30 Years Ago Today (04/07/1990) I was 11 at the time. I'm 41 now. Italia 90 was the best world cup. The tears, the drama, the hot summer nights in England, World in Motion in the charts, the Italia 90 merchandise in the shops, the glow of the TV with Italia 90 as the beautiful summer sun would set....

England had such a great team back then but above all they had Gazza... RESPECT from Brazil.

The last “old school football” world cup

Gazza = Football Genius Beckham = Marketing Genius Rooney = Overated. Gazza was the last truly world class English player and England hero, fact. 1990 and 96, the last time the nation truly got behind the country. Those were the days when wearing the national shirt meant something,

As a Scotsman - if England had got through that semi-final they'd have beaten Argentina.

My earliest football memory is being allowed to stay up and watch this game. We got so close.

Wonderful how Matthaus comforted Waddle at the end instead of celebrating with his team...pure class

Klinsmann was in Des walkers pocket in this game ...What a great defender he was .

It was chris waddle who was englands magic man......he was mercurial for england in 1990.....he tore the belgians to pieces and was man of the match against the germans.......wonderful player

Ah yes. I was 9 years old when England first broke my heart.....and they've been doing it roughly every 2 years since.

I would have wanted the 1990 squad to win the world cup instead of the 2012 squad.Because the 1990 players had so much passion

England had a great Team. For me, Waddle was the best player of that cup: technique, balls and blood, Lineker, a genius, and Gazza... we love Gazza in Argentina. It was unfair that Waddle failed in the PK round final shot. That was a men' s Team. Real football. Germany was a killing machine, but against England, first, and then against Argentina, played with respect and a little fear I think. Best wishes from Argentina.

I was at the game - so lucky to see some of the best players that England have ever produced.

Still gets me even now

Alright, let's be serious here: There were honestly just 4 teams that could make it: Italy, Argentina, Germany, England. That round of semi-finals has been a real war and we'd loved to have a real match, the inventors of football on one side and the ones who made it an art (Italy) on the other. That'd have been a real game for the ages. :)

Was 20, watched the tournament with mates and the atmosphere and team was fantastic. Great memories, albeit sad not to make the final!

Gazza a true street footballer. Rooney probably the last. Don't see kids playing football on the streets now.

They all were legends ❤❤❤❤

This was THE REAL final. The other one was a dope. Gazza and Lineker were amazing. Greetings from Mexico!

Remember it well. Goosebumps watching this. That is all.👏🏻❤️

One of 2 great English sides, the other being Euro 96, that should've made it to a final and possibly gone on to win. Loved Italia 90. No other tournament will ever come close.

Waddle long-range would have been disallowed, but the one off the post could've made him a legend

Bring a tear to my eye!!

5.35 watching that 23 years on and i still get the same feeling, still can't believe we lost that day!

John Motson was a true connoisseur of the game.⚽️🏟🧐🎙

Bobby Robson had two problems at this Cup that he did not resolve. 1. The loss of Bryan Robson, the key anchor man who would have freed Gascoigne in the Semi against Germany...2...How to play Waddle and Barnes...he should have forced both of them to move infield alot more and be in much closer contact with Lineker, the front man...England's forward play would have been far more devastating...what England had at that world cup was Lineker's predatory skills, Gascogine's flashes of brilliance..an excellent back-line and Platt's robustness and key goals...

TEAM ENGLAND I ALWAYS LIKE !! THIS TEAM HAS THE SPIRIT OF A FIGHTER AND PLAYS A VERY INTERESTING FOOTBALL. SHE WAS WORTHED FOR A PRIZE PLACE AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2018. A LITTLE LUCK.

Many will not agree with me But this was one of the finest national teams in world football, n the best team in Italy 90, the only time i cried over a football match in my heart i was sure we'll win the world cup best team best manager at the time hands down sadly in football teams need some luck too

BEAUTIFUL AND ATTRACTIVE MATCH........... NO 19 IS PEACEFUL AND COOL MINDED EXTRAORDINARY PLAYER.........

Lothar matthäus was really the leader of the german national team

Gascoine, ur the best !!!

Germany played poorly in the final, but were a world class team throughout the tournament. Therefore it cannot be a sad day, they were deserved champions. Charlton was spot on, not hitting the target in a penalty shoot out - that is a sad day in football...

England would beat Argentina in the third place not the finals. It would be Italy and West Germany in the finals.

