Group C.
10.06.90 (21.00) Turin, Stadio Delle Alpi
BRA – SWE 2:1 (1:0)
(+62000) Lanese ITA, Jonini TUN, Vautrot FRA
BRA: Taffarel – Jorginho, Ricardo Gomes (c), Branco, Mozer – Mauro Galvão,
Dunga, Alemão, Valdo (88 Silas) – Careca, Müller
SWE: Ravelli – R.Nilsson (c), Larsson, Ljung (70 Strömberg), Schwarz –
Ingesson, Limpar, J.Nilsson, Thern – Brolin, Magnusson (46 Pettersson)
1:0 Careca 40, 2:0 Careca 63, 2:1 Brolin 79
booked: Mozer, Branco, Dunga / J.Nilsson
11.06.90 (17.00) Genoa, Stadio Luigi Ferraris
COS – SCO 1:0 (0:0)
(-31000) Loustau ARG, Jacome ECU, Mactet FRA
COS: Conejo – Flores (c), Gonzalez, Montero, Chavez – Chavarria, Ramirez,
Gómez, Cayasso – Marchena, C.Jara (87 Medford)
SCO: Leighton – Gough (46 McKimmie), McLeish, McPherson, Malpas – Aitken (c),
McStay, Bett (74 McCoist), McCall – Johnston, McInally
1:0 Cayasso 49
16.06.90 (17.00) Turin, Stadio Delle Alpi
BRA – COS 1:0 (1:0)
(+58000)
Jouini TUN, Mandi BHR, Diramba GAB
BRA: Taffarel – Jorginho, Ricardo Gomes (c), Branco, Mozer – Mauro Galvão,
Dunga, Alemão, Valdo (87 Silas) – Careca (84 Bebeto), Müller
COS: Conejo – Flores (c), Gonzalez, Montero, Chavez – Chavarria, Ramirez,
Gómez, Cayasso (78 Guimaráes) – Marchena, C.Jara (71 Myers)
1:0 Müller 33
booked: Jorginho, Mozer / C.Jara, Gómez
16.06.90 (21.00) Genoa, Stadio Luigi Ferraris
SCO – SWE 2:1 (1:0)
(-32000) Maciel PAR, Listkiewicz POL, Mauro USA
SCO: Leighton – Levein, MacLeod, McLeish, McPherson – Malpas, Aitken (c),
Durie (76 McStay), McCall – Johnston, Fleck (85 McCoist)
SWE: Ravelli – R.Nilsson, Larsson (76 Strömberg), Hysen (c), Schwarz –
Ingesson, Limpar, J.Nilsson, Thern – Brolin, Pettersson (53 Ekström)
1:0 McCall 10, 2:0 Johnston 80 p, 2:1 Strömberg 86
booked: McPherson / Thern
20.06.90 (21.00) Genoa, Stadio Luigi Ferraris
COS – SWE 2:1 (0:1)
(~30233) Petrović JUG, Courtney ENG, Snoddy NIR
COS: Conejo – Flores (c), González, Montero, Chavez – Chavarria
(76 Guimaráes), Ramirez, Gómez (60 Medford), Cayasso – Marchena, C.Jara
SWE: Ravelli – R.Nilsson, Larsson, Hysen (c) – Schwarz, Strömberg
(83 Enqvist), Ingesson, J.Nilsson, Pettersson – Brolin (34 Gren), Ekström
0:1 Ekström 32, 1:1 Flores 75 h, 2:1 Medford 88
booked: Gómez, Marchena / Strömberg, Schwarz
20.06.90 (21.00) Turin, Stadio Delle Alpi
BRA – SCO 1:0 (0:0)
(+62000) Kohl AUT, Kirschen GER, Listkiewicz POL
BRA: Taffarel – Jorginho, Ricardo Gomes (c), Branco, Ricardo Rocha – Mauro
Galvão, Dunga, Alemão, Valdo – Careca, Romario (66 Müller)
SCO: Leighton – McKimmie, MacLeod (39 Gillespie), McLeish, McPherson –
Malpas, Aitken (c), McStay, McCall – Johnston, McCoist (79 Fleck)
1:0 Müller 82
booked: Johnston, McLeod
1. BRA^ 3 3 0 0 6 4-1
2. COS^ 3 2 0 1 4 3-2
3. SCO 3 1 0 2 2 2-3
4. SWE 3 0 0 3 0 3-6
As expected, Brazil won the group. They won all games and compared to other teams played quite well, yet… not just at home the team was criticized and rightly so. The match against Costa Rica was particularly alarming: the outsider was pretty much equal to to mighty Brazil. Brazil struggled in all group games. Costa Rica was a big surprise – journalists practically laughed at the optimistic words of Bora Milutinovic at first, but his team played competent football, making life difficult even for Brazil. The debutantes already achieved more than hoping for and nobody laughed at Milutinovic any more, when cautiously he said that who knows, his may go even beyond the next round. Scotland missed the boat as usual… the game against Costa Rica was largely blamed for the failure: the team seemingly underestimated the outsiders. After that… it was too late. Scotland fought well and went home early, as usual. Sweden lost all their games and ended last, but it is difficult to consider them a big failure – true, the team considered by many the best ever Swedish selection was unable to get even one point, but it played quite well. May be unlucky… there were some players which made good impression. At least back at home nobody was going crazy over the early exit and even the coach was not fired.