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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 1 (July 1989)
JulyJust a few weeks after triumphing in the Copa America, Brazil kicked off its World Cup qualifying campaign with a solid (4-0) win at Venezuela.Date: July 15, 1989Competition: World Cup Qualifier,...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 2 (August 1989)
AugustBrazil continued its World Cup qualifting Campaign in an ill-tempered match at Chile’s Estadio Nacional. Romario and Ormeno were both sent off.Brazil then won a comfortably against Venezuela...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 3 (September 1989)
SeptemberBrazil qualified for the World Cup by defeating Chiel (1-0). The match will always be remembered for the firecracker incident, where Chilean goalkeeper Roberto Rojas feigned an injury.Belgium...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 4 (October 1989)
OctoberCzechoslovakia won an important qualifier vs. Portugal (2-1) with a double from Michael Bilek. They achieved qualification at the end of the month after defeating Switzerland (3-0),East Germany...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 5 (November 1989)
NovemberJust daus after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Toni Polster scored a hat trick to qualify Austria for the World Cup in a (3-0) win over East Germany.Romania qualified for the World Cup after a...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 6 (December 1989)
DecemberIn a friendly at Wembley, England defeated Yugoslavia (2-1). Bryan Robson’s goal after 38 seconds, was the fastest goal in the history of Wembley at the time.Spain defeated Switzerland (2-1) in...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 7 (January 1990)
JanuaryAn unders trength Argentina (with many local players) went on Tour. A loss to french club Monaco was followed by matches at Guatemala and Mexico.Belgium lost in a friendly at Greece (0-2)....
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 8 (February 1990)
FebruaryThe Soviet Union went on tour in Europe and North America. They defeated the USA (3-1) in a high profile friendly in San Francisco.Belgian Manager Walter Meeuws managed his Nation for the last...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 9 (March 1990)
MarchThe African Nations Cup took place in Algeria and the home tem were triumphant.USA toured Europe and played friendlies vs. Hungary and East Germnay.England defeated Brazil (1-0) in a friendly at...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 10 (April 1990)
AprilJosef "Sepp" Piontek managed Denmark for the last time in a match against his future employers, Turkey (1-0).Paul Gascoigne won his palce for England’s Italia’90 squad in a masterful display vs....
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 11 (May 1990)
MayThe Final preparation friendlies got underway ahead of the World Cup.Richard Möller-Nielsen led Denmark for the first time in a friendly at Wembley (England 1-Denmark 0).Liam Brady played in his...
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New Facebook page has been created where I will upload magazine articles/photoshttps://www.facebook.com/Soccerretromag/The blog’s Facebook page I still at:https://www.facebook.com/Soccernostalgia/
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 12 (June 1990)
JuneThe World Cup started in Italy. Date: June ??, 1990Competition: FriendlyVenue: -Attendance: -Triestina (Italy)- 1 Spain 5 (?????)Date: June 2, 1990Competition: FriendlyVenue: -Attendance:...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 13 (June 1990 continued)
Date: June 13, 1990Competition: FIFA World Cup-Group BVenue: Napoli – Stadio San Paolo, ItalyAttendance: 56,000Argentina 2-USSR 0 (Pedro Troglio 27, Jorge Burruchaga 79)Photo From: El Grafico, Extra...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 14 (June 1990 continued)
Date: June 23, 1990Competition: FIFA World Cup-Second RoundVenue: Napoli – Stadio San Paolo, Italy Attendance: 50,000Cameroon 2-Colombia 1 (Roger Milla 106, 109 / Bernardo Redín 115)Photo From:...
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International Season 1989/ 90, Part 15 (July 1990)
JulyWest Germany won the 1990 World Cup by defeating Argentina in the Final (1-0).Date: July 1, 1990Competition: FIFA World Cup-QuarterfinalsVenue: Milano -Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, San Siro,Italy...
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New Facebook page created where I will upload World Cup related articles from magazines and/or books.The material will not be restricted to the Finals only, but qualifiers and previews as...
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Teams on Tour-Part 9 (West Germany’s South American Tour of 1987)
As the hosts of the 1988 UEFA European Championships, West Germany were restricted to friendly matches ever since the end of the 1986 World Cup.West Germany Manager Franz Beckenbauer had been...
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Individual International Appearances, Part Seven- Marcel ‘Marco’ van Basten...
Official International Appearance No. 1 / 0 GoalsDate: September 7, 1983Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 7Venue: Groningen - OosterparkHolland 3-Iceland 0 (Ronald Koeman 16, Ruud...
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Individual International Appearances, Part Seven- Marcel ‘Marco’ van Basten...
Official International Appearance No. 21 / 9 GoalsDate: June 15, 1988Competition: UEFA European Championships- Group BVenue: Dusseldorf - Rhein Stadion, West GermanyHolland 3-England 1 (Marco van...
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