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https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-dutch-mutiny-of-1990.html The Dutch Mutiny of 1990 Thursday, January 17, 2013 (Note: I would like to once again thank http://www.zani.co.uk/ for uploading this article http://www.zani.co.uk/the-dutch-mutiny-of-1990 ) In the summer of 1988, following Holland’s victory in the UEFA European Championships, Dutch Manager Rinus Michels left his post to manage West German club Bayer Leverkusen. The KNVB (Dutch Soccer Federation) chose one time Feyenoord Manager Thijs Libregts as his successor. The Dutch still basking in the glory of their first ever international title were unaware that this decision would end up destroying the team (on and off the field) that had brilliantly won a major trophy. Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Libregts between van Basten and Johnny Bosman) Initially most observers were not concerned, as the team seemed to be intact with only the international retirement of 38-year-old Arn...

https://dutchsoccersite.org/memory-lane-oranjes-1990-world-cup-campaign/ Home » Oranje Blog » Memory Lane: Oranje’s 1990 World Cup campaign…. It’s a tradition I suppose. In the year of the World Cup, we do revisit the World Cups we have been to before… I realise I have started with the 1974 one, in this series… And I actually should have started with the pre WWII campaign we had… Later I suppose…. I’ll stick to the “modern times” for now. So here goes, by popular demand… What happened at (or rather: before) the WC1990. Well, it all started in 1988 of course. Van Basten & Co stunned the world. With Michels moving up from manager to federation official, former Feyenoord coach Thijs Libregts took the reigns . The ex-Excelsior and Feyenoord player had quite a reputation as a coach. Arrogant and authoritarian, he had a title to his name, but no one thought he actually won it… He was Feyenoord’s coach when Cruyff decided to avenge his departure at Ajax and JC (and Gullit, Houtman, Hoek...

Héros inattendu mais inoubliable de la Coupe du monde 1990 avec l’Italie, l’attaquant Salvatore Schillaci s’est éteint hier à Palerme. 19 Sep 2024 - L'Équipe MÉLISANDE GOMEZ Ses yeux se sont refermés à jamais mais, pour les Italiens, ils seront toujours grands ouverts et fous de joie, comme sur les photos de cet été 1990, ivres du bonheur d’un but et du vacarme d’un stade. Salvatore « Toto » Schillaci s’est éteint hier à l’hôpital de Palerme, la ville où il est né il y a un peu moins de soixante ans et où il est vite revenu à la fin de sa carrière, preuve qu’il était attaché à ses racines et à son île, dont il promenait un accent qui lui a valu quelques sarcasmes.Salvatore Schillaci célèbre son but contre l’Uruguay en 8es de finale de la Coupe du monde 1990 devant Roberto Baggio. Puisqu’il venait du sud et que sa syntaxe n’était pas toujours très orthodoxe, il était le « terrone » («sudiste») à son arrivée à la Juventus, lors de l’été 1989, mais les moqueries n’ont pas duré très lo...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-gentleman-ultra/2024/sep/19/toto-schillaci-italy-football-tribute The Sicilian striker arrived at the 1990 World Cup a virtual unknown and became the hosts’ unlikely hero By Richard Hall for The Gentleman Ultra The Guardian - Thu 19 Sep 2024 09.00 CEST Nervous, white as a sheet and with the eyes of a nation transfixed on him, he could probably have heard the simultaneous heartbeats of those in the Stadio Olimpico in his head . Salvatore Schillaci was about to announce himself not only into Italian consciousness but into history. He didn’t know it then, at the time he looked like a man fuelled by anxiety and impostor syndrome . Within moments he would be wheeling away in celebration with those wide Sicilian eyes. He didn’t believe it but neither did Italy . All of what came before was passed, in moments he had gone from unknown to saint. The outpouring of emotion all over the world on Thursday says a lot about “Totò”. “The man who made the natio...

Despite ruining our World Cup dreams, Schillaci had a special place in Irish hearts 19 Sep 2024 - Irish Daily Mail By PHILIP QUINN THE streets of Terrasini on Sicily’s north coast were silent that sticky June evening 34 years ago. And then, suddenly, the seaside town erupted with the volcanic force of nearby Mount Etna. Italy’s 2-0 win over Czechoslovakia in Rome was worthy of a celebration rumble; that local hero, Toto Schillaci, had scored again, was the lava that flowed from the summit. Locals streamed out onto the streets, cars honked, flags waved, and traffic lights stayed on permanent amber as Sicily’s tifosi hailed their diminutive Caesar. There was a sense of being part of something special. It was a privilege to be there. Little did we know that before the month was out, Schillaci would puncture the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup dream. Schillaci was the wide-eyed Sicilian assassin who became a cult hero of the nation whose hearts he had shattered. It was a signal honour, one...

