The best players of the 1990 World Cup

Some other fringe names I might consider.

Carlos Valderrama
Oscar Ruggeri
Ricardo Gomes
Mark Wright
Mick McCarthy
Néstor Lorenzo

I feel like Argentina's defensive record mandates at least one defender added to the list. If they do not have a single defender good enough to be ranked then Goycochea must have had the greatest WC by a keeper ever.

 

At that time, this was my best XI squad.

Goycochea
Tataw - Ferri - Baresi - Augenthaler - Maldini
Matthäus - Gascoigne
Maradona
Milla - Schillachi

 

Here are the France Football match ratings and averages for the players on your list and a few other players with big names or that rated out relatively well.

Goalkeepers

Sergio Goycochea (3,4,3,4,5,3) 3.7
Walter Zenga (3,3,4,4,4,2,4) 3.4
Peter Shilton (3,3,3,3,3,4,3) 3.1
Luis Conejo (5,4,5) 4.7
Andoni Zubizarreta (4,3,5,3) 3.8
Claudio Taffarel (5,3,4,3) 3.8

Other Goalkeepers

Bodo Illgner (3,3,3,3,3,4,3) 3.1
Michel Preud'homme (4,3,4,3) 3.5
Jan Stejskal (3,3,4,3,5) 3.6
René Higuita (4,4,4,2,3) 3.5
Thomas N'Kono (4,4,3,3,3) 3.4

Fullbacks

Andreas Brehme (4,4,5,3,5,5) 4.3
Paolo Maldini (3,3,3,4,4,4,3) 3.4
Giuseppe Bergomi (4,3,4,4,3,3,3) 3.4
Jorginho (3,3,3,3) 3
Thomas Berthold (4,3,3,3,3,3,2) 3
Stuart Pearce (3,4,3,4,3,4) 3.5
Michel De Wolf (3,4,3,4) 3.5

Other Fullbacks

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Centre-backs

Franco Baresi (4,4,3,4,3,4,4) 3.7
Des Walker (3,3,3,2,3,4,4) 3.1
Ricardo Ferri (3,2,3,4,4,3) 3.2
Jurgen Kohler (4,3,4,3) 3.5
Guido Buchwald (3,3,3,4,3,3,4) 3.3
Klaus Augenthaler (3,3,2,3,3,3,3) 2.9
Predrag Spasic (3,3,2,3,3) 2.8

Other Center-backs

Mick McCarthy (3,3,4,3,3) 3.2
Mark Wright (4,4,4,3,4,4) 3.8 Definitely feels like he warrants inclusion, much better rated than Walker.
Róger Flores (4,4,4,4) 4 Another who seems to have a decent case.
Ricardo Gomes (3,4,3,3) 3.3
Faruk Hadžibegić (2,2,3,5,3) 3
Gică Popescu (4,4,4,4) Good Candidate

Central midfielders

Lothar Matthaus (6,5,4,5,3,3,4) 4.3
Rafael Martin Vazquez (3,4,4,4) 3.8
Paul McGrath (3,4,4,4,3) 3.6
Robert Prosinecki (4) 4 only started one game, sub in another, not enough time to rate. Do not know why he was young player of the tourney.
Alemao (4,3,3,3) 3.3
Jorge Burruchaga (3,4,3,3,3,4,3) 3.3

Other Central midfielders

Ivan Hašek (4,4,4,4,3) 3.8 Good candidate in my opinion.
Louis-Paul Mfédé (4,5,3,2,4) 3.6 Decent Candidate.
Dunga (4,4,3,3) 3.5 Slightly better rated than Alemao.

Attacking midfielders

Dragan Stoijkovic (3,3,4,5,3) 3.6
Gascoigne (3,5,5,4,4,5) 4.3
Enzo Scifo (5,4,3,5) 4.3
Giuseppe Giannini (4,3,3,4,4,4,3) 3.6
Gheorghe Hagi (3,5,4) 4
David Platt (4,3,4,4) 3.8
Thomas Hassler (4,3,3,3,3) 3.2
Valdo (-,3,2,4) 3 Not rated in game versus Sweden, not sure why played 82 minutes. Don't know if he was good in that game either.

Other Attacking midfielders

Carlos Valderrama (4,3,4,4) 3.8

Wingers

Roberto Donadoni (4,2,4,4,4) 3.6
Pierre Littbarski (3,4,4,3,4) 3.6
Michel (2,5,3,2) 3

Other Wingers

Safet Sušić (2,4,3,4,3) 3.2

Forwards

Claudio Caniggia (3,3,4,3,4) 3.4
Diego Maradona (3,4,4,4,3,3,2) 3.3
Francois Omam-Biyik (4,3,3,4,5) 3.8
Roberto Baggio (5,3,3,3,5) 3.8

Other Forwards

Marius Lăcătuş (5,3,4) 4
Müller (4,3,3,2) 3
Ivo Knoflíček (3,5,4,3,3) 3.6

Strikers

Salvatore Schillaci (4,5,5,4,4) 4.4
Gary Lineker (3,4,3,2,4,4,3) 3.3
Thomas Skuhravy (5,5,4,5,2) 4.2
Jurgen Klinsmann (4,4,3,5,4,3,3) 3.7
Roger Milla (3,5,4) 4
Rudi Voller (4,4,3,4) 3.8

Other Strikers

Careca (5,3,3,3) 3.5

 

Overall Best Rated (At least 5 games)

Salvatore Schillaci (4,5,5,4,4) 4.4
Gascoigne (3,5,5,4,4,5) 4.3
Lothar Matthaus (6,5,4,5,3,3,4) 4.3
Andreas Brehme (4,4,5,3,5,5) 4.3
Thomas Skuhravy (5,5,4,5,2) 4.2

 

The attacking players seems to being still the best performers in the most deffensive WC ever.

For the great Tom's post. A probably FF Best XI would be: (>= 4 matches)
-------------------- Goycoechea
Bergomi ----- Popescu ----- Baresi ----- Brehme
--------- Matthaus ----- Martín Vazquez
----- Scifo ----------------------- Gascoigne
--------- Skuhravy ----- Schillachi


Note: With a tight difference, i pick the best single match.
I prefer Kohler > Popescu and Klinsmann > Skuhravy.
btw, Roger Flores looks overrated here and Conejo would be best GK if he didn't miss the 2nd round.

 

I was also surprised by how comparatively low defenders were rated in this WC. I WC 86 for example all the top rated players by FF after Maradona are defenders (Maxime Bossis, Manuel Amoros, Karlheinz Forster, Patrick Battiston, Morten Olsen) where as many attackers from that WC that you would think are rated high were not (Igor Belanov, Michel Platini, Enzo Scifo, Emilio Butragueño). I was very surprised how low Franco Baresi, Guido Buchwald, Jürgen Kohler, Klaus Augenthaler, Paolo Maldini, and Giuseppe Bergomi were all rated.

 

looks good overall but I always have issue with one source of rating ... (so dependent to that source criteria - well if any?)

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/s...ffered-job-cleaning-toilets-article-1.1961217
"Germany’s players' union ... released a report claiming that three out of four former players are unable to earn a living outside of soccer once their careers on the pitch end."

 

So crazy to see this list and no Dutch players mentioned. When you consider the all star squad they had that year. Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, Koeman... what a disappointment!

Gullit scored 3/3/4/4 in France Football, but yeah considering the expectations, no one would ever think of putting a Dutch name in such a list.

 

Was Alemao clearly superior to teammate Dunga, who by the way (not that it would be a conclusive argument of course..) had a slight edge over him in the rates provided by France Football, if I am not mistaken?

 

From Repubblica/L'Unita Ratings


Group A

ITALY 1-0 AUSTRIA
ITALY: Zenga 6, Baresi 7.5, Bergomi 7, Ferri 7, Maldini 6.5, Ancelotti 6 (46' De Agostini 6.5), De Napoli 5, Giannini 7.5, Donadoni 7, Vialli 6.5, Carnevale 5.5 (75' Schillaci 6.5).
AUSTRIA: Lindenberger 6.5, Aigner 6, Russ 6, Pecl 5.5, Schoettel 5, Streiter 6, Artner 5.5 (62' Zsak 5.5), Linzmaier 5.5 (78' Hortnagl s.v.), Herzog 6, Ogris 6, Polster 6.
Man of the Match: Franco Baresi (Italy)

ITALIA Zenga 7, Baresi 7,5, Bergomi 6,5, Ferri 6,5, Maldini 6,5, Ancelotti 7 (dal 46' De Agostini 6), De Napoli 6,5, Donadoni 7, Giannini 6, Carnevale 6 (dal 74' Schillaci 7), Vialli 6.
AUSTRIA Linderberger 6,5, Aigner 6, Pecl 7, Schoettel 6, Russ 6,5, Artner 6, Streiter 6, Linzmaier 6, Herzog 6,5, Ogris 6, Polster 6,5.