I am an indian but a hard c.ore English supporter.i have been following English football since euro 96 and was left heartbroken when they lost to germany on penalties that too after having played so well.iam basically an anglophile and love everything which is british,history ,culture everything.i wear Dunlop shoes when everyone is going for nike ,reebok etc.and I am highly satisfied with Dunlop shoes.my suggestion to FA is that they should a sports psychologist for their national team who in turn should remind the players of the greatness of Britain .it is land where sun never sets.such a small country but had colonies in part of the globe even india where I hail from was under british rule.no mean achievement.cambridge has the distinction of producing the highest no.of nobel laureates (90)more than any American university.stupendous achievement.sir Isaac newton,John Dalton ,Shakespeare and the list goes on and on. English players should be injected with pride,passion and most importantly killer instinct which I think is responsible for close defeats.they should not try to ape anyone rather strict to their strengths and play overall good football.they should also visit the church more and seek more goodluck from almighty because they badly need that.remember Maradona hand of god ,italia semifinal 90,euro 96 semi final,98 world cup argentina penalty shoot out etc etc etc. Guys just tell yourself that you the land of rulers ,you are the best ,we still would have been living in iron age if not for GREAT BRITAIN.i mean it. just be tough ,believe in yourself and above all be British

Boris Becker would have been a beast as a central midfielder. With his strength, size and speed.

I'd forgot about that tackle on gazza by Brehme

that was a classic

Its always baffled me why that in those days and back further, loads of people used to wave the British flag at England games 🤷🏼‍♂️

gascoins pass at 5:24 was 1 of the best passes i have ever seen he was falling backwards when he passed it.

England won 1 match within 90 minutes out of the 7 they played.

The English media talk too much about that game! Probably because their record in International football is disappointing, with exception to that only cup they won at home in 1966. In 1990 they were so lucky to beat Belgium in the 120th minute after Belgium, who were the better side, hit the bars at least twice. Then they won in extra time against Cameroon whom outplayed them and went in front.

Waddle from 50 yards 02:02 ... a Waddle specialty ... as it was for Hoddle.. two heavyweights.

THERE'S NOTHIN' TO SAY BOUT HIM!JUST A WORD :LEGEND!The English Maradonna!

Gazza the great!

The Paul Parker defection was horrid, remember it vividly and of course Waddle's mullet hitting the post. Had everything this game!

Paul Gascoigne 1990 vs. W. Germany - Roy Keane 1999 vs. Juventus. I can't help making the comparation.

@akeemMali And what did the german squad in 1966 do after they got screwed - They congratuled the english players and shook their hand! Here a little lesson in football rules: - 3:2 (1966): Linesman signalizes that it wasn`t a goal or that he at least hadn`t seen if the ball was in or not and then changed his decision. - 4:2 (1966): Audience on the field - The game has to be stopped immediately if something like that happens.

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Epic match. Like most people in Denmark I hoped that England would send the hun packing.

i loved this world cup. (im 32!) does anyone care about england at this competition anymore? the feeling hasn't come back since.....

Two German Leaders!Whenever 90-98 or 2000's as Managers:Matthaus,Klinsmann and Vôller. England:Gazza,Hoddle,Goal Machine(Shearer),Barnes,Ince as Managers too for now!

That video ended abruptly I told him it may be different but it must have come in one ear and out of the other to arguably England's most creative midfielder in 100 years or maybe

England have had horrible luck in the world cups ( except the one in 1966 of course )....This semifinal....David Beckam's red card in '98....Lampard's "disallowed" goal in 2010.....i could name a lot of other games but they won't fit in a comment

LINEKER you are LOVELY DANGEROUS

At the end my mum was crying because although she didn't like football because she knew how upset me and my brothers were.

As an England fan I do recall that Thomas Hassler went off injured very early in this game and he was excellent. Their goal was lucky. But the Germans executed their penalties. I still cannot understand why a geriatric Shilton was on goal over Chris Woods.

Gazza

I'm a straight guy but seriously if I were a woman, I'd have labelled Gary Lineker in his football days with England as a serious spunk!

Our good old friend the penalty shootout

Geordies everywhere.

Ireland and Villa's Paul McGrath were the best team around.

Best World Cup ever

Connor Wikham, next English hero.

last west germany world cup befor unification :)

very crazy Tho game kkkkkk

That was England's best chance of a second World cup. How did the normally solid Shilton allow that fluke to happen? He got his bearings all wrong It must be the only time I ever saw him mess up. What an unforgettable final with Argentina it would have been.