Tributes from footballing world to Italy ’90 ace Schillaci "A lovely fella to be around, a real football man"    - RAY HOUGHTON ON MEETINGS WITH TOTO 19 Sep 2024 - Irish Daily Mirror EXCLUSIVE BY DANNY DE VAAL news@irishmirror.ie IRELAND legend Ray Houghton is “devastated” at the death of former Italian striker Salvatore “Toto” Schillaci aged just 59. The footballing world was left reeling yesterday after the ex-juventus star’s family announced he had died following a battle with colon cancer. Schillaci, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2022, had been admitted to the Civico Hospital in Palermo earlier this month where his condition had initially been described as “stable”. The Sicilian ace broke Irish hearts when he sent Jack Charlton’s men home after he scored the only goal during the World Cup quarter-final clash with Italy on June 30, 1990, in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Boys in Green hero Houghton, who was playing when Schillaci scored, said the Italian was a “lovel...

Salvatore Schillaci se escapa de Juan Simón en las semifinales de Italia '90;  la Argentina eliminó a los locales por penales (AP) Diego Mazzei 19 Sep 2024 - La Nación La Italia de los ricos y los pobres, en la que Maradona había puesto el dedo en la llaga tras su arribo bullicioso a Napoli, se hizo carne en aquel verano europeo de 1990, el de las noches mágicas que pregonaba la inconfundible voz aguardentosa de Gianna Nannini. Aquel Mundial de fútbol que pareció introducir al fútbol en una era moderna y de tácticas más rígidas, el de las nuevas tecnologías y del orgullo local por recobrar la grandeza de 1982, cuando Dino Zoff levantó la tercera Copa del Mundo. Italia llegaba con una agridulce experiencia como semifinalista de la Eurocopa 1988, pero su liga dominaba el mundo como la más poderosa con tres equipos que se disputaban la cima: el Inter de los alemanes, el Milan de los holandeses y el humilde Napoli de Diego. Y tras ellos, la Vecchia Signora, Juventus, que en la desesper...

Zoff, Maifredi e Trap i suoi tecnici in bianconero: buona la prima stagione, opache le altre due  A Boniperti ricordava Anastasi  Le prime due reti a Verona nel giorno della morte di Scirea  La lite con Baggio e il guantone 19 Sep 2024 - Corriere dello Sport di Roberto Beccantini  ©RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA Salvatore Schillaci detto Totò è stato tutti noi nell’estate del 1990, l’estate delle notti magiche meno una, quella con l’Argentina di Diego Armando Maradona, il Mondiale del bronzo, dei sei gol e dello scettro di capocannoniere; del secondo posto nella classifica del Pallone d’oro, dietro a Lothar Matthaeus e davanti ad Andreas Brehme; delle Coppe Italia e UEFA con la Juventus. È stato sempre, in compenso, uno di noi, siciliano di Palermo, tanta gavetta e quella lingua un po’ così, brada e mai vaga, figlio di amori e sudori, il calcio passione e strumento di rivalsa. Si formò all’Amat, la società dei trasporti cittadini. Crebbe ed esplose nel Messina, dove trovò, c...

EPOCALCIO / 2  Nel continente l’unica cosa che abbonda più della miseria è il talento, e la stagione della caccia non chiude mai di Christian Giordano ©  Guerin Sportivo © n. 6, giugno 2003 Giusto un anno fa, la vittoria del Senegal, i “parenti poveri”, sui ricchi “cugini” campioni in carica dal passaporto francese, nel match inaugurale del Mondiale nippo-coreano 2002, scatenava l’ennesima alluvione di banalità sul “calcio africano” e le sue “straordinarie potenzialità”. E il pensiero correva subito a un altro debutto iridato, anch’esso chiuso col botto e sempre contro una rappresentativa africana, di una nazionale chiamata a difendere il titolo conquistato quattro anni prima. Era Argentina-Camerun, gara d’apertura di Italia ’90 , la partita che forse più di altre viene indicata come spartiacque, la svolta epocale per il football del continente, da allora finalmente considerato, a dispetto del debito pubblico dei suoi Stati, un movimento da primo mondo cal...

https://www.amazon.it/Football-Portraits-Ritratti-calcio-Agbonlahor-ebook/dp/B01KI1XRO6 di Christian Giordano La nazionale più bella. La più simpatica. La più seguita. Quella che non ha vinto niente, sì, ma come giocava. Notti magiche, inseguendo un gol. Quello decisivo è sempre mancato sul più bello. Sempre ai rigori. Con lui, per la prima volta "maledetti". In finale a Euro '86 con la Spagna Under 21 di Suarez, all'unico successo da allenatore. In semifinale contro l'Argentina di Maradona, capopopolo per una volta "spaccanapoli". In un Mondiale, Italia 90, che non si poteva perdere. E che invece chiudemmo al terzo posto davanti all'Inghilterra. Tempi lontani, quelli di Vicini. Dopo il disastro di Messico 86, il suo quinto Mondiale da vice, subentrò allo stanco Bearzot. Promosse il blocco della Under senza perderne l'incanto: Zenga, Bergomi, Maldini e Ferri; De Napoli, Donadoni e Giannini; e là davanti Mancini & Vialli. I ...