CZECHOSLOVAKIA 5-1 UNITED STATES
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Stejskal 6, Kocian 6, Kadlec 6, Straka 6.5, Moravcik 6 (83' Weiss s.v.), Hasek 7, Kubik 6.5, Chovanec 6, Bilek 6, Skuhravy 6.5, Knoflicek 5.5 (77' Luhovy s.v.).
UNITED STATES: Meola 6, Trittschuh 5, Windischmann 4.5, Armstrong 6, Harkes 5.5, Ramos 6, Stollmeyer 5 (64' Balboa 5), Caligiuri 6.5, Vermes 5, Wynalda 4, Murray 5 (79' Sullivan s.v.).
Man of the Match: Ivan Hasek (Czechoslovakia)


ITALY 1-0 UNITED STATES
ITALY: Zenga 7, Baresi 6.5, Bergomi 6.5, Ferri 7, Maldini 6, Berti 5.5, Donadoni 6.5, De Napoli 6, Giannini 7, Carnevale 5.5 (51' Schillaci 6), Vialli 5.
UNITED STATES: Meola 6, Doyle 6, Banks 6 (80' Stollmeyer s.v.), Windischmann 6, Armstrong 6.5, Balboa 6, Harkes 6, Ramos 6.5, Caligiuri 6.5, Vermes 6, Murray 6 (82' Sullivan s.v.).
Man of the Match: Giuseppe Giannini (Italy)

ITALIA Zenga 6,5, Bergomi 6,5, Maldini 6, Baresi 7, Ferri 6, Berti 5,5, Donadoni 7, De Napoli 6,5, Vialli 5,5, Giannini 7, Carnevale 5,5 (al 51' Schillaci 6).
STATI UNITI Meola 6,5; Doyle 6, Banks 7, Windischman 6,5, Armostrong 6,5, Balboa 6, Harkes 6, Ramos 6,5, Caligiuri 6, Vermes 6, Murray 6,5.


CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1-0 AUSTRIA
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Stejskal 6, Kocian 6, Kadlec 6, Nemecek 6, Moravcik 7, Hasek 7, Chovanec 7 (31' Bielik 6), Kubik 6.5, Bilek 6.5, Skuhravy 7, Knoflicek 6.5 (81' Weiss s.v.).
AUSTRIA: Lindenberger 7, Aigner 4.5, Pecl 5, Pfeffer 5, Russ 5 (46' Ogris 5), Zsak 5, Schoettel 5.5 (46' Streiter 5.5), Herzog 5, Hoertnagl 6, Rodax 5, Polster 5.
Man of the Match: Ivan Hasek (Czechoslovakia)

CECOSLOVACCHIA Stejskal 6,5, Kadlec 6,5, Kocian 6,5, Chovanec 6,5 (dal 29' Bielik 6), Hasek 7, Bilek 6,5, Kubik 6,5, Moravcik 6,5, Nemecek 6, Skuhravy 6,5, Knoflicek 7 (dall' 82' Weiss s.v.).
AUSTRIA Linderberger 6, Aigner 5,5, Pecl 6, Pfeffer 5, Schoettle 5 (dal 46' Ogris 6), Zsak 5, Russ 5,5 (dal 46' Streitner 6), Hoertnagl 5,5, Herzog, 5, Polster 5,5, Rodax 5,5.


ITALY 2-0 CZECHOSLOVAKIA
ITALY: Zenga 6.5, Baresi 7.5, Bergomi 7, Ferri 7, Berti 6.5, Donadoni 7.5 (51' De Agostini 6), De Napoli 7 (65' Vierchowod 6), Giannini 7, Maldini 6.5, Baggio 8, Schillaci 7.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Stejskal 7, Kadlec 6, Kinier 6.5, Nemecek 5.5 (46' Bielik 6), Moravcik 6, Hasek 6, Chovanec 7, Weiss 6 (58' Griga 6), Bilek 6, Skuhravy 6.5, Knoflicek 6.5.
Man of the Match: Roberto Baggio (Italy)

ITALIA Zenga 7, Bergomi 7, Maldini 7, Baresi 7, Ferri 7, Berti 7, Donadoni 7 (dal 50' De Agostini 6,5), De Napoli 6,5 (dal 66' Vierchowod 6,5), Baggio 7,5, Giannini 7, Schillaci 7.
CECOSLOVACCHIA Stejskal 7; Kadlec 6,5; Kinier 7; Hasek 7; Bilek 6,5; Chovanec 7; Moravcik 6; Weiss 6 (Griga 6,5); Nemecek 6 (Bielik 6); Skuhravy 5,5; Knoflicek 6,5.


AUSTRIA 2-1 UNITED STATES
AUSTRIA: Lindenberger 5.5, Aigner 6, Pecl 6, Pfeffer 6, Artner 5, Zsak 5.5, Herzog 5.5, Ogris 6.5, Streiter 6, Rodax 6 (86' Glatzmayer s.v.), Polster 5 (46' Reisinger 6).
UNITED STATES: Meola 6.5, Doyle 6, Banks 6 (55' Wynalda s.v.), Windischmann 6, Armstrong 6, Balboa 6, Harkes 6, Ramos 6, Caligiuri 5 (70' Bliss s.v.), Vermes 6, Murray 6.
Man of the Match: Andreas Ogris (Austria)

AUSTRIA Lindenberger 5,5, Aigner 6, Pecl 6, Pfeffer 6, Streiter 6,5, Zsak 6, Artner 5, Herzog 6,5, Polster 5 (dal 46' Reisinger 6), Ogris 7,5, Rodax 7 (dall' 82' Glatzmayer 6).
STATI UNITI Meola 5,5, Doyle 5,5, Banks 5 (dal 57' Wynalda 6), Windischmann 6, Armstrong 5,5, Harkes 6, Murray 6,5, Balboa 5,5, Caligiuri 5,5 (dal 62' Bliss 5), Ramos 7, Vermes 6,5.


Group B

CAMEROON 1-0 ARGENTINA
CAMEROON: N'Kono 6, N'Dip 7, Tataw 6.5, Kunde 6.5, Massing 6, Ebwelle 6, M'Bouh 6.5, K. Biyik 7.5, M'Fede 7 (66' Libiih 6), O. Biyik 7.5, Makanaky 7 (81' Milla s.v.).
ARGENTINA: Pumpido 4, Ruggeri 4.5 (46' Caniggia 6), Simon 5, Fabbri 4.5, Basualdo 5, Lorenzo 5, Batista 5.5, Sensini 5 (69' Calderon s.v.), Burruchaga 5, Balbo 4.5, Maradona 5.
Man of the Match: Francois Omam-Biyik (Cameroon)

CAMERUN N' Kono 7, Tataw 6.5, Ebwelle 6.5, Massing 5, ' Ndip 4.5, Kunde 7, K. Biyik 6, Mbouh 6.5, Oman Biyik 7.5 (dall' 81' Milla sv), Mfede 7 (dal 65' Libiih 6), Makanaki 7.
ARGENTINA Pumpido 5, Ruggeri 5 (dal 46' Caniggia 7), Sensini 4 (dal 70' Calderon 5), Lorenzo 5, Fabbri 5, Simon 5, Basualdo 6, Batista 5, Balbo 4, Maradona 7, Burruchaga 6.


ROMANIA 2-0 SOVIET UNION
ROMANIA: Lung 7, Rednic 6, Andone 6.5, Popescu 6.5, Klein 6, Sabau 5.5, Rotariu 6.5, Lupescu 6, Timofte 5, Lacatus 7.5 (87' Dumitrescu s.v.), Raducioiu 6 (79' Balint s.v.).
SOVIET UNION: Dasaev 5, Kuznetsov 5.5, Khidiatullin 6.5, Gorlukovich 5, Aleinikov 5.5, Litovchenko 4 (66' Yaremchuk 4), Zavarov 6, Besonov 4, Rats 5.5, Protasov 6, Dobrovolski 4 (71' Borodiuk s.v.).
Man of the Match: Marius Lacatus (Romania)

ROMANIA Lung 7, Rednic 6, Klein 6, Andone 6, Rotariu 6,5, Popescu 7, Lacatus 7 (dall' 86' Dumitrescu s.v.), Sabau 7, Raducioiu 6,5 (80' Balint s.v.), Lupescu 6,5, Timofte 6.
URSS Dasaev 5, Gorlukovich 6, Rats 5, Kuznetsov 5,5, Kidiatullin 5, Bessonov 5,5, Litovchenko 5 (dal 65' Yaremciuk 5), Aleinikov 5, Protasov 6, Zavarov 6, Dobrovolski 5 (dal 71' Borodiuk s.v.).


