Date: 16-06-1990
Stage: first round
Place: GENOVA
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/english
My rating: ***
Notes: Durie,Aitken,Johnston, Schwarz,Limpar,Thern,Brolin
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 16 June 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Attendance: 33,288
Meteo: N.A.
SCOTLAND
Jim Leighton
Stewart McKimmie
Alex McLeish
Richard Gough
Maurice Malpas
Paul McStay
Gary McAllister
Stuart McCall
John Collins
Mo Johnston
Ally McCoist
Coach: Andy Roxburgh (SCO)
81′ ↓Mo Johnston ↑Robert Fleck
SWEDEN
Thomas Ravelli
Roland Nilsson
Glenn Hysén
Joachim Björklund
Roger Ljung
Klas Ingesson
Jonas Thern
Stefan Schwarz
Tomas Brolin
Johnny Ekström
Lars Larsson
Coach: Olle Nordin (SWE)
87′ ↓Lars Larsson ↑Glenn Strömberg
Referee: José Roberto Wright (BRA)
Goals:
11′ Stuart McCall SCO
81′ Mo Johnston SCO
87′ Glenn Strömberg SWE
Match overview
Scotland claimed a 2-1 victory over Sweden in Genoa, with goals from McCall and Johnston. Sweden pulled one back late through Strömberg, but Scotland’s disciplined performance secured an important three points in Group C.
Trivia
This was Scotland’s only win at Italia ’90 and marked their last World Cup victory to date. The match is remembered for Scotland’s energetic midfield and Sweden’s late but ultimately insufficient rally.
