Football World Cup 1990

	!colspan	21990 Football World Cup - Italy<br>''Italia 90''
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		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Italy" class="copylinks">Italy
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		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Germany_national_football_team" class="copylinks">West Germany (3rd title)
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		"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Salvatore_Schillaci" class="copylinks">Salvatore Schillaci (ITA)<br>6 goals
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FIRSTS

For the first time, both World Cup semi-finals were decided by Penalty Shootout s.

The tournament marks the first time a World Cup tournament has ever hit such a low goals-per-game average. There were 115 goals, and, taking account of Extra Time when applicable, 4920 minutes of play - which means 1 goal every 42.7 minutes, or only 2.1 goals for every 90-minute game.

First appearance of Costa Rica , the Republic Of Ireland , the United Arab Emirates , and reappearance of the United States after a 40-year absence. Both the UAE and the USA went out in the group stage.

For the first time the second place team of a group was decided by draw: in Group F.

This was the first (and only, so far) World Cup in which two European teams were defeated by a .

The final alone had several firsts:

For the first time a team reached three World Cup finals in a row: West Germany had already lost the finals in 1982 and 1986 . This feat was later repeated by Brazil in 1994 , 1998 and 2002 with better results : two titles out of three finals.

It was the first rematch of a preceding final: The World Cup 1986 already saw Argentina and West Germany in the final, only with a different winner.

Pedro Monzón of Argentina became the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final. Teammate Gustavo Abel Dezotti was also sent off.

For the first time, the losing team did not score a goal: Germany won by a Penalty , almost saved by Sergio Goycochea , scored in the 85th minute by Andreas Brehme after a heavily disputed foul on Rudi Völler . As such, West Germany's Bodo Illgner became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.

TRIVIA

USSR was the rival of the Italy 's candidacy to host the event.

LASTS

This would be the last World Cup in which goalkeepers were allowed to pick up direct backpasses from teammates. The backpass rule was in use from the 1994 tournament in order to make it harder for teams to time-waste.

This was the last World Cup in which four teams' countries existed as political entities: West Germany joined with East Germany shortly after the tournament, Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia , Yugoslavia dissolved into the nations Croatia , Slovenia , Bosnia And Herzegovina , FYR Macedonia , and Serbia And Montenegro (which retained the name Yugoslavia until 2002 ), and the USSR , which split into Russia and fourteen smaller states with the fall of the Communist regime, although the former Soviet states fielded a CIS team in the 1992 European Championship .

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