ARGENTINA 2-0 SOVIET UNION
ARGENTINA: Pumpido s.v. (11' Goycochea 6.5), Monzon 6.5 (79' Lorenzo s.v.), Simon 6.5, Serrizuela 6, Basualdo 6, Batista 5, Troglio 6.5, Olarticoechea 6, Burruchaga 5.5, Caniggia 6, Maradona 6.
SOVIET UNION: Uvarov 6, Besonov 5, Khidiatullin 6, Kuznetsov 5, Gorlukovich 5.5, Aleinikov 5.5, Zygmantovich 6, Shalimov 5.5, Zavarov 5, Protasov 5.5 (75' Litovchenko s.v.), Dobrovolski 6.
Man of the Match: Sergio Goycochea (Argentina)

ARGENTINA Pumpido (s.v. Goicoechea 6,5); Monzon 6 (dal 78' Lorenzo s.v.); Olarticoechea 6,5; Simon 6; Serrizuela 6,5; Batista 6; Burruchaga 6,5; Troglio 6; Caniggia 6,5; Maradona 7,5; Basualdo 6.
URSS Uvarov 5, Bessonov 5, Khidiatullin 6, Kuznetsov 6, Alejnikov 5,5, Zavarov 6,5, Protassov 5 (dal 76' Litovchenko), Dobrovolski 6 Zygmantovich 5,5, Shalimov 6, Gorlukovic 5,5.


CAMEROON 2-1 ROMANIA
CAMEROON: N'Kono 6.5, N'Dip 6.5, Tataw 6.5, Kunde 6 (68' Pagal s.v.), Onana 6.5, Ebwelle 6.5, M'Bouh 6, Kessack 6 (58' Milla 8), M'Fede 6, O. Biyik 5, Makanaky 6.
ROMANIA: Lung 6, Rednic 6, Andone 6, Popescu 6, Klein 6, Sabau 5.5, Rotariu 5.5, Hagi 5 (55' Dumitrescu 5), Timofte 4, Lacatus 6, Raducioiu 5.5 (63' Balint 5.5).
Man of the Match: Roger Milla (Cameroon)

CAMERUN N' Kono 7; Onana 6,5; Ebwelle 6,5; Kunde 6 (dal 69' Pagal s.v.); Tatau 6,5; N' Dip 6; M' Bouh 7; M' Fede 7; Makanaky 6,5; Omam Biyick 6; Kessack 6 (dal 59' Milla 8).
ROMANIA Lung 6; Rednic 6; Klein 6; Andone 5; Popescu 5,5; Rotariu 6; Sabau 5; Hagi 6 (dal 56' Dumitrescu 5); Timofte 6; Lacatus 5,5; Raducioiu 5 (dal 63' Balint 5,5).


ARGENTINA 1-1 ROMANIA
ARGENTINA: Goycochea 7, Monzon 6.5, Simon 6, Serrizuela 5.5, Basualdo 6, Troglio 5 (53' Giusti 6), Batista 5.5, Olarticoechea 5.5, Burruchaga 5.5 (60' Dezotti 6), Caniggia 6.5, Maradona 6.
ROMANIA: Lung 6.5, Rednic 5.5, Andone 5.5, Popescu 6, Klein 6, Sabau 6 (82' Mateut s.v.), Rotariu 5.5, Lacatus 6.5, Hagi 7, Lupescu 6, Balint 6.5 (72' Lupu s.v.).
Man of the Match: Gheorghe Hagi (Romania)


SOVIET UNION 4-0 CAMEROON
SOVIET UNION: Uvarov 6, Demianenko 6, Khidiatullin 6.5, Kuznetsov 6.5, Gorlukovich 6.5, Aleinikov 7, Zygmantovich 6.5, Shalimov 5.5 (46' Zavarov 6.5), Protasov 7, Litovchenko 6.5 (72' Jaremciuk s.v.), Dobrovolski 7.
CAMEROON: N'Kono 6, N'Dip 5, Tataw 6, Kunde 5 (34' Milla 5.5), Onana 5, Ebwelle 5.5, M'Bouh 6, K. Biyik 6, M'Fede 6, O. Biyik 5.5, Makanaky 5 (56' Pagal 5.5).
Man of the Match: Oleh Protasov (Soviet Union)


Group C

BRAZIL 2-1 SWEDEN
BRAZIL: Taffarel 6.5, Mozer 6.5, Gomez 6, Galvao 6, Jorginho 7, Valdo 6 (83' Silas s.v.), Alemao 6.5, Dunga 6, Branco 7, Muller 6.5, Careca 7.5,
SWEDEN: Ravelli 6, R. Nilsson 6, Larsson 6.5, Ljung 5.5 (70' Stromberg 6, Schwarz 5, Limpar 6, Thern 5.5, Ingesson 6, J. Nilsson 5.5, Magnusson 5 (46' Pettersson 6), Brolin 6.5.
Man of the Match: Careca (Brazil)


COSTA RICA 1-0 SCOTLAND
COSTA RICA: Conejo 8, Flores 6, Chavarria 6, Montero 6, Chaves 6, Gonzalez 6.5, Ramirez 6.5, Gomez 6, Cayasso 7, Marchena 6.5, Jara 6.5 (85' Medford s.v.).
SCOTLAND: Leighton 6, Gough 6 (46' McKimmie 5.5), McLeish 5.5, Aitken 6, McPherson 6, Malpas 5.5, McStay 5.5, Bett 5 (74' McCoist s.v.), McCall 5.5, Johnston 5.5, McInally 6.
Man of the Match: Luis Gabelo Conejo (Costa Rica)


BRAZIL 1-0 COSTA RICA
BRAZIL: Taffarel s.v., Mozer 5.5, Gomez 6.5, Galvao 6.5, Jorginho 6.5, Valdo 6.5 (86' Silas s.v.), Alemao 6, Dunga 6.5, Branco 6.5, Muller 5.5, Careca 7 (83' Bebeto s.v.).
COSTA RICA: Conejo 7, Flores 6.5, Chavarria 6, Montero 5.5, Chaves 6, Gonzalez 6.5, Ramirez 6.5, Gomez 6, Cayasso 5 (78' Guimaraes s.v.), Marchena 5.5, Jara 5.5 (71' Myers).
Man of the Match: Luis Gabelo Conejo (Costa Rica)

BRASILE Taffarel sv, Jorginho 6.5, Ricardo Gomez 6, Branco 6, Mozer 6, Mauro Galvao 6.5, Dunga 5.5, Alemao 6.5, Valdo 6.5 (86' Silas sv), Careca 5.5 (83' Bebeto sv), Muller 5.5.
COSTARICA Conejo 7, Flores 6, Gonzalez 6.5, Montero 6, Chaves 6, Chavarria 6, Ramirez 6, Gomez 6, Cayasso 6 (78' Guimaraes sv), Marchena 6.5, Jara 5.5 (71' Myers sv).


SCOTLAND 2-1 SWEDEN
SCOTLAND: Leighton 6, McLeish 6, Malpas 6, Levein 6.5, McPherson 7, Durie 6 (75' McStay s.v.), McLeod 6.5, Aitken 6.5, McCall 6.5, Fleck 6.5 (84' McCoist s.v.), Johnston 7.
SWEDEN: Ravelli 6, R. Nilsson 6, Hysen 5.5, Larsson 6.5 (75' Stromberg s.v.), Schwarz 6, Limpar 5, Thern 5.5, Ingesson 5.5, J. Nilsson 6, Pettersson 5 (62' Ekstroem s.v.), Brolin 5.
Man of the Match: David McPherson (Scotland)

SCOZIA Leighton 6; McPherson 6,5; Levein 6; McLeish 6,5; Malpas 6; Aitken 7; Mc Call 6.5; McLeod 7; Durie 6.5; (dal 75' McStay s.v.) Fleck 6 (84' McCoist s.v.); Johnston 6.
SVEZIA Ravelli 6.5, R. Nilsson 5.5; Hysen 5; Larsson 6 (dal 75' Stromberg s.v.) Schwarz 5; Limpar 4.5; Thern 6.5; Ingesson 6.5; J. Nilsson 5; Brolin 6; Pettersson 5 (dal 62' Ekstroem 5.5).


