Italia 90 is the last World Cup I remember with noteworthy clarity and,opposite to what you might have read around its recent 25th anniversary, it wasn’t that greatBy Steven Scragg for These Football Times, and piece of the Guardian Sport NetworkA quarter of a century has passed since Nessun Dorma was acquired by the football fans of England in a generally well-spirited but occasionally hostile takeover. There have been a lot of misty,watercolour memories of Italia 90 floating around lately. I’m going to pin my colours to the mast early doors here: Italia 90 is not my favourite World Cup of all time, but it does hold a unique position in my affections. Thanks to a head injury I sustained over 20 years ago, or Italia 90 is the last World Cup I remember with an all-pervading clarity. Despite owning a very genuine memory of occurrences up to mid-1992,everything since then has been at the mercy of a memory that isn’t as watertight as it used to be. As a result I have a more powerful recall of Italia 90 than I do of Brazil 2014.
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Source: theguardian.com