Date: 11-06-1990
Stage: first round
Place: GENOVA
Running time: 106 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian/dutch
My rating: ***
Notes: super-Conejo
MATCH SUMMARY
Monday, 11 June 1990, 17:00
Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Attendance: 30,867
Meteo: Hot and sunny, 27°C
COSTA RICA
Luis Conejo
Roger Flores
Ronald Gonzalez
Mauricio Montero
Juan Cayasso
German Chavarria
José Chavez
Roger Gomez
Hector Marchena
Oscar Ramirez
Claudio Jara
Coach: Marvin Rodriguez (CRC)
85′ ↓Claudio Jara ↑Hernan Medford
SCOTLAND
Jim Leighton
Richard Gough
Maurice Malpas
Alex McLeish
Davie McPherson
Roy Aitken
Jim Bett
Stuart McCall
Paul McStay
Mo Johnston
Alan McInally
Coach: Andy Roxburgh (SCO)
46′ ↓Richard Gough ↑Stewart McKimmie
73′ ↓Jim Bett ↑Ally McCoist
Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG)
Goals:
50′ Juan Cayasso CRC
Match overview
Costa Rica stunned Scotland with a 1-0 victory at Genoa’s Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in one of the World Cup’s biggest upsets. Juan Cayasso scored the decisive goal in the 50th minute to give the Central American nation their first-ever World Cup victory. Scotland, despite being heavy favorites, could not break down Costa Rica’s disciplined defense and suffered a humiliating defeat.
Trivia
This historic victory marked Costa Rica’s first World Cup win and remains one of the tournament’s greatest giant-killings. The result shocked the football world and demonstrated that smaller nations could compete with established European teams on the world’s biggest stage, inspiring a generation of Costa Rican footballers.
