First of all, thank you for your support of the 86-year-old World Cup Argentine champion member Jin Anzai, someone has walked ahead of the old horse, I did not expect that this article will become the most read article since I wrote the headline article, which shows everyone's love for the old horse and the once brilliant Argentine football. As the world mourned the legendary superstar Maradona, I suddenly thought of my teammates who had fought side by side with the old horse, so I spent two nights writing the article. Due to the haste of the text, there are two omissions in the article, and I would like to thank some fans for their enthusiastic corrections, which I have corrected. There are also many fans to leave me a message, in response to the questions that everyone concentrated on asking in the message, I wrote this article, which is not only a reply to these fans, but also a sequel to the previous article.
After Argentina won the Hercules Cup for the second time in Mexico in 1986, the subsequent football talent was lackluster, and the overall strength of the team did not advance and retreat. In fact, in 1986, the Argentine team's lineup, in addition to Maradona, Bruchaga and Baldano and other top players, the strength of the candidates for other positions is far less than the former West German, French and Brazilian teams, even compared with the current Argentine national team led by Messi, there is no advantage, it can be said that with the strength of the old horse to lead this mediocre team to the top of the world. Fast forward to the summer of 1990, when the old horse who participated in the World Cup for the third time stood on the Italian stage, he looked around and saw that the team was even worse than it was four years ago.
Defending champions Argentina lost 1-0 to Cameroon in the first game of the group stage, breaking a shocking blow. But calmly analyzing, looking at the play and performance of that game, the weak Pampas Eagles folded their wings and did not surprise, they had almost no decent attack in the whole game, shrinking the penalty area defense, completely suppressed by Cameroon. At that World Cup, Cameroon had an impressive 38-year-old, The Amazing Mira, who scored four goals in five games to help the African Lions reach the quarter-finals. What was even more unexpected was that he appeared at the World Cup in the United States four years later, and also scored a goal against Russia, making the 42-year-old the oldest scorer in World Cup history.
Pulling a little farther, or back to the Argentine national team that participated in the World Cup in 1990. After the first game was lost, Argentina emerged with two well-known figures to save the precarious defending champions, one was the "Son of the Wind" Caniggia and the other was the magical goalkeeper Goyetchea. It was the birth of the two of them that helped Argentina reach the World Cup final again with the old horse, meeting west Germany again in the final four years later.
Forward: Caniggia (No. 8)
Let's talk about the Children of the Wind first. Caniggia did not play in the 1986 World Cup, when he was 19 years old, just emerging and had not yet impressed manager Bilardo, who preferred to pick forwards among the players who played in Europe. Caniggia then came to Serie A and was selected for the 1990 Fifa World Cup national team with his excellent performances in Verona and Atalanta. Because of his high-speed running and long flowing blonde hair, he has the reputation of "Son of the Wind". In the quarter-final of the 1990 World Cup, between the electric light and flint, he received Maradona's wonderful pass and drove straight in, and the goal that broke the Goal of the Brazilian team was unforgettable. In the semi-finals, it was his header that helped the team equalize. Unfortunately, due to the suspension of accumulated yellow cards, he did not participate in the final with West Germany. Due to his absence, although Argentina was still excellent in the final, it lacked a counter-attacking sharp knife to pierce the Germans.
Born on January 9, 1967, Caniggia became famous for River Plate, playing for three well-known Italian clubs in Verona, Atlanta and Roma, before moving to Portugal to play for Benfica in 1994, returning to his native Argentina a year later, but choosing River Plate's sworn enemy Boca Juniors, returning to Atlanta in 2000, and Dundee in Scotland a year later and the giants Glasgow Rangers. He later went to the Middle East to pan for gold, retiring in 2005 at al-Arabi Sports Club in Qatar. He made a brief comeback in 2012, playing for two months in the semi-professional England team Wembley.
In his 16-year career, Caniggia has played 364 games and scored 101 goals, and while not a prolific striker, his speed has made an infinite contribution to the club. He was selected for the Argentine national team in 1987, scoring 16 goals in 50 appearances before retiring from the national team until 2002. He played in the 2002 World Cup but did not play, and in the final match of the group stage against Sweden he received a red card for abusing the referee, becoming the first player in World Cup history to be expelled from the bench.
In 2019 he divorced his wife, who has been married for more than 30 years, to a 26-year-old domestic model.
Goalkeeper: Goyetchea (No. 12)
At first, Goyetchea was only the third goalkeeper, that is, the substitute, when the World Cup champion coach Bilardo still trusted the old goalkeeper Pompido. On the eve of the Start of the World Cup, substitute goalkeeper Islas was not willing to be a substitute, fought with Bilardo, and quit the team. So Goyetia was unexpectedly promoted to a substitute goalkeeper. Argentina conceded a goal in the first match due to Pompido's mistake. In the 11th minute of the second match against the former Soviet Union, Pompido actually broke his leg. Goyetia, who had the mentality of traveling to Italy and was unprepared, rushed to the battlefield and appeared to be in a hurry. In that game, Maradona reproduced the "hand of God", and the king of the ball blocked the shot of the former Soviet Union team with his hand, and this time the referee did not award a penalty. If the penalty is blown, the red card is added to the penalty, and Argentina is likely to not win this game, then it will not be able to qualify.
