Italy is terrifyingly serious about football at the best of times – with a fairly conspiratorial cast of mind to go with it – and this was rarely truer than during 1990. While Ireland went to ...

Ray Houghton’s name will go down in Irish history books for being an integral part of Ireland’s football ... 1990, but it was the qualifiers for 1988 that started it off. Going over to Germany ...

Overall, he made 16 appearances for Italy and scored seven goals — six of them at the World Cup. Italian soccer federation ... media channels. West Germany won the 1990 World Cup, beating ...

“A football ... runner-up for the 1990 Ballon d’Or men’s player of the year award, behind World Cup winning captain Lothar Matthaus of West Germany. He had started Italy’s opening World ...

Italy have been top seeds in Ireland’s group for five of the last seven campaigns – Germany in the other two – and not since current Cork City midfielder Sean Murray capped his debut with a ...

ROME (AP) — Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at the 1990 World Cup that his country hosted and epitomized a player exceeding expectations on soccer’s ...

He only scored one other goal for Italy in his career. Italian soccer federation president ... said on its social media channels. West Germany won the 1990 World Cup, beating Argentina in the ...

FILE - Italy's Salvatore "Totò" Schillaci, left, and Argentina's Juan Simon chase the ball during the Soccer World Cup ... media channels. West Germany won the 1990 World Cup, beating Argentina ...