What is your favourite ever World Cup semi-final?

This was in Napoli --- Diago Maradona said goodbye to Napoli in 1991 after seven glorious seasons in which they lifted the UEFA Cup, the Coppa Italia, two Serie A titles and an Italian Super Cup (they had not won the Scudetto before, nor have they since) Then in 1990 he helps to send Italy out in Napoli Poor Diego was always a hero and a villian

Argentina of 1990 was one of the most resilient teams of all times , all the odds were against them but they never quit and kept digging and almost won it with a less than average side full of injuries playing against amazing teams, I guess this is the mentality a legend like maradona plants in the mentality of the team.

Goychochea is an absolute legend.

Maradona played the tournament with an injured ankle n still took the team to the final. In the final match Argentine had 5 players suspended in the Germans took advantage n scored a penalty. The funny thing is despite argentina missing first team players in the final, the Germans still couldn't score from the open play. Argentina under Maradona was a team to reckon with.

By no means a great Argentina team, but they had balls of steel. Mentally tough. Warriors.

Goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea's signature game for Argentina. Already with 3 clean sheets (1 of them against Brazil!) and a penalty shootout win against Yugoslavia, Goycochea does the near impossible: beats a superior host nation team in the penalty shootout, knocking Italy out of the tournament. Clearly the best Argentina keeper until Dibu Martinez (who also had 3 clean sheets and 2 shootout wins, including the championship match)

The way Maradona takes his penalty (with sheer ice cold calmness and by almost passing the ball into the net once he's sent the keeper the wrong way) is excatly how Messi took most of his penalties to help win Argentina this latest World Cup in 2022.....Looks like Messi and Maradona may have either spent a lot of time discussing this with each other before Maradona sadly passed away...or simply Messi watched and learned from Maradona (whom would have been a huge mentor for Messi anyway as he grew up and then became the world new best player)

My childhood 😢 Rest In Peace, The little Big Man! GOAT ❤️

RIP Diego... We will remember and miss you... forever...

Maradona played a very significant role to bulid his team's mental spirit in 1990 world Cup.

I was little when I first saw Goyco's goalkeeping and was mesmerized with it. I have never lost that romanticism with Argentina team ever since the 1990 world cup. Literally cried over Argentina's defeat in the final while being in Frankfurt when the entire German nation was celebrating their victory.

Maradona is a real monster. surrounded by 6 opponents and still managed to create an accurate passing.

1990 was the last World Cup of the football that had a little bit of ice hockey vibes with players pushing and punching eachother. BRING THE FAIR VIOLENCE BACK

We cried for you Diego the best player ever.

Goycochea was magnificent in penalty, man, the last two saves were just incredible. As with saving Baggio's free kick!

Argentina won the 1990 World Cup. I understand they lost the final but a team with Maradona, Ruggeri, Pumpidp Olarticoechea and Burruchaga playing hurt or getting injured, Cannigia, Batista and Giusti penalized for yellow cards and Monzon and Giusti being sent off, and loose to the team that have steamrolled over everyone else by a fake penalty towards the end of the game, testifies to the greatness of the team.

I'm glad to finally see the penalties. I came home from school to remember Argentina scoring and my grandmother cheering.I had enough memory back then to know that Italy and keeper Zengha had not conceded before .Rest in Peace to the man who set up Canniggia's goal Maradona

I remember those days of 1990 WC in kolkata India matches used to start around 11pm or 12 am at night ,we used to stay awake for Argentina ( read for diego mara) , was just 10 yrs

Legendary Maradona!!!! Rest in power!! 🙌🏼

That incredible moment by Diego Maradona 3:04 :: sheer class! 🏆😍🤩🤩

Roberto baggio and maradona in the same game. Two legends

I was a little boy of 5 watching those matches ❤️ Maradona will be remembered . I remember he was always exceptional and indomitable in the field.🙏

I remember the match very well. Me and my family were with hands and shoulders for Argentina. I haven't watched too many matches with so much emotions like this one. I think that Argentina had to lost the final match because the italian mafia and some in the FIFA wanted to take revenge on Maradona and Argentina. Great Argentina with the great Diego.

Very painful memory for me. I was a kid and I was crazy about the Azzurri who had the best Azzurri side I have seen. I never though that Italy will go out in this game, especially when they were leading the first half. They were so strong and did not concede any goal in the previous games meeting weak Argentinian side that had organized defence plus the best player in the world Maradona, who I loved, and Canigia. This game marked the start of the penalty shoot-out curse for the Azzurri that continued for 3 World Cups in a row! Italy deserved to win this World Cup with little problems, or at least being in the final. However Maradona played his best game of the tournament on his Napoli Stadium and the Azzurri were out in a painful tragedy. This was more painful to me than loosing the final of 1994 by penalties to Brazil, because Italy had stronger side. This was the 5th consécutive math between both teams in the World Cup from 1974 to 1990. 2 Wins to Italy and 3 draws including this game.

