Date: 08-07-1990
Stage: final
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 8 July 1990, 20:00
Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 73,603
Meteo: Hot and sunny, 26 °C
WEST GERMANY
Bodo Illgner
Klaus Augenthaler
Thomas Berthold
Andreas Brehme
Guido Buchwald
Jürgen Kohler
Thomas Häßler
Pierre Littbarski
Lothar Matthäus
Jürgen Klinsmann
Rudi Völler
Coach: Franz Beckenbauer (FRG)
() 52′ Rudi Völler
73′ ↓Thomas Berthold ↑Stefan Reuter
ARGENTINA
Sergio Goycochea
Nestor Lorenzo
Oscar Ruggeri
Jose Serrizuela
Juan Simón
Roberto Sensini
José Basualdo
Jorge Burruchaga
Pedro Troglio
Diego Maradona
Gustavo Dezotti
Coach: Carlos Salvador Bilardo (ARG)
() 5′ Gustavo Dezotti
() 64′ Pedro Monzón
() 84′ Pedro Troglio
() 86′ Gustavo Dezotti
() 86′ Gustavo Dezotti
() 87′ Diego Maradona
46′ ↓Oscar Ruggeri ↑Pedro Monzón
53′ ↓Jorge Burruchaga ↑Gabriel Calderón
Referee: Edgardo Codesal Mendez (MEX)
Goals:
85′ Andreas Brehme (p) FRG
Match overview
West Germany secured their third World Cup title with a narrow 1-0 win over Argentina in a final marked by tense, defensive play and two red cards-one for Argentina’s Pedro Monzón and one later awarded to Gustavo Dezotti.
Trivia
This was the first World Cup final to feature two red cards, with Pedro Monzón becoming the first player ever sent off in a final and Argentina failing to score-the lowest-scoring final in tournament history at that time.