BRAZIL 1-0 SCOTLAND
BRAZIL: Taffarel 7, Rocha 6, Gomez 6, Galvao 6, Jorginho 6, Valdo 6, Dunga 5.5, Alemao 7, Branco 6.5, Careca 5.5, Romario 5 (65' Muller 6.5).
SCOTLAND: Leighton 6, Aitken 6, McKimmie 6, McLeish 6, McPherson 6, Malpas 6, McStay 6, McLeod 6 (39' Gillespie 6), McCall 6.5, Johnston 5, McCoist 4 (70' Fleck s.v.).
Man of the Match: Taffarel (Brazil)

COSTA RICA 2-1 SWEDEN
COSTA RICA: Conejo 7, Flores 7, Chavarria 6 (73' Guimaraes s.v.), Montero 6.5, Chaves 6, Gonzalez 6, Ramirez 6.5, Gomez 6 (60' Medford 7.5), Cayasso 6, Marchena 6.5, Jara 6.
SWEDEN: Ravelli 6, R. Nilsson 5.5, Hysen 5, Schwarz 6, Pettersson 6, Stromberg 6 (81' Engqvist s.v.), Larsson 6, Ingesson 6, J. Nilsson 6, Ekstroem 6, Brolin 6 (34' Gren 5.5).
Man of the Match: Hernan Medford (Costa Rica)

 

Group D

WEST GERMANY 4-1 YUGOSLAVIA
WEST GERMANY: Illgner 6, Augenthaler 6.5, Berthold 6.5, Buchwald 6.5, Reuter 7, Hassler 6.5 (74' Littbarski 6.5), Matthaus 8, Bein 6.5 (74' Moller 6), Brehme 7, Voller 6, Klinsmann 7.5.
YUGOSLAVIA: Ivkovic 5, Jozic 5, Vulic 6.5, Spasic 5, Hadzibegic 4.5, Baljic 5, Susic 4.5 (55' Brnovic 5), Stojkovic 5, Katanec 5.5, Savicevic 5 (55' Prosinecki 5), Vujovic 6.
Man of the Match: Lothar Matthaus (West Germany)


COLOMBIA 2-0 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
COLOMBIA: Higuita 6.5, Herrera 6.5, Perea 6, Escobar 6, Gi. Gomez 6.5, Ga. Gomez 6, Alvarez 6, Redin 6.5, Valderrama 6.5, Rincon 6, Iguaran 6 (75' Estrada s.v.).
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Faraj 6, Y. Mohamed 6, Abdullah 5, K. Mubarak 6, I. Abdulrhaman 6, E. Abdulrhaman 6 (74' Sultan s.v.), Abbas 6, N. Mubarak 6, Jumaa 5, F. Mubarak 6 (57' Bakheet s.v.), Al Talyani 6.5.
Man of the Match: Carlos Valderrama (Colombia)

COLOMBIA Higuita 6, Herrera 6, Perea 5,5, Escobar 6, Gildardo Gomez 6,5, Gabriel Gomez 5,5, Alvarez 7, Redin 6, Valderrama 6,5, Rincon 5, Iguaran 5,5 (dal 75' Estrada n.g.).
EMIRATI Faraj Mushin 6, Eissa Meer Abdulrhaman 5 (dal 74' Sultan n.g.), Ibrahim Meer Abdulrhaman 5,5, Yousuf Mohamed 6, Khaleel Mubarak 6, Mohamed Abdullah 5, Nasser Mubarak 6, Ali Thani 5, Fahad Mubarak 6,5 (dal 57' Bakheet Bilal 5), Gholoum Abbas 6, Adnan Al Taliyani 6,5.


WEST GERMANY 5-1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
WEST GERMANY: Illgner 6, Augenthaler 6.5, Berthold 6.5 (46' Littbarski 6.5), Buchwald 6.5, Reuter 7, Hassler 6, Matthaus 7, Bein 7, Brehme 6.5, Voller 7.5, Klinsmann 7 (71' Riedle s.v.).
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Faraj 3, Y. Mohamed 5.5, Abdullah 6, K. Mubarak 4.5, I. Abdulrhaman 5 (87' Al Haddad s.v.), E. Abdulrhaman 5, Abbas 4, N. Mubarak 5.5, I. Mubarak 4.5 (82' Hussain s.v.), Jumaa 5, Adnan Al Talyani 4.5.
Man of the Match: Rudi Voller (West Germany)


YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 COLOMBIA
YUGOSLAVIA: Ivkovic 6, Jozic 6.5, Spasic 6.5, Hadzibegic 6, Stanojkovic 6, Susic 6.5, Sabanadzovic 6, Katanec 6 (46' Jarni 7), Brnovic 5.5, Stojkovic 6.5, Vujovic 5 (53' Pancev 5).
COLOMBIA: Higuita 7.5, Herrera 6.5, Perea 5.5, Escobar 6, Gi. Gomez 6.5, Ga. Gomez 5.5, Alvarez 6, Redin 5.5 (78' Estrada s.v.), Valderrama 6.5, Rincon 5 (68' Hernandez 5), Iguaran 5.
Man of the Match: Rene Higuita (Colombia)

JUGOSLAVIA Ivkovic 6, Brnovic 6, Stanojkovic 5,5, Spasic 6, Hadzibegic 6, Jozic 6,5, Sabanadzovic 5,5, Katanec 5,5 (dal 46' Jarni 7), Stojkovic 5,5, Susic 6,5, Vujovic 5,5 (dal 55' Pancev 5,5).
COLOMBIA Higuita 7, Herrera 6,5, Perea 5,5, Escobar 5, G.Gomez 6, J.Gomez 6, Alvarez 6, Redin 5,5 (dall' 80' Estrada n.g.), Valderrama 6, Rincon 4,5 (dal 69' Hernandez 5,5), Iguaran 5.


WEST GERMANY 1-1 COLOMBIA
WEST GERMANY: Illgner 5, Augenthaler 6.5, Berthold 5.5, Buchwald 5, Reuter 5.5, Hassler 6 (88' Thon s.v.), Matthaus 6, Bein 5.5 (46' Littbarski 6), Pfluegler 5, Voller 6, Klinsmann 5.
COLOMBIA: Higuita 6, Herrera 5, Perea 6, Escobar 6.5, Gi. Gomez 6.5, Ga. Gomez 6.5, Alvarez 6, Fajardo 7, Valderrama 6.5, Estrada 7, Rincon 7.
Man of the Match: Carlos Estrada (Colombia)

GERMANIA Illgner 6, Reuter 6, Augenthaler 5,5, Buchwald 5, Pfluegler 5, Haessler 6 (dall' 88' Thon) Matthaeus 6, Berthold 6, Bein 5 ( dal 46' Littbarski 6,5), Voeller 6,5, Klismann 5,5.
COLOMBIA Higuita 6,5; Escobar 5,5; Gomez Gilardo 6; Herrera 6; Perea 5,5; Gomez Gabriel 5,5; Valderrama 5,5; Alvarez 6; Rincon 6,5; Fajardo 6,5 Estrada 7.


YUGOSLAVIA 4-1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
YUGOSLAVIA: Ivkovic 6, Hadzibegic 5, Stanojkovic 5.5, Spasic 5.5, Sabanadzovic 5.5 (78' Prosinecki s.v.), Stojkovic 6.5, Jozic 6, Susic 6, Brnovic 5.5, Pancev 6.5, Vujovic 5.5 (64' Vulic s.v.).
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Faraj 5.5, E. Abdulrhaman 6, Abdullah 6, K. Mubarak 6, I. Abdulrhaman 6, Al Haddad 6, Abbas 6, N. Mubarak 6 (35' Sultan s.v.), I. Mubarak 6, Jumaa 6 (46' F. Mubarak 6), Adnan Al Talyani 6.5.
Man of the Match: Darko Pancev (Yugoslavia)

JUGOSLAVIA Ivkovic 5,5, Stanojkovic 6, Spasic 5,5, Sabanadzovic 6 (78' Prosinecki n.g.), Hadzibegic 5,5, Jozic 6, Brnovic 6, Susic 6, Pancev 7, Stojkovic 6, Vujovic 5,5 (63' Vulic 6).
EMIRATI ARABI Faraj 6, E.M. Abdulrahman 5,5, I.M. Abdulrahman 6, Al Haddad 5, K.G. Mubarak 6, Abdullah 5,5, N.K. Mubarak 6 (34' Sultan 6,5), Jumaa 6,5 (46' F.K. Mubarak 5), K.I. Mubarak 5, Abbas 6, Al Talyani 5,5.