When football was pure football !!! Missed it !!!

RIP Diego. You must not forget that in the 1990 World Cup final, Maradona's ankle by then was already turned into a kind of potato. And on top of that, in the final match, the best striker Argentina had in that World Cup, Caniggia, couldn't play. And three very important midfielders could not play either: Olarticoechea, Giusti and Batista, all of them world champions of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. The three of them were the backbone of the Argentine midfield and could not play the final game due to being suspended like Caniggia. To add insult to injury, at halftime in the final match against Germany, Argentina had to replace "big-headed" Ruggeri, who was one of the best central defenders in the entire history of Argentine football along with Daniel Alberto Passarella. Ruggeri had also been world champion at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Therefore, Argentina played the entire second half without its best defender, without its three main midfielders, without its main forward, with Maradona at 40%, and several minutes with one less player as Mexican referee Codesal showed the red card to Argentine defender Monzón. With all this, Germany could only win that final match thanks to an extremely controversial penalty that the referee Codesal gave to Germany a few minutes from the end.

This was technically the best Italian team. Look at the line up. They would have beaten Germany if they beat Argentina here. I think Italy lost the mind game to Maradona. He said something crazy in press conference prior to the game and I think it affected the Italians mind. Diego explained when he's about to take his penalty, Zenga tried to put preasure by saying "I know you" , but Diego responded "I know you better" Also, after scoring the opening goal, Italy seems to reluctant to attack in number. This was mindset of every team in this tournament. Defence seems to be the ultimate priority. Argentina certainly played their best football in this tournament in this particular game.

أتذكر هذه المباراة جيدا كان عمري 19 سنة وحزنت لخسارة الارجنتين في النهائي بعد أن ظلمهم حكم المباراة ضد ايطاليا وراكم عليهم البطاقات حتى يغيب 5 لاعبين أساسيين في النهائي ضد المانيا

This the game one player divide the all nation ad his name is DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA the best player to ever play the game

I saw this game when I was like 16 yrs old :) Its been long time. It was amazing. It was one of those games where Italians came into Semis with lots of swag and they knew they will win it all. But they didn't knew what Argentina can do. They didn't capitalize on the opportunities and finally Italians came under pressure in penalty shootout. This game is classic where it shows if you don't respect those 90 mins and opportunities it goes against you. But amazing saves by both the goal-keepers.

Argentina se arrastou durante toda a copa , agora fez seu melhor jogo contra a Itália batendo de frente contra os anfitriões. Mesmo com um jogador a menos se superou. Maradona , Cannigia e Goyecochea outra vez principais destaques.

Who is the very powerful team 1. ARGENTINA LIKE 2. ITALY COMMENT

The most iconic penalty series ever.

Maradona the greatest of all time, Caniggia is a genius. Argentina the most resilient team in this tournament, it took a dubious penalty for them to lose the final.

03:01 world number 1 footballer

Caniggia wasn't even in the Final Match of the World Cup and you see here how he can make a difference if you let him . Wished he were in the Final and we could see a different outcome

*30.10.1960 - 25.11.2020. DIEGO MARADONA - THE LEGEND OF WORLD FOOTBALL.*

A jogada de Diego Maradona driblando seis jogadores italianos de uma vez foi de outro planeta. Foi o melhor jogo da Argentina naquela fraca copa 90!

Football is my most favourite game,l love it very very very much,

Really one of the best Fifa matches. I often see this match in my leisure hours in a relaxed mood. I saw this with my parents while I was a student. Now I am middle aged and still I like enjoying it.

Diego sir we never forget you till football remain in earth .May lord keep his soul rest in peace .

Oh, the match before 10 years when I was born. Love Argentine foolball from Bangladesh.🙂

Besides Maradona they had best goal keeper , Maradona was a classic player

10:25..….Maradona vs 7 Italy players. Lol.

Roberto baggio...the legend❤️❤️

10:25 Maradona surrounded by almost the entire team and still makes the play

Two by far the most entertaining football countries in the world were in this video, thanx!

I wish I could see this match in full but can't find it anywhere. Two great footballing nations in a WC SF.. host's VS holders Maradona the greatest ever on the same pitch as the then up n coming world super star Roberto Baggio who broke the transfer fee at 8M from Fiorentina to Juventus. Maradona had nerves of steel when all of Italy including Naples who adored him for 6 years before this game all hoping and hating him and Argentina yet his winning penalty was pure class. RIP El D10S.