In the third game against Romania, Goyetchea began to adapt to the World Cup, and the high receiver helped Argentina to the draw, barely reaching the third place in four of the six groups with better results.
After that, in the quarter-final against Brazil, Argentina swung the bus all over the field, the scene was unbearable, Brazil three goalposts, two crossbars, countless opportunities. Goyetchea was so busy that Argentina eliminated big favourite Brazil with Caniggia's blow.
By the quarter-finals and semi-finals, Argentina used a tough defense to drag the game into penalties. Goyetchea, who was getting better and better, turned into a penalty goalkeeper at this time, saving four penalties in two games, helping Argentina to eliminate the former Yugoslavia and host Italy in a row to advance to the final. Goyechea is really a golden scale, a pool thing, and once the penalty is turned into a dragon.
In the final, in the face of Bremer's tricky penalty, Goyetchea once again judged the right direction, but unfortunately failed to save the ball and failed to create a miracle. Interestingly, the first pick for the Penalty kick from West Germany was originally Mateus, but he broke his shoes in this fierce physical collision and said that the new shoes were uncomfortable to wear, and he decided to give up the penalty due to lack of confidence; the second pick was Worrell, but it was customary not to let the fouled person play the penalty, so this heavy responsibility fell on Bremer.
If it weren't for Pompido's injury, Goyechea wouldn't have had a chance to play at the '86 World Cup, and argentina might have gone home after the group stage, and everything was like God's arrangement. Because of the 1990 World Cup, Goyetchea became a legendary door god.
Goyetchea also had an important influence on football teaching, mainly in the technical aspects of saving penalties. Goyechea never moved before saving the penalty. He always keeps a calm eye on his opponent, bending over and holding his hands on his knees, making it impossible for him to judge the goalkeeper's intentions. He became a model for many goalkeepers to learn.
In 1994, Goyetchea participated in the World Cup in the United States with the team, but lost his main position and failed to play. In 1998, he retired from the Old Boys' Team in Newell, Argentina.
In recent years, Goyetchea has become a football TV presenter. He tested positive for COVID-19 in August, but is an asymptomatic infected person who has now recovered.
Defender: Juan. Simon (No. 20)
Born in 1960, Simon was one of the main defenders in the '90 World Cup. Born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, Simon began his career in 1977 at the age of 17 in The Old Boys of Newell. In 1979, he was a member of the Argentine national under-20 football team and won the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In 1980, he was officially called up to the Argentine national team for the first time. In 1983, Simon moved to France to play for Monaco. He joined Strasbourg in 1986, where he worked until 1988. In 1988, Simon returned to Argentina to join Boca Juniors, where he won several titles for the club, including their first official league title in 11 years in 1992. From the late 80s to the early 90s, he was an important part of the team's defensive line. In 1990, he competed in the World Cup. He retired at the end of 1994.
Recalling the 90-year finals in an interview in 2018, he shelled FIFA and said: "In that final, all FIFA did to prevent us from becoming champions. Because Maradona was a thorn in their side. "
Defender: Jose Cerisueira (No. 18)
Nicknamed "Sharks", Jose Tiberio Cerisúela plays as a defender on the pitch and is fierce.
In 1980, Cerrizuela began his career with Los Andes in Argentina's second division. In 1985 he moved to Rosario Central Club. In 1986 he played for Lanus Atlantic.
Serrizuela joined Atlético Córdoba in the Argentine First Division in 1986 and played for the club until 1988, when he joined River Plate. He was a member of River Plate, who won the 1989-1990 championship, before being selected for the Argentina national football team for the 1990 World Cup. After the World Cup he moved to Mexico to play for Cruise azul and Veracruz.
In 1992, Cerrizuela returned to Argentina, where he spent a season for Atlantic Club Hulakan before joining Independent Atlantic. In 1996, he joined the Rivals of the Independents, Avejaneda.
In 1997, Serrizuela came to play for the lower Córdoba team Talleres. He helped them win the 1997–98 Serie B title and were promoted to The First Division before returning to the first club of his career, Los Andes, where he played until his retirement in 2000.
He currently works as a coach for a football club in Argentina.
Defender: Nestor Lorenzo (No. 13)
Nestor Gabriel Lorenzo was born in Buenos Aires on February 26, 1966. His national team career was short, only two years, but just in time for the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
After the World Cup in '90, he came to play at Swindon Town, England, making 27 appearances and scoring 2 goals.
Two years later, Lorenzo returned to Argentina, playing for San Lorenzo, Banfield, Ferro Carillio Oster and Boca Juniors. After retiring from retirement in 1997, he began coaching and has been a member of Jose Peckerman's coaching staff in various teams, including the Argentine national team (2004-2006), Torunca de Mexico (2007-2008), the Mexican Tigers (2009) and the Colombian national team (2012-2018).
Defender: Robert Sensini (No. 17)
Born on October 12, 1966, Sensini is a famous evergreen tree in Argentine football who has a career spanning 20 years. He debuted for Newell Old Boys and then played in Serie A for a long time, playing for Udinese (twice), Lazio and Parma (twice).