Group E

BELGIUM 2-0 SOUTH KOREA
BELGIUM: Preud'homme 6, Demol 6, Gerets 6, Clijsters 6, De Wolf 6.5, Versavel 6, Emmers 6.5, Van der Elst 6, Scifo 7.5, Degryse 6.5, Van Der Linden 6 (46' Ceulemans 6).
SOUTH KOREA: Choi In-Young 5, Park Kyung-Hoon 6, Choi Kang-Hee 6, Chung Yong-Hwan 6, Gu Sang-Bum 6, Hong Myung-Bo 6.5, Noh Soo-Jin 5 (62' Lee Tae-Ho 5), Lee Young-jin 6 (46' Cho Min-Kook 6), Choi Soon-Ho 6, Kim Joo-Sung 6, Hwang Sun-Hong 6.
Man of the Match: Enzo Scifo (Belgium)

BELGIO Preud' homme 5,5, Gerets 6, Klijsters 6, Demol 6,5, De Wolf 6,5, Versavel 6, Emmers 6,5, Van Der Elst F. 6, Scifo 7, Degryse 6,5, Van Der Linden 5,5 (46' Ceulemans 6).
COREA DEL SUD Choi In-Young 5, Park Kyung-Hoon 6, Choi Kang-Hee 6, Chung Yong-Hwan 6, Gu Sang-Bum 5,5, Hong Myung-Go 5,5, Noh Soo-Jin 5,5 (63' Lee Tae-Ho 5,5), Kim Yoo-Sung 6, Lee Young-Jin 6 (46' Cho Min-Kook 5,5), Choi Soon-Ho 6,5, Hwang Seon-Hong 6.


URUGUAY 0-0 SPAIN
URUGUAY: Alvez 6, De Leon 6, Herrera 6, Dominguez 6, Gutierrez 6, Paz 6.5, Francescoli 7, Pereira 6 (64' Correa 6), Perdomo 6, Alzamendi 6 (64' Aguilera 6), Sosa 6.5.
SPAIN: Zubizarreta 6, Andrinua 6.5, Chendo 6, Sanchis 5.5, Jimenez 5.5, Michel 5, Roberto 5, Martin Vazquez 5, Villarroya 5 (79' Gorriz s.v.), Butragueno 5, Manolo 5 (79' Paz s.v.).
Man of the Match: Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay)

URUGUAY Alvez 6, Gutierrez 6,5, De Leon 6,5, Herrera 6,5, Perdomo 5,5, Dominguez 6,5, Alzamendi 6 (dal 65' Aguilera 6), Pereira 4,5 (dal 65' Correa 6), Francescoli 7, Paz 6,5, Sosa 6,5.
SPAGNA Zubizarreta 6,5, Chendo 6, Jimenez 6,5, Andrinua 6,5, Sanchis 6, Martin Vasquez 6,5, Manolo 5,5 (dall' 80' Rafa Paz s.v.), Michel 5, Butragueno 5, Roberto 6, Villaroya 6,5 (dall' 89' Gorriz s.v.).


BELGIUM 3-1 URUGUAY
BELGIUM: Preud'homme 7, Demol 7, Gerets 6.5, Grun 6, De Wolf 6.5, Versavel 6, Clijsters 6.5 (46' Emmers 6), Van der Elst 6.5, Scifo 7.5, Degryse 6, Ceulemans 7.
URUGUAY: Alvez 5.5, Gutierrez 5.5, De Leon 6, Dominguez 5.5, Herrera 5.5, Paz 6, Francescoli 6.5, Perdomo 6, Ostolaza 5 (56' Bengoechea 6), Alzamendi 5.5 (46' Aguilera 6), Sosa 6.
Man of the Match: Enzo Scifo (Belgium)


SPAIN 3-1 SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN: Zubizarreta 6, Andrinua 6, Chendo 6, Sanchis 6, Gorriz 6, Michel 7, Roberto 5 (81' Bakero), Martin Vazquez 6, Villarroya 5, Butragueno 5 (76' Gomez s.v.), Salinas 5.
SOUTH KOREA: Choi In-Young 6, Park Kyung-Hoon 6 (68' C. Jong-Soo s.v.), Choi Kang-Hee 6, Yoon Deuk-Yeo 6, Gu Sang-Bum 6, Hong Myung-Bo 6.5, Chung Hae-Won 5.5 (52' Noh Soo-Jin 5.5), Choi Soon-Ho 6, Kim Joo-Sung 5.5, H. Kwan 5.5, Byun Byung-Joo 6.
Man of the Match: Michel (Spain)


SPAIN 2-1 BELGIUM
SPAIN: Zubizarreta 6.5, Andrinua 6, Sanchis 6, Gorriz 6.5, Chendo 6, Villaroya 6, Michel 7, Roberto 6, Martin Vazquez 7, Butragueno 5.5 (82' Alkorta s.v.), Salinas 6.5.
BELGIUM: Preud'homme 6, Albert 6, Demol 6, De Wolf 6, Vervoort 6.5, Emmers s.v. (31' Plovie 6), Van der Elst 6.5, Scifo 6.5, Staelens 6 (78' Van der Linden s.v.), Degryse 6.5, Ceulemans 6.
Man of the Match: Michel (Spain)

SPAGNA Zubizarreta 7, Chendo 6,5, Andrinua 6, Sanchis 7, Gorriz 6,5, Villaroya 6, Michel 6,5, Roberto 6,5, Martin Vasquez 6,5, Butragueno 6 (dall' 83' Alkorta s.v), Salinas 5 (dall' 89, Pardeza s.v.).
BELGIO Preud' homme 6, De Wolf 6,5, Albert 5,5, Demol 5,5, Staelens 6 (dall' 80, Van der Linden s.v), Van der Elst 6,5, Scifo 6,5, Ceulemans 6,5, Emmers 6 (dal 31' Plovie 6), De Gryse 6, Vervoort 6.


URUGUAY 1-0 SOUTH KOREA
URUGUAY: Alvez 6.5, De Leon 6, Herrera 5.5, Dominguez 6, Gutierrez 6, Paz 5.5, Enzo Francescoli 5.5, Ostolaza 5.5 (46' Aguilera 6), Perdomo 5, Martinez 5.5, Sosa 5 (62' Fonseca 7).
SOUTH KOREA: Choi In-Young 7, Park Kyung-Hoon 6, Choi Kang-Hee 6, Yoon Deuk-Yeo 5, Chung Jong-Soo 6, Hong Myung-Bo 6.5, Lee Heung-Sil 6, Choi Soon-Ho 6, Kim Joo-Sung 6, Hwangbo Kwan 6 (79' Chung Hae-Won s.v.), Byun Byung-Joo 6 (43' Hwang Sun-Hong s.v.).
Man of the Match: Daniel Fonseca (Uruguay)

URUGUAY Alvez 6, Gutierrez 5,5, Deleon 6, Herrera 5,5, Dominguez 5, Perdomo 5, Ostolaza 5 (dal 46' Aguilera 5,5), Francescoli 5, Paz 5, Martinez 5,5, Sosa 5 (dal 63' Fonseca 6).
COREA Choi In Young 6, Park Kyung Hoon 6, Choi Kang-Hee 6, Chung Jong Soo 6, Hong Myung Bo 6,5, Yoon Deuk Yeo 6, Hwangbo Kwan 6,5 (dall' 80' Chung Hen Won s.v.), Lee Heung-sil 6, Kim Joo-sung 6, Byun Byun Hjoo 6 (dal 44' Hwang Seon Hong 6), Choi Soon ho 6,5.


Group F

ENGLAND 1-1 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ENGLAND: Shilton 6.5, Stevens 6, Butcher 6, Walker 6, Pearce 6, Waddle 6.5, Gascoigne 6, Robson 5, Barnes 6.5, Beardsley 5.5 (69' McMahon 5), Lineker 6.5 (83' Bull s.v.).
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Bonner 6, Morris 6, McCarthy 6.5, Moran 6, Staunton 6, Houghton 6, McGrath 6, Townsend 6, Sheedy 6.5, Aldridge 4.5 (64' McLoughlin 6), Cascarino 5.5.
Man of the Match: Gary Lineker (England)


NETHERLANDS 1-1 EGYPT
NETHERLANDS: Breukelen 6.5, Van Aerle 5, Van Tiggelen 5, R. Koeman 5, Rutjes 5, Rijkaard 5, Wouters 5.5, E. Koeman 5 (69' Witschge s.v.), Vanenburg 4 (46' Kieft 6), Van Basten 5.5, Gullit 6.
EGYPT: Shobair 7, Yassein 6, H. Ramzy 6.5, Yakan 6, I. Hassan 6.5, El Kass 8, Youssef 6, Abdelghani 6.5, A. Ramzy 6.5 (69' Tolba s.v.), H. Hassan 6.5, Abdelhamid 7 (69' Abdel Rahman s.v.).
Man of the Match: Ahmed El Kass (Egypt)

OLANDA Van Breukelen 7; Van Aerle 5.5; Van Tiggelen 5.5; R. Koeman 6; Rutjes 5.5; Wouters 5; Vanenburg 5 (dal 46' Kieft 6.5); Rijkaard 6.5; Van Basten 7; Gullit 6; E. Koeman 6 (dal 65' Wittschge 6).
EGITTO Shobeir 6.5; I.Hassan 6.5; A. Ramzy 6 (dal 64' Tolba 6); H.Ramzy 6.5; Yakan 6; Yassein 6; Abedel Ghani 6; Youssef 6.5; El Kass 7; H.Hassam 6.5; Abedel Hamid 6.5 (dal 64' Abdel Rahman 6).


