Date: 09-06-1990
Stage: first round
Place: ROMA
Running time: 107 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : italian/english/spanish/german
My rating: ***
Notes: Giannini,Vialli,Baresi,Maldini,Schillaci
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 9 June 1990, 21:00
Olimpico, Roma
Attendance: 73,303
Meteo: Clear sky, 25°C
ITALY
Walter Zenga
Franco Baresi
Giuseppe Bergomi
Riccardo Ferri
Paolo Maldini
Carlo Ancelotti
Fernando De Napoli
Roberto Donadoni
Giuseppe Giannini
Andrea Carnevale
Gianluca Vialli
Coach: Azeglio Vicini (ITA)
46′ ↓Carlo Ancelotti ↑Luigi De Agostini
74′ ↓Andrea Carnevale ↑Toto Schillaci
AUSTRIA
Klaus Lindenberger
Ernst Aigner
Peter Artner
Robert Pecl
Kurt Russ
Peter Schöttel
Michael Streiter
Andreas Herzog
Manfred Linzmaier
Andreas Ogris
Toni Polster
Coach: Josef Hickersberger (AUT)
6′ Andreas Herzog
61′ ↓Peter Artner ↑Manfred Zsak
76′ ↓Manfred Linzmaier ↑Alfred Hörtnagl
Referee: Jose Roberto Wright (BRA)
Goals:
78′ Toto Schillaci ITA
Match overview
Italy opened their home World Cup campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory over Austria at Rome’s Olimpico Stadium. Substitute Toto Schillaci proved to be the hero, scoring the winning goal in the 78th minute after replacing Andrea Carnevale. The match was tightly contested throughout, with Italy needing the late intervention to secure all three points in Group A.
Trivia
This match marked the beginning of Toto Schillaci’s remarkable World Cup journey, as the substitute striker would go on to become the tournament’s top scorer with six goals. His late winner against Austria launched what would become one of the most memorable individual World Cup campaigns in football history.