Sensini played for Argentina at the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups, and also competed as an overage player in the 1996 Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
In the 2005–06 season, Sensini scored for Udinese at the age of 39, setting a record for the oldest foreign player in Serie A.
After retiring from Udinese in 2006, he also briefly served as the team's coach. He later returned to Argentina to coach the École de la Plata, the Old Boys of Newell, Cologne and Rafila.
Since June 2015, he has been the Sporting Director of Newell Old Boys Club. In May 2020, Sensini said in an interview with Italian media: "Will the old Boy Newell have the next Messi? We're all waiting. Will Messi go back to the old boy? We all hope he can come back and this is where his football career began. ”
Midfielder: Jose Bassodo (No. 4)
Between 1989 and 1995, Bassodo played 31 games for the Argentine national team and represented the Argentine national team in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups.
After retiring in July 2004, he worked as a coach for 13 clubs in Peru, Argentina, Indonesia, Paraguay and other countries. The last club he played for was Sportica Deporto Capillatta in Paraguay. He retired in 2019.
Midfielder: Pedro Troglio (No. 21)
From 1987 to 1990, Troglio made 21 appearances for the Argentine national football team, scoring two goals. He received a yellow card in the 84th minute in the World Cup final of '90.
Born in 1965, Troglio debuted in River Plate, and later played for Several teams such as Verona in Italy, and played in Japan for two years later in his career.
In 2003, after retiring from the army in Villa Dormini, Argentina, he transformed into a coach and coached 10 teams including Argentine independence and Peruvian university students. He currently coaches at the most successful Club of Olipia in Honduras.
Forward: Gustavo de Sotti (No. 9)
In that final in '90, Argentina was sent off in the second half, one of which was striker De Sotti.
Born on 14 February 1964, DeSoti spent most of his career with the Old Boys Of Newell in Argentina as a member of the 1987–1988 Argentine First Division champions.
As a member of the championship-winning team, he attracted the attention of major Clubs in Europe, and in 1988 he moved to Italy, where he played for Lazio and then Cremona. In 1994, he moved to León de Mexico and then played for Atlas. De Sotti's last club was Uruguay's Duffenso Sport Club, where he retired at the end of 1998.
On Maradona's 60th birthday on October 30 this year, he posted the photo on his personal social media.
Midfielder: Gabriel Calderon (No. 6)
Calderon replaced Brucha in the 53rd minute of the second half of the '90 final.
Born on 7 February 1960, Calderon began his football career in 1974 with El Porvenir club B and was promoted to first team in 1976. He then played for Avejaneda Competition/Ranus Athletic and Independent. In 1983 he moved to La Liga side Real Betis. He played for Betis 131 times and scored 38 goals. In 1987, he moved to Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 and played for the club for three seasons. In 1990, he joined the Swiss club Sion. He returned to France in 1992 to play for the Estadio Calen Marebève. The following year he returned to Switzerland again and ended his football career at The Lausanne Sport club in 1994.
He officially began his coaching career in 1997, coaching at several clubs in France, Switzerland and the Middle East.
On 1 July 2019, Calderon was appointed head coach of Persepolis, the defending champion of the Hazfi Cup in Iran. On 12 January 2020, he resigned as coach of the Persianpolis team due to financial problems.
Defender: Pedro Monzon (No. 15)
Monzon began replacing Ruggeri in the second half of the final, only to be sent off by the referee in the 65th minute for a foul on Klinsmann, becoming the first player to be sent off in the World Cup final. His appearance caused the already inferior Argentine team to be more passive on the scene.
At that World Cup, he scored a goal against Romania.
Born in 1962, Monzon has played for a number of clubs, including 10 years with Independent, winning four titles, including the 1984 Intercontinental Cup.
After retiring in 1996, Monzon became a coach. He has coached different clubs in Mexico and Ecuador, as well as the youth departments of clubs in Mexico and Argentina. He briefly served as interim manager of the Independent team.
In 2008, he returned to Argentina to take over as head coach of the Chacaretta youth team. He has been head coach at Goodmans Athletic since 2017.
After losing the World Cup final in 1990 and passing by the Hercules Cup, Maradona shed tears of grievance and regret. In that World Cup, Argentina also had veterans like Rugeri, Bruchaga, Giusti, Batista, Oratico Echea, who had participated in the 1986 World Cup, and their recent situation can be seen in the 86 World Cup Argentina champion member Jin Anzai, some people have walked ahead of the old horse.
The 1990 World Cup final was seen as the most ugly and stylistic World Cup match in history. West Germany scored 23 shots on goal, 16 of them on target, but only scored a single point from a penalty, while Argentina scored just one shot in 90 minutes, becoming the first team in history to fail to score in the final. Argentina, where up to four people were suspended for accumulating yellow cards before the game, two more people received red cards in this game, and with injured players, Argentina actually played less than half of the players in the final stages of the final. The final, of course, became the most goalscored final in history, and four years later the record was rewritten: Brazil and Italy worked together to complete the first world cup final in history to be 0-0.
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