ENGLAND 0-0 NETHERLANDS
ENGLAND: Shilton 6, Wright 6.5, Parker 6.5, Butcher 6, Walker 6, Pearce 6, Barnes 6, Robson 6 (64' Platt s.v.), Gascoigne 6.5, Waddle 6 (58' Bull 5.5), Lineker 6.
NETHERLANDS: Van Breukelen 6, Van Aerle 6, Rijkaard 7, R. Koeman 5, Van Tiggelen 5.5, Van 't Schip 5 (74' Kieft s.v.), Wouters 5, Gullit 4.5, Gillhaus 5.5, Witschge 6, Van Basten 5.5.
Man of the Match: Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands)

INGHILTERRA Shilton 6; Parker 6; Pearce 7; Wright 6,5; Walker 6,5; Butcher 6; Robson 5,5 (dal 65' Platt 6); Waddle 5 (dal 59' Bull 6); Lineker 6,5; Gascoigne 6,5; Barnes 6,5.
OLANDA Van Breukelen 7; Van Aerle 6; Van Tiggelen 5; Wouters 6; R. Koeman 5; Rijkaard 6,5; Gillhaus 5,5; Van' t Schip 6; Van Basten 5; Gullit 5; Witschge 5.


REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 0-0 EGYPT
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Bonner s.v., Morris 6, McCarthy 6, Moran 6, Staunton 6, Houghton 6, McGrath 6, Townsend 6, Sheedy 6, Aldridge 5.5 (64' McLoughlin 5), Cascarino 5 (84' Quinn s.v.).
EGYPT: Shobair 7, I. Hassan 5, Yakan 5, H. Ramzy 6, Yassein 6, Orabi 5, Youssef 5, Abdelghani 4.5, Tolba 5.5 (60' Abouzeid 5), El Kass 5 (76' Abdelhamid s.v.), H. Hassan 6.5.
Man of the Match: Ahmed Shobair (Egypt)


ENGLAND 1-0 EGYPT
ENGLAND: Shilton 6.5, Pearce 6, Walker 6.5, Wright 6.5, Parker 6, Waddle 6 (86' Platt s.v.), McMahon 5.5, Gascoigne 5.5, Barnes 6, Bull 5 (84' Beardsley s.v.), Lineker 5.5.
EGYPT: Shobair 5.5, H. Ramzy 6, I. Hassan 6.5, Yakan 5.5, Youssef 5.5, Yassein 5.5, El Kass 6 (77' Abdel Rahman s.v.), Abdelghani 6, Abdelhamid 6 (77' Soliman s.v.), A. Ramzy 6, H. Hassan 6.
Man of the Match: Mark Wright (England)


NETHERLANDS 1-1 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
NETHERLANDS: Van Breukelen 6, Van Tiggelen 6, R. Koeman 6.5, Rijkaard 7, Van Aerle 6, Witschge 6 (58' Fraeser 6), Kieft 6.5 (78' Van Loen 6), Wouters 6.5, Gullit 6.5, Van Basten 6, Gillhaus 5.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Bonner 6, Morris 6.5, McCarthy 6.5, Moran 6.5, Staunton 6, McGrath 6, Townsend 6, Houghton 7, Sheedy 5 (62' Whelan 6.5), Aldridge 5 (62' Cascarino 6), Quinn 7.
Man of the Match: Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands)

OLANDA Van Breukelen 6, Van Aerle 5,5, Van Tiggelen 5,5, R. Koeman 6, Rijkaard 7, Wouters 6, Gillhaus 5,5, Witschge 6 (dal 59' Fraeser 6), Van Basten 6,5, Gullit 7, Kieft 6 (dal 79' Van Loen s.v.).
EIRE Bonner 6,5, Morris 6, Staunton 6,5, Mc Carthy 6, Moran 6, Mc Grath 6, Houghton 6,5, Townsend 6, Aldridge 6 (dal 61' Cascarino 6), Quinn 6,5, Sheedy 6,5 (dal 61' Whelan 6).

 

Knockout stage-Round of 16

CAMEROON 2-1 COLOMBIA
CAMEROON: N'Kono 6, N'Dip 6.5, Tataw 6, Onana 6, Ebwelle 6, M'Bouh 6, K. Biyik 5.5, Maboang 6.5, M' Fede 5 (54' Milla 7.5), O. Biyik 6.5, Makanaky 5 (69' Djonkep 6).
COLOMBIA: Higuita 4, Herrera 6, Perea 6, Escobar 6, Gi. Gomez 6.5, Ga. Gomez 6 (79' Redin 6.5), Alvarez 6.5, Fajardo 5 (63' Iguaran 5), Valderrama 7, Rincon 5, Estrada 6.
Man of the Match: Roger Milla (Cameroon)

CAMERUN N' Kono 6,5, Onana 6,5, Ebwelle 6, Tataw 6, N' Dip 6, Maboang 6, Kana Biyick 6, M' Bouh 6, 5,5 (dal 55' Milla 7), Makanaky 5,5 (dal 69' Djonkep 6), Oman Biyick 6,5.
COLOMBIA Higuita 4, Escobar 5,5, Gildardo Gomez 6, Herrera 6, Perea 5,5, Gabriel Gomez 6, (dall' 80' Redin 6), Valderrama 5, Alvarez 6, Rincon 5,5, Fajardo 5,5 (dal 63' Iguaran 5,5), Estrada 5,5.


CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4-1 COSTA RICA
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Stejskal 6, Kocian 6, Kadlec 6, Straka 6, Moravcik 6, Hasek 7, Chovanec 7, Kubik 6.5, Bilek 6.5, Skuhravy 7.5, Knoflicek 6.
COSTA RICA: Barrantes 6, Flores 6, Chavarria 5 (65' Guimaraes s.v.), Montero 6.5, Obando 5 (46' Medford 6), Chaves 6, Gonzalez 7, Marchena 6, Cayasso 5.5, Ramirez 6, Jara 6.
Man of the Match: Tomas Skuhravy (Czechoslovakia)

CECOSLOVACCHIA Stejskal 6, Kadlec 6, Kocian 6, Straka 6, Hasek 7, Bilek 6, Chovanec 6,5, Kubik 6,5, Moravcik 6,5, Skuhravy 7, Knoflicek 6.
COSTARICA Barrantes 6, Flores 6,5, Gonzalez 6,5, Obando 6, (dal 46' Medford 6), Montero 5,5, Chaves 5,5, Chavarria 5,5 (dal 65' Guimaraes s.v.), Ramirez 6,5, Cayasso 5,5, Marchena 5,5, Jara 6.