@SuperJuliusC Did u watch that Brehmer foul o Gascoine yet???

I wouldn't call their performance in the final awesome. It was a rather sad day in football if that's what we call champions.

Makes me laugh, ireland had just as much chance in that world cup as england No one tells the truth about italy playing ireland in quarter finals, where the italians totally owned the referee that night, and made sure ireland could not play. Ireland were screwed over in that world cup quarter final, the only time i could not stand the ref in my life, as that referee made sure ireland could not play that night, and ireland went out. Love the way 4 years later ireland got there revenge on italy in new jersey and ireland beat the italians Also great how argentina beat italy next game in 1990 world cup, to knock out italy If you host tournaments, we understand you get to cheat, but at least give the other side a chance of playing. Ireland, had just as much chance as england to win italia 1990, and ireland were screwed over in rome, by the italians owning the referee who made sure ireland could not play in that game. At least england played west germany and both had equal chance of getting through, ireland were screwed over in 1990s world cup quarters by italy. Its the only time in my years watching football, that the referee was so biased to one team, making sure the other team could not play. Thats life, and i always laugh that england said they could of won that world cup, you had same chance as ireland did, ie an outside chance By the way best team by far won, ie west germany People forget this world cup was the celebration of german reunification Weird how that happened just as that happened, when both west germany, and east germany became a unified country again. West germany was easily best team in italia 1990, and were deserved winners, no matter what england says.

This was shown in BBC coverage of The semi final I guess Germany spain

We were so unlucky that night, the deflection, waddle hitting the post, everything went wrong when it mattered.

Mate, you cant look at football in that way. 1 goal changes EVERYTHING, had it been 2-2 at half-time we would not have been chasing for the equaliser in the seconds half, and therefore wouldn't leave ourselves open for the counter attack, which was how the 3rd and 4th German goal was scored.

Long live my beloved Germany! Though England also played exceedingly well. Star for me was Brehme.

England deserved to win this match

Der Becker wäre lieber ein inselaffe. Sieht ja auch so aus.

@SuperJuliusC Of course i did. I was born 1971. Did u watch them? Thats the real question.

Euro 96, Semi finals.

it"s funny england have a documentary just on the semi final.....

@akeemMali France was in 1982 and 1986 - Not in 1990!

what happened Gazza? From that to beer & chicken in a field

@akeemMali Defeat tastes bitter doesn't it.

Im the Cameroonian comment you’re looking for. Yeah , karma is real😂. You couldn’t progress anywhere else .

How wasn’t that a red on Gascoigne?

Gascoine 's last WC match.

Ireland - Draw Holland - Draw Egypt - Win Belgium - win AET Cameroon win Was it THAT impressive?

I cant wait for this world cup. Dont have huge hopes for England but we can still dream. I dont think the Germans will be as good as their 2010 team, and Spain have got to fall apart soon. I think the Argies or Brazil will be the biggest threat this time..still, cant wait!

I always si happy that National england soccer Team Lost vs Germany Remember that un 1966 they won the world cup thanks to the referee

If only Barnes and Waddle had cut lose in the knockout stages and Robson not been injured...if only..

Bobby Robson

Whys Gallagher on it? He supported Ireland 100%

lol this was THE last time England did something moderately decent LOL more than 20 years ago LOL face it brits, you may have invented the game, but leave it to the brazilians, germans, italians, argentinians or the spaniards to PLAY IT...

@akeemMali By the way: Putting the ball into the goal with your fist hasn`t also much to do with football! So every foul play is okay for you as long it wasn`t done by Germany?!

5:00 How was that not a red

ok

Nonsense,Germany was the best team in 1990.

@Urivan10 So what about Augenthaler - You haters always forget the important factors...

Come on Roberto Baggio was a much better young player than Gascoigne in Italia 90. And so what about Freddy Rincon,Enzo Scifo,Robert Proseneski,Jurgen Klinsmann,Aron Winter,Gheorghi Hagi,Michel,Lacatus,Enzo Fransecoli,Claudio Canigga,Thomas Brolin,Dunga and the least goes on and on and on. So that's why I said gazza wasn't the best young player at Italia 1990

3 world cups and 3 European championships. Yeah, luck...

Trying to become Gazza in the playground.... well most teens do drink before school!

Besides his gray hair, Lineker looks the same. Great genes.