Date: 14-06-1970
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: TOLUCA
Running time: 96 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/german
My rating: ***
Notes: Riva,Mazzola,Rivera
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 14 June 1970, 12:00
Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca
Attendance: 26,851
Meteo: Hot, sunny, 31°C
ITALY
Enrico Albertosi
Tarcisio Burgnich
Giacinto Facchetti (c)
Pierluigi Cera
Roberto Rosato
Mario Bertini
Giancarlo De Sisti
Luigi Riva
Angelo Domenghini
Sandro Mazzola
Roberto Boninsegna
Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi (ITA)
67′ Gianni rivera
46′ ↓Sandro Mazzola ↑Gianni Rivera
84′ ↓Angelo Domenghini ↑Sergio Gori
MEXICO
Ignacio Calderón
Gustavo Peña (c)
Mario Pérez
José Vantolrá
Antonio Munguía
Héctor Pulido
Javier Fragoso
José González
Aarón Padilla
Javier Valdivia
Javier Guzman
Coach: Raúl Cárdenas (MEX)
60′ ↓Antonio Munguía ↑Isidoro Diaz
68′ ↓José González ↑Enrique Borja
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (SWI)
Goals:
13′ José González, MEX
35′ Javier Guzman (own goal), ITA
63′ Luigi Riva, ITA
70′ Gianni Rivera, ITA
76′ Luigi Riva, ITA
Match overview
Italy overcame an early own goal to defeat hosts Mexico 4-1 and reach the semi-finals. After falling behind, Italy equalised before half-time and dominated the second half with three more goals. Gianni Rivera, coming on as a substitute, scored the final goal in stoppage time.
Trivia
This was the first time Mexico reached the quarter-finals of a World Cup. Italy’s comeback marked a turning point in their tournament, setting up the legendary semi-final clash with West Germany.