ARGENTINA 1-0 BRAZIL
ARGENTINA: Goycochea 6.5, Monzon 6.5, Simon 7, Ruggeri 4.5, Basualdo 6, Troglio 6 (61' Calderon 6.5), Giusti 6.5, Olarticoechea 6, Burruchaga 6, Caniggia 7, Maradona 8.
BRAZIL: Taffarel 6, Rocha 6.5, Galvao 6 (84' Silas s.v.), Gomez 6.5, Jorginho 6, Dunga 6.5, Alemao 6 (84' Renato s.v.), Branco 6, Muller 4.5, Careca 6.5, Valdo 6.5.
Man of the Match: Diego Maradona (Argentina)


WEST GERMANY 2-1 NETHERLANDS
WEST GERMANY: Illgner 6.5, Augenthaler 6.5, Reuter 7, Kohler 7, Berthold 6.5, Brehme 7, Littbarski 7, Matthaus 7, Buchwald 6.5, Voller s.v., Klinsmann 6.5 (77' Riedle 6.5).
NETHERLANDS: Breukelen 6.5, Van Aerle 5.5 (66' Kieft 6), R. Koeman 6, Rijkaard s.v., Van Tiggelen 5, Van 't Schip 6, Wouters 6.5, Winter 6, Witschge 5 (78' Gillhaus s.v.), Van Basten 5, Gullit 5.5.
Man of the Match: Andreas Brehme (West Germany)


REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 0-0 ROMANIA
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Bonner 7, Morris 6.5, McCarthy 6.5, Moran 6, Staunton 6 (94' O'Leary 6.5), Houghton 7.5, McGrath 6, Townsend 6.5, Sheedy 6, Aldridge s.v. (22' Cascarino 6), Quinn 5.5.
ROMANIA: Lung 6.5, Popescu 6.5, Andone 6, Lupescu 6, Rednic 5, Sabau 6.5 (98' Timofte 5), Hagi 7.5, Rotariu 6, Klein 6, Balint 6, Raducioiu 5.5 (74' Lupu 6).
Man of the Match: Ray Houghton (Republic of Ireland)

EIRE Bonner 7,5, Morris 5, Staunton 6 (dal 94' O' Leary 6), Mc Carthy 6,5, Moran 6, Mc Grath 7, Houghton 7, Townsend 6, Aldridge 5 (dal 22' Cascarino 6), Sheedy 5,5, Quinn 6.
ROMANIA Lung 7, Rednic 6, Klein 5,5, Andone 6, Popescu 6,5, Lupescu 6,5, Sabau 6 (dal 98' Timofte 5,5), Rotariu 6,5, Raducioiu 6 (dal 74' Lupu 6), Hagi 6,5, Balint 5,5.


ITALY 2-0 URUGUAY
ITALY : Zenga 6.5, Baresi 7, Bergomi 6.5, Ferri 6.5, De Agostini 6, Berti 6 (52' Serena 7), De Napoli 7.5, Giannini 6.5, Maldini 6, Baggio 6.5 (79' Vierchowod s.v.), Schillaci 7.5.
URUGUAY: Alvez 7, Gutierrez 6.5, De Leon 6, Dominguez 6, Saldana 6, Pereira 6, Francescoli 6.5, Ostolaza 6 (79' Alzamendi s.v.), Perdomo 6.5, Fonseca 6.5, Aguilera 6 (55' Sosa 5.5).
Man of the Match: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy)

ITALIA Zenga 7, Bergomi 6,5, Maldini 6, Baresi 7, Ferri 6,5, De Agostini 6, Berti 5,5 (dal 52' Serena 7), De Napoli 6,5, Baggio 6 (dal 79' Vierchowod 6), Giannini 6, Schillaci 7.
URUGUAY Alvez 6,5, Gutierrez 6, De Leon 6, Dominguez 6, Saldana 6,5, Perdomo 6, Ostolaza 6,5 (dal 79' Alzamendi 6), Francescoli 6, Pereira 6, Aguilera 5,5 (dal 56' Sosa 6), Fonseca 5,5.


YUGOSLAVIA 2-1 SPAIN
YUGOSLAVIA: Ivkovic 5, Hadzibegic 6, Sabanadzovic 6, Spasic 5.5, Stojkovic 7.5, Katanec 6.5 (79' Vulic 6), Jozic 6, Susic 6.5, Brnovic 6, Pancev 6 (55' Savicevic 7), Vujovic 7.
SPAIN: Zubizarreta 6.5, Andrinua 6 (49' Jimenez 6), Gorriz 5.5, Sanchis 6, Chendo 6.5, Michel 5.5, Roberto 6, Martin Vazquez 7, Villarroya 6.5, Salinas 6, Butragueno 5 (79' Paz 6).
Man of the Match: Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia)

JUGOSLAVIA Ivkovic 5, Spasic 6, Sabanadzovic 6, Hadzibegic 6, Jozic 6, Susic 7, Katanec 6.5 (dal 79' Vulic 6), Pancev 5.5 (dal 56' Savicevic 7), Stojkovic 7.5, Brnovic 6.5, Vujovic 7.
SPAGNA Zubizarreta 6.5, Chendo 6.5, Villaroya 6.5, Gorriz 5.5, Andrinua 6 (dal 50' Jimenez 5.5), Sanchis 6, Michel 6, Roberto 6, Butragueno 5 (dal 79' Paz 6), Martin Vasquez 7, Salinas 6.


ENGLAND 1-0 BELGIUM
ENGLAND: Shilton 6.5, Wright 6.5, Parker 6, Walker 6, Butcher 6.5, Pearce 6, Waddle 7, McMahon 5.5 (71' Platt 7), Gascoigne 5.5, Barnes 6.5 (74' Bull 6), Lineker 6.
BELGIUM: Preud'homme 6, Gerets 6.5, Demol 5.5, Grun 6, De Wolf 6, Clijsters 6, Van der Elst 6, Scifo 6.5, Versavel 6.5 (107' Vervoort s.v.), Degryse 5.5 (64' Claesen 6), Ceulemans 6.5.
Man of the Match: David Platt (England)

INGHILTERRA Shilton 6, Parker 7, Pearce 5,5, Walker 6, Butcher 6, Wright 6,5, Waddle 7, Gascoigne 5,5, Lineker 6, McMahon 5, (dal 72' Platt 7), Barnes 6,5 (dal 74' Bull 6).
BELGIO Preud' Homme 6,5, Gerets 7, De Wolfe 7, Clijsters 6, Demol 5, Grun 6, Versavel 6,5 (dal 108' Vervoort s.v.), Van Der Elst 6,5, De Grijse 5,5 (dal 65' Claesen 6), Scifo 7, Ceulemans 6.

 

Quarter-finals

ARGENTINA 0-0 YUGOSLAVIA
ARGENTINA: Goycochea 7.5, Ruggeri 6, Simon 6.5, Serrizuela 6, Basualdo 5.5, Giusti 6.5, Olarticoechea 5.5 (51' Troglio 5.5), Burruchaga 6, Calderon 5 (87' Dezotti 5.5), Caniggia 6, Maradona 5.
YUGOSLAVIA: Ivkovic 7, Hadzibegic 6, Vulic 5.5, Sabanadzovic 5, Spasic 6.5, Prosinecki 6, Stojkovic 6, Susic 6 (61' Savicevic 6), Jozic 5.5, Brnovic 5.5, Vujovic 5.
Man of the Match: Sergio Goycochea (Argentina)

ARGENTINA Goycoechea 7, Basualdo 6,5, Ruggeri 6, Giusti 6,5, Simon 5,5, Serrizuela 6, Burruchaga 6, Calderon 5,5 (dall' 86' Dezotti 6), Caniggia 5, Maradona 6, Olarticoechea 5 (dal 52' Troglio 5,5).
JUGOSLAVIA Ivkovic 6,5, Vulic 6,5, Spasic 7, Sabanadzovic 5,5, Hadzibegic 7, Brnovic 6, Prosinecki 6,5, Susic 5,5 (dal 61' Savicevic 5), Vujovic 6, Jozic 7, Stojkovic 6.


ITALY 1-0 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ITALY: Zenga 6, Baresi 6, Bergomi 6, Ferri 6, Donadoni 7, De Napoli 6, Giannini 6 (62' Ancelotti 6), De Agostini 7, Maldini 6.5, Baggio 5.5 (70' Serena 6), Schillaci 7.5.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Bonner 6, Morris 6.5, McCarthy 6.5, Moran 6.5, Staunton 6, Houghton 6, McGrath 6.5, Townsend 7, Sheedy 6, Aldridge 6 (78' Sheridan 5.5), Quinn s.v. (53' Cascarino 5.5).
Man of the Match: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy)


WEST GERMANY 1-0 CZECHOSLOVAKIA
WEST GERMANY: Illgner 6, Augenthaler 6, Brehme 6.5, Buchwald 6, Kohler 7, Berthold 6.5, Littbarski 6, Matthaus 6, Bein 7 (82' Moller s.v.), Riedle 6, Klinsmann 6.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Stejskal 6.5, Kocian 5.5, Hasek 5, Straka 5, Kadlec 6, Moravcik 5, Chovanec 5, Kubik 5 (79' Griga s.v.), Bilek 5 (67' Nemecek 5), Skuhravy 4.5, Knoflicek 4.5.
Man of the Match: Jurgen Kohler (West Germany)


ENGLAND 3-2 CAMEROON
ENGLAND: Shilton 6.5, Wright 5.5, Parker 6, Walker 5.5, Butcher 5.5 (73' Steven 6), Pearce 6, Waddle 6, Platt 6.5, Gascoigne 6.5, Barnes 5.5 (46' Beardsley 6), Lineker 6.5.
CAMEROON: N'Kono 6, Kunde 6, Tataw 6, Massing 6, Ebwelle 6, Libiih 6, Maboang 7 (46' Milla 7), Pagal 6, M' Fede 6 (62' Ekeke 7), O. Biyik 7, Makanaky 7.
Man of the Match: Roger Milla (Cameroon)


