel.
1:42:48 > 1:42:52Beckenbauer prepares for his day of destiny in Rome's Olympic Stadium,
1:42:52 > 1:42:56looking as though he could still stroll through 90 minutes himself.
1:42:56 > 1:42:58The German critics who had condemned his appointment
1:42:58 > 1:43:02had by now backed down. His nation is united behind him.
1:43:04 > 1:43:06Ricardo the ballboy seems to have booked his seat
1:43:06 > 1:43:08despite the absence of the Azzurri.
1:43:24 > 1:43:28For Matthaus, a last quiet moment to prepare before the stadium
1:43:28 > 1:43:30becomes a red-hot Crucible.
1:43:51 > 1:43:56Sunday, the 8th July. After 51 matches, it now needs only one more
1:43:56 > 1:43:59to decide who will lift the Holy Grail of football.
1:43:59 > 1:44:03West Germany against Argentina is a repeat of the 1986 final
1:44:03 > 1:44:07in Mexico, but this time, West Germany are favourites.
1:44:09 > 1:44:11The VIPs gather.
1:44:14 > 1:44:17Including the ill-fated Sheikh Fahad of Kuwait.
1:44:29 > 1:44:32The trophy gets international police protection.
1:45:09 > 1:45:11Maradona says his usual prayer.
1:45:15 > 1:45:18Within a minute, the keynotes of the final are sounded.
1:45:18 > 1:45:22An Argentinian challenge, a German fall, the referee's whistle.
1:45:22 > 1:45:25It will become a constant refrain.
1:45:25 > 1:45:28Argentina's record of ill-discipline has already lost them
1:45:28 > 1:45:32four key players, Caniggia included, through suspensions.
1:45:32 > 1:45:36Manager Bilardo therefore seems intent on a war of attrition.
1:46:20 > 1:46:24A run by Guido Buchwald is a rare moment of freedom.
1:46:24 > 1:46:26But the ball is soon held captive again.
1:47:03 > 1:47:07Each side is willing to exploit challenges to maximum effect.
1:47:39 > 1:47:42Hassler is pulled down as the foul count mounts
1:47:42 > 1:47:44and the crowd's interest wanes.
1:47:52 > 1:47:54There is a flash of Maradona's ability
1:47:54 > 1:47:56to conjure up passes from nowhere.
1:48:07 > 1:48:09But Argentina's biggest threat of the half
1:48:09 > 1:48:12comes from Brehme's over-casual backpass.
1:48:24 > 1:48:27By half-time, the stadium was giving its own verdict.
1:48:27 > 1:48:30CROWD WHISTLES
1:48:33 > 1:48:36Italian manager Vicini perhaps wishes he had Pavarotti in goal
1:48:36 > 1:48:38for the shoot out.
1:48:38 > 1:48:41And suggests a new anthem after "Nessun Dorma" -
1:48:41 > 1:48:44"No-one shall stay awake".
1:48:46 > 1:48:49The veteran Littbarski at last sparks some excitement.
1:49:03 > 1:49:07And Brehme's free kick confirms West Germany's growing ascendancy.
1:49:26 > 1:49:29Maradona runs around like a mouse in a maze.
1:49:30 > 1:49:32Without support, he can do nothing.
1:49:32 > 1:49:35He is a dictator without an army, feeling his own downfall.
1:49:39 > 1:49:42His last few followers shriek for his protection
1:49:42 > 1:49:45and an increasingly vulnerable referee obliges.
1:50:25 > 1:50:28Augenthaler attempts the same kind of persuasion.
1:50:28 > 1:50:32Unable to produce decisive action themselves, both sets of players
1:50:32 > 1:50:35seem intent on pressurising the Mexican referee for a breakthrough.
1:50:40 > 1:50:43Monzon's wild lunge on Klinsmann does the trick.
1:50:48 > 1:50:51The Argentinian defender becomes the first player ever to be
1:50:51 > 1:50:53sent off in a World Cup final.