This game Show that football not played by skills only .when your team face the hosted nation which great team and led 1/0 and you still draw your team and push teammates in every space on field until your team scored and won at the end you have to have strong mentality and personality so thats why Maradona was seperated from others 🌺🌺🌺🌺

1990 Baresi ✅✅✅ Baggio ✅✅✅ 1994 Baresi ❎❎❎ Baggio ❎❎❎ Albertini ✅✅✅ 1998 Baggio ✅✅✅ Albertini ❎❎❎

Argentina has a great goalkeeper on that day.🇦🇷🇦🇷

Very few people take note of the fact that 1990 tournament was the fifth consecutive World Cup in which these two teams met, quite a rare occurrence. It means they locked horns in over one third of all World Cup competitions by that time. In 3 occasions, either team ended up as the champions, and once as the runner-up. Three of those encounters between these two giants of football took place in the preliminary group stage, including strangely enough, 1986 World Cup where they played as the winners of the two previous World Cups. Another interesting fact is that neither team could take advantage of playing as the host nation. Italy won in Argentina in 1978 and was defeated at home in 1990.

Deserved win for Argentina, Schilacci was in off-side on the goal

I remember some of this from 30 years ago and the book All Played Out. Argentina were made out to be the bad guys with their dirty gritty football. But thanks for these highlights as I believe I heard that this was their best performance in the tournament and the highlights bear this out. They didn’t defend for 120 mins and they deserved to win this as much as Italy. If they could’ve put a similar performance in against the Germans we’d have had a decent final.

esa debio ser la final argentina vs italia de ese bellisimo mundial que partido bravo fue este

Partido histórico para Argentina!!! Grande Goyco!!!!

2021 still remembered this 1990 FIFA WC Match.

It was a n incredible game for Diego RIP LEGEND

The real football legend on planet earth is Maradona ,.The one- man team - Maradona . We will never see a player like Maradona ever , RIP champ.

8:32 Roberto Baggio already showing so much as a sub, he was going to be the tragic hero in 94

This is the first time I hear commentators say "World number 1" to a football player. RIP Maestro 🇦🇷

Between 1990-1994 Sergio Goycochea won Argentina 5 penalty shootouts. Two shootouts at WC 1990, two shootous in Copa America 1993, and in Finalssima 1993. Emi Martinez currently won 3, still behind him.

Argentina❤❤

The greatest player ever born .. Maradona .. Magical

Thank you Fifatv! I want to watch the Extended highlights of other games from Argentina (against Yugoslavia) and Italy (against Uruguay) for the 1990 World Cup

Love the video game style graphics!

Notti magiche inseguendo un goal sotto il cielo di un'estate italiana!!!

0:57 Attacker: I got the ball! Ruggeri: So you have chosen *death.*

Italy had strong National Team in the 90s and the eliminations in 90, 94 and 98 was by penalty shootouts...in this particular game, Argentina did deserve to win because they played better (Italians has still not forgiven the coach for not letting Baggio play from the start) and if they did not have to play without 6 regular players (including Olarticoechea and Caniggia) in the final then they would have most probably won the final - in which they were denied a penalty (foul on Basualdo) and were the given one to Germany was not a penalty (Völler dives)!

16 years later (i.e. On this day in 2006), Italy defeated host nation (Germany) 2-0 via extra time by scoring two goals in the last minutes at Signal Iduna Park to avoid penalties and won the World Cup.

Maradona...i miss you.1960-2020

Those argentinian of that time really had balls enough👍

Diego the magician will ever be remembered

Maldini​ was​ glorius.​Cannigia was fantastic.

Maradona at 10:20 . Sublime play.....What an 'assist' that would have been if only Olarticoechea had been on target !!

RIP LEGEND 🙌 🙏 😢

Rest in Peace our Hero Maradona 🙏🙏🌼🌼

R.I.P Legend.

no me canso de ver este partido.

10:23 magic ❤ Made in Argentina 🇦🇷

I love that creative attacking play from Argentina!

If Caniggia played the final then Argentina would have been champions . Plus Argentina had other 2 players missing too . The penalty in the final was dubious and a dive from Voller . Unlucky Argentina . Honest assessment from German supporter .

This is the most epic semi-final in World Cup History, and all to lose to a German penalty.

Nothing can lift the morale of a Nation more than winning the WC in the greatest sport known to mankind in the world.

Vamos Argentina 🇦🇷🏆

That Maradona's shot out of nowhere was pure magic.

Go Diego Madadona you are the best Argentina player

When Goalkeeper has very big authority on their area. They can shout at his teammate for bad defending. That's what I don't see with today's football.

What an engaging spelbinding match. Nowadays rules and regulations, technology were ruined the prettiness of football.

5:40 that goal looked exactly like Borgetti´s at the WC in 2002 against Italy

love u Argentina... From Bangladesh

Maradona was skillfull, courgeous and brave player.

Roberto Baggio is a legend as well as Diego Maradona

If Vicini used Baggio more than disappointed Vialli......

BUENOS AIRES Argentina National Football Team 1 (4) vs (3) 1 ROME Italy National Football Team

Goalkeeper of Argentina is fabulous in penalty

Mardona baresi baggio wow so many legends

Gianluca Pagliuca (most saves penalty in Serie A history) was on the bench. Zenga was guilty for Argentinian goal and he was disaster in penalty...

It was beyond idiotic the way Napoli fans and the city in general just turned against Maradona after this game. Did they really expect him to not try and help Argentina to win?