Semi-finals

ITALY 1-1 ARGENTINA
ITALY: Zenga 5, Baresi 6.5, Bergomi 6.5, Ferri 6, Donadoni 7, De Napoli 6.5, Giannini 5.5 (73' Baggio 6.5), De Agostini 6.5, Maldini 5.5, Vialli 5 (70' Serena 6), Schillaci 6.5.
ARGENTINA: Goycochea 8, Ruggeri 6, Simon 6.5, Serrizuela 6, Basualdo 6.5 (99' Batista s.v.), Giusti 6.5, Olarticoechea 6.5, Burruchaga 6.5, Calderon 5 (46' Troglio 6), Caniggia 7, Maradona 8.
Man of the Match: Sergio Goycochea (Argentina)

ITALIA Zenga 6, Bergomi 6, Maldini 6, Baresi 6,5, Ferri 6, De Agostini 6, Donadoni 6, De Napoli 6, Vialli 5,5 (70' Serena 5,5), Giannini 6 (73' Baggio 6), Schillaci 6.
ARGENTINA Goycoechea 8, Serrizuela 6,5, Ruggeri 6, Simon 5,5, Basualdo 6 (98' Batista 6), Burruchaga 6,5, Maradona 6, Giusti 6, Olarticoechea 6,5, Calderon 6 (46' Troglio 6), Caniggia 7,5.


WEST GERMANY 1-1 ENGLAND
WEST GERMANY: Illgner 6.5, Augenthaler 5.5, Berthold 6.5, Buchwald 6, Kohler 5, Brehme 6, Hassler 6 (66' Reuter 6), Matthaus 5.5, Thon 6.5, Voller s.v. (38' Riedle 6.5), Klinsmann 6.
ENGLAND: Shilton 6.5, Wright 6.5, Parker 6.5, Walker 6, Butcher 6.5 (70' Steven 6), Pearce 6, Waddle 6, Platt 6, Gascoigne 6.5, Beardsley 6, Lineker 6.5.
Man of the Match: Gary Lineker (England)


Third-place

ITALY 2-1 ENGLAND
ITALY: Zenga 6.5, Baresi 7, Bergomi 6, Ferrara 6, Vierchowod 6.5, Maldini 5.5, Giannini 6 (90' Ferri s.v.), Ancelotti 6, De Agostini 6 (67' Berti 6), Baggio 6.5, Schillaci 8.
ENGLAND: Shilton 6, Wright 5.5 (71' Webb s.v.), Stevens 5, Parker 5, Walker 5, Dorigo 6, Steven 6, McMahon s.v. (71' Waddle 6), Platt 7, Beardsley 6.5, Lineker 6.5.
Man of the Match: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy)


Final

WEST GERMANY 1-0 ARGENTINA
WEST GERMANY: Illgner 7, Augenthaler 6.5, Buchwald 6.5, Kohler 6.5, Berthold 6.5 (73' Reuter 6.5), Brehme 7.5, Hassler 7, Matthaus 7.5, Littbarski 6.5, Voller 7, Klinsmann 6.5.
ARGENTINA: Goycochea 6.5, Simon 6.5, Serrizuela 6, Ruggeri 6 (46' Monzon 5), Lorenzo 5.5, Basualdo 7, Burruchaga 6 (53' Calderon 6), Troglio 6, Sensini 5, Maradona 7, Dezotti 6.
Man of the Match: Andreas Brehme (West Germany)


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Best players of the 1990 World Cup (personal ranking)

1. Salvatore Schillaci
2. Sergio Goycochea
3. Franco Baresi
4. Lothar Matthaus
5. Andreas Brehme
6. Thomas Berthold
7. Juan Simon
8. Giuseppe Bergomi
9. Claudio Caniggia
10. Gary Lineker

#11 Diego Maradona

Yugoslavia: Dragan Stojkovic
Cameroon: Roger Milla
Czechoslovakia: Tomas Skuhravy
Republic of Ireland: Mick McCarthy

 

I have accumulated the ratings published by the newspaper Marca to those already known in this thread of France Football and La Republicca / L´Unitá. I have found that there are important differences in the ratings of some players, which is why it would be insufficient to have a single reference. I have combined the ratings of the four media and I have obtained averages. I found it interesting to apply some correctors on the results by matches and on the final position in the tournament. These correctors slightly modify the ratings averages without further consideration.
Once this work was done, the players with the highest performance of the 1990 World Championship were:
1.- Conejo (Costa Rica)
2.- Brehme (Germany)
3.- Schillaci (Italy)
4.- Scifo (Belgium)
5.- Matthaus (Germany)
6.- Milla (Cameroon)
7.- Voller (Germany)
8.- Kohler (Germany)
9.- Donadoni (Italy)
10.- Klinsmann (Germany)
11.- Bergomi (Italy)
12.- Gascoigne (England)
13.- Wright (England)
14.- Goycoechea (Argentina)
15.- Martín Vázquez (Spain)
16.- Baresi (Italy)
17.- Popescu (Romania)
18.- Buchwald (Germany)
19.- Baggio (Italy)
20.- Van Breukelen (Holland)
21.- Hagi (Romania)
22.- Giannini (Italy)
23.- Alemao (Brazil)
24.- Littbarski (Germany)
25.- Zubizarreta (Spain)

The work of making an XI of the tournament is not easy, since, in my opinion, in addition to the scores of each one, it would be necessary to take into account the number of games played, of them, the complete and starting games, and even which round the corresponding selection arrived. On the other hand, I enclose some ideal onces (Don Balón, Fussball Woche and Placar) where the great differences of these proposals can be seen among themselves. The eleven "FIFA" was: Goycoechea; Brehme, Maldini, Baresi; Maradona, Matthaus, Stojkovic, Maradona; Schillaci, Milla and Klinsmann.
The eleven that I propose is the following:
Goalkeeper: Goycoechea. Although the Costa Rican goalkeeper's rating is the best, he could only play all three games of the first phase.
Right side: Bergomi.
Central defense: Kohler. He joined the starting team of the winning team from the round of 16 and was quite well valued in most of them.
Libero: Baresi. Although valued by the press a little worse than Popescu, it went further in the tournament.
Left side: Brehme.
Midfielders: Matthaus, Scifo, Donadoni and Gascoigne.
Forwards: Klinsmann and Schillaci. Voller could have taken the place of Klinsmann, but only intervened in 4 games when he was expelled. Cameroon Milla could have done it too, but remember that most of the time he left from the bench.
That is to say: Goycoechea (Argentina); Bergomi (Italy), Baresi (Italy), Kohler (Germany), Brehme (Germany); Donadoni (Italy), Matthaus (Germany), Gascoigne (England), Scifo (Belgium); Kinsmann (Germany), Schillaci (Italy).
Bench: Conejo, Wright, Popescu, Voller and Milla.
Comparing this proposal by those published at the time, there would be 6 matches with "Don Balón", with Placar and with "the one from FIFA" and 8 with that of Fussball Woche.

 

@Paul W - I hope you don't mind (and it's not spoiling any plans you had yourself!), but after you provided some English league ratings from the Match Facts section of Match Magazine, I ended up finding this page (clearly made by yourself too) and I think it adds nicely to this thread for @comme and anybody who reads it....

Memories of Italia 90: Thirty Years Ago - The 1888 Letter



(this one above is the XI of Jimmy Greaves, from Shoot, just to clarify - PDG)

(this one is the XI of Match magazine)

 

I haven't seen similar for the other nations (maybe it was only done for England anyway though), but here is a more detailed breakdown for England, but before the 3rd Place Play-Off game (Parker must have got a 9 in that one, and Wright a 7)

Matchfacts on Twitter: "Match facts World cup italia 90 #matchweekly magazine https://t.co/6vqzunt7EO" / Twitter

 

I did notice the final ratings for all teams from Match magazine now actually (and worked out that most of the game ratings are on the same Twitter page around the same date, but they're not the easiest to read anyway...or enlarge):
Matchfacts on Twitter: "Match facts World cup italia 90 #matchweekly magazine https://t.co/oEAm4TwXN2" / Twitter
Matchfacts on Twitter: "Match facts World cup italia 90 #matchweekly magazine https://t.co/NN7xlGL5qR" / Twitter

 

@PDG1978 no problem at all, glad you found the blog post!

If people haven’t seen it, I would recommend the site https://italia1990.com/
for the most detail on the 1990 World Cup, starting with all qualification matches – they haven’t reached the main tournament yet!