1:51:22 > 1:51:23With the numerical advantage,
1:51:23 > 1:51:27West Germany at last find space to get Matthaus forward.
1:51:27 > 1:51:31His pass is taken by Voller, who falls as Sensini challenges -
1:51:31 > 1:51:32penalty.
1:51:44 > 1:51:48The Argentinian protest borders on bodily harm.
1:52:13 > 1:52:17Goicoechea has performed miracles saving penalties.
1:52:17 > 1:52:20Does he have one more save in his repertoire?
1:52:23 > 1:52:26He guesses right, but Brehme's kick is a beauty.
1:52:26 > 1:52:28Escorted home by 1,000 flashbulbs.
1:52:42 > 1:52:45The West German chancellor celebrates modestly.
1:53:00 > 1:53:01With only six minutes left,
1:53:01 > 1:53:04Argentina becomes desperate to hang on to its crown.
1:53:04 > 1:53:08Dezotti thinks Kohler is wasting time and exacts retribution.
1:53:09 > 1:53:12The referee has no choice but to dismiss him.
1:53:30 > 1:53:33The game has descended into a chaotic spectacle.
1:53:33 > 1:53:38It seems symbolic after Argentina's 21 bookings and three sendings-off
1:53:38 > 1:53:41that the last yellow card should be for Maradona himself.
1:54:02 > 1:54:06Klinsmann has a last-minute chance for a spectacular finish
1:54:06 > 1:54:10but the Roman gods have turned their thumbs down on this game.
1:54:11 > 1:54:13The world can at least take consolation
1:54:13 > 1:54:16that the best team in the competition has won.
1:54:16 > 1:54:21# It took a good long time But you finally made it
1:54:24 > 1:54:29# You got the rhythm of life But your heart is breaking
1:54:29 > 1:54:33# Hold on
1:54:33 > 1:54:37# Tearing down the walls some time
1:54:37 > 1:54:39# Ooh
1:54:39 > 1:54:42# Whoa, now
1:54:42 > 1:54:47# Can't stop crying tears Through the fire
1:54:47 > 1:54:51# Reach out You've gone the distance
1:54:51 > 1:54:56# Made the difference Taking your chances somehow
1:54:56 > 1:54:59# You've done the business
1:54:59 > 1:55:03# Take the world in your hand
1:55:05 > 1:55:09# You made a sacrifice But you know that it's worth it
1:55:09 > 1:55:12# Ooh, I know, baby
1:55:12 > 1:55:14# It's the rhythm of life
1:55:16 > 1:55:20# Oh, yeah
1:55:33 > 1:55:35# Come on, now
1:55:37 > 1:55:42# It took a good long time But you finally made it
1:55:42 > 1:55:44# Yes, I made it, baby
1:55:44 > 1:55:48# Reach out You've gone the distance
1:55:48 > 1:55:53# Made the difference Taking your chances somehow
1:55:53 > 1:55:57# You've done the business
1:55:57 > 1:56:03# Take the world Take the world in your hand
1:56:19 > 1:56:24# You took a long, long road But you finally made it
1:56:24 > 1:56:27# Ooh, I know we'll make it, baby
1:56:27 > 1:56:32# You've got a wish come true If you reach out and take it
1:56:34 > 1:56:37# Whoa! Now
1:56:37 > 1:56:40# Still feel the pressure sometimes
1:56:40 > 1:56:43# I feel the pressure too, baby
1:56:43 > 1:56:45- # Now... - Now...
1:56:45 > 1:56:51# Can't stop burning
1:56:51 > 1:56:54# Reach out You've gone the distance
1:56:54 > 1:57:00# Made the difference Taking your chances somehow
1:57:00 > 1:57:03# You've done the business
1:57:03 > 1:57:06# Take the world in your hands
1:57:07 > 1:57:12# Reach out You've gone the distance
1:57:12 > 1:57:16# Made the difference Taking your chances somehow
1:57:16 > 1:57:19# You've done the business
1:57:19 > 1:57:23# Take the world in your hands. #