Usually, one or two places are awarded to winners of intercontinental play-offs. The tournament was won by West Germany, for the third time. [31] In the edition of 25 October 2013 of the FIFA Weekly Blatter wrote that: "From a purely sporting perspective, I would like to see globalisation finally taken seriously, and the African and Asian national associations accorded the status they deserve at the FIFA World Cup. Dennis Bergkamp, Roberto Carlos They beat Austria 1–0 thanks to substitute Salvatore 'Totò' Schillaci, who had played only one international before but would become a star during the tournament. Ricardo Carvalho, Zé Roberto  South Korea Cagliari, Udine and Palermo were the only cities of the 12 selected that did not host any knockout round matches. Twelve stadiums in twelve cities were selected to host matches at the 1990 World Cup. [62] From the 1938 World Cup onwards, host nations receive automatic qualification to the final tournament. Since 1994, three points have been awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss (before, winners received two points). Although the Golden Glove Award was first awarded in 1994, every All-Star Team in World Cups prior to 1998 except 1990 included only one goalkeeper. The World Cup in football (soccer) is a quadrennial tournament of 32 national teams that is organized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Silvio Marzolini, Franz Beckenbauer The latter three do not have a women's version, although a FIFA Women's Club World Cup has been proposed. The remaining place was decided by a play-off between a CONMEBOL team and a team from the OFC (Oceania). There were no more goals in the 90 minutes or in extra time despite Maradona (who played for Naples in Serie A at the time) in showing glimpses of magic, but there was a sending-off: Ricardo Giusti of Argentina was shown the red card in the 13th minute of extra time. Nándor Hidegkuti England equalised with 10 minutes left, Gary Lineker was the scorer. With both teams assured of progressing, they were split by the drawing of lots to determine second and third place. The remaining ten venues all underwent extensive programmes of improvements in preparation for the tournament, forcing many of the club tenants of the stadia to move to temporary homes. It is likely the most popular sporting event in the world, drawing billions of television viewers every tournament. [1][2][3][4] It generated an average 2.2 goals per game – a record low that still stands[5] – and a then-record 16 red cards, including the first ever dismissal in a final- there were in fact 2 dismissals during the final. The only goal of the contest arrived in the 85th minute when Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal awarded a penalty to West Germany, after a foul on Rudi Völler by Roberto Sensini leading to Argentinian protests. Attilio Ferraris If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order: Hosts Italy won Group A with a 100 percent record. In the closing moments, Argentina were reduced to nine after Gustavo Dezotti, who had already been given a yellow card earlier in the match, received a red card when he hauled Jürgen Kohler to the ground during a stoppage in play. The cities that hosted the most World Cup matches were the two biggest cities in Italy: Rome and Milan, each hosting six matches, and Bari, Naples and Turin each hosted five matches. Arrests of over a dozen FIFA officials were made since that time, particularly on 29 May and 3 December. "[42] On 28 October 2015, Blatter and FIFA VP Michel Platini, a potential candidate for presidency, were suspended for 90 days; both maintained their innocence in statements made to the news media. Philipp Lahm Rimet eventually persuaded teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia to make the trip. Despite the assist tiebreaker, Salenko and Stoichkov remained tied with 6 goals and one assist each, and both received the Golden Shoe. Héctor Castro In 2014, Germany became the first European team to win in the Americas. Both runners-up had the same number of assists, and each received the Silver Shoe. Two goalkeepers – Argentina's Ángel Comizzo and England's Dave Beasant – entered their respective squads during the tournament to replace injured players (Nery Pumpido and David Seaman). While the inaugural two editions were chosen by the technical group,[41][42] the Man of the Match is since 2010 picked by an online poll on FIFA's website. [92] Since then, collecting and trading stickers and cards has become part of the World Cup experience, especially for the younger generation. Scores after extra time are indicated by (aet), and penalty shoot outs are indicated by (p). After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1990 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. Patrick Vieira Thus, the remaining 22 finals places were divided among the continental confederations, with 114 initially entering the qualification competition. FIFA President João Havelange had reportedly earlier stated that Spain would be seeded. It would later come to light that Branco had been offered water spiked with tranquillisers by Maradona and Ricardo Giusti during half time, to slow him down in the second half. Until 1990, a technical study group consisting of journalists - mostly from Europe and South America - and experts has historically chosen the team. There were no more goals in the 90 minutes or in extra time despite Maradona (who played for Naples in Serie A at the time) showing glimpses of magic, but there was a sending-off: Ricardo Giusti of Argentina was shown the red card in the 13th minute of extra time. The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. [19] In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and became the first nation to win the World Cup. The Republic of Ireland became the second team in World Cup history to reach the last eight without winning a match (Sweden progressed to the last eight by default in 1938 when Austria withdrew). His performances, much like Maldini’s, have come to characterise an entire brand of defending. Ademir The semi-final between West Germany and England at Juventus's home stadium in Turin was goalless at half-time. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of extra time; if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. It was also the first time a team from UEFA won the final against a non-European team. (Uruguay, however, choose to display four stars on their badge, representing their two gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and their two World Cup titles in 1930 and 1950). An All-Star Team consisting of the best players of the tournament has also been announced for each tournament since 1998.