RoBer

[Le roi du jaune @du_jaune]

Une nouvelle saison de disette s'ouvre. Au moins on nous a annoncé la couleur dès le départ.
Aux éternels mécontents, siffleurs et jaloux du Q$G, ne venez plus au stade, laissez nous simplement chanter pour notre blason peut importe qui porte le maillot.
#SeulementMarseille

[RoBer @BernierRo]

@RayaneOM1 @_BeFootball Et ce soir ils vont peut être mettre le monde d’accord 🔥🔥🔥🔥 je l’espère

[𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐢 @Vincent_1393]

C'était il y a tout juste un an et depuis plus rien ne va à l’OM.

Quelqu'un peut m'expliquer ?

[Cult Ballers @thecultballers]

July 8, 1990.

Maradona stood in Rome while 73,000 people booed his national anthem.

He mouthed "Hijos de puta!" directly into the camera.

The referee saw it and did nothing.

This is how the 1990 World Cup final began.

Five days earlier, in Naples, Maradona had told the Neapolitans that Italy was not their country. Half the crowd in the San Paolo had cheered for Argentina. Italy had never forgiven him.

Now, in Rome, the crowd was going to make that clear.

The Argentine national anthem rang out at the Stadio Olimpico. The Roman crowd booed it from beginning to end. 73,000 people expressing what Italy had felt since Naples. Maradona stood in the Argentine line and mouthed words directly to camera.

"Hijos de puta!" Sons of whores.

Referee Edgardo Codesal, standing close by, saw it and said nothing. He later admitted he could have sent Maradona off before the game had even begun. He chose not to. He would have other opportunities to shape the evening.

Argentina had arrived at this final as a wounded, diminished version of the side that had won in Mexico four years earlier. Four players were suspended before kickoff. Caniggia was not there, serving his ban after the Naples semi-final. The squad that had dragged itself through six games on penalties, on Goycochea's reflexes, on Maradona's sheer will, had almost nothing left.

Guido Buchwald had one job. He did it for 90 minutes. Wherever Maradona moved, Buchwald moved with him. "Minute by minute," Buchwald said later, "I could tell from his body language that he was becoming increasingly resigned, as if to say: what, you again?"

The German became so associated with Maradona that his compatriots nicknamed him "Diego" in his honour. He barely touched the ball himself all evening. He didn't need to.

Argentina's strategy was simple and desperate. Defend. Reach penalties. Rely on Goycochea.

Maradona could barely influence the match, his knee inflamed, his ankle swollen from years of brutal challenges. Argentina managed one shot on target in 90 minutes.

In the 65th minute Pedro Monzón became the first player ever sent off in a World Cup final, a challenge on Klinsmann that left a gash on his shin.

Then in the 85th minute, Rudi Völler went down in the penalty area under Roberto Sensini's challenge. Codesal pointed to the spot. Maradona approached the referee and told him directly that he was a thief and on the FIFA payroll. Codesal gave him a yellow card and stood firm.

Codesal himself is on record defending the decision: "The referees don't have to look for intent, they have to look for contact." Earlier in the same game he had refused to give Argentina a penalty for what appeared to be a similar challenge.

Matthäus, the regular taker, who had once borrowed a pair of boots from Maradona years earlier and became fascinated by the way Diego tied them, had changed his boots during the match and didn't trust his footing.

Andreas Brehme stepped up and buried it low to Goycochea's right. Dezotti was sent off in the chaos that followed. Argentina finished with nine men.

The final whistle blew. Maradona cried in the centre circle for a long time. He had promised his daughter Dalma he would bring the World Cup home. She was four years old when her father made her that promise in Rome and couldn't keep it.

The referee Codesal gave his verdict on Maradona years later. "As a player he was the best. But as a person he was an unpleasant person and one of the worst I've gotten to know in my life."

Maradona's verdict on the final was briefer. "They stole it from us."

He would play in one more World Cup, four years later, scoring one more spectacular goal before being expelled for doping ten days later.

The night God cried. 🇦🇷

[90s Football @90sfootball]

On this day in 1990, West Germany won Italia '90 🏆

Remember Diego Maradona's reaction before the game when the Argentinean national anthem was booed?

[Ultras Clips @ultras_clips]

This was Buenos Aires when Argentina won the World Cup in 2022. 🇦🇷🤩

[Max Argento 🇦🇷 @MaxArgento33]

Este video es increíble, Giralt gritando el gol y en el fondo Tevez, el Kun y el Pollo Vignolo

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA 😭😭

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

The final should really be here. Commercial, broadcasting and political reasons doubtless why it isn’t but Azteca beats any of the other stadia for atmosphere and heritage.

[Fabrolszewski @fabrodu13]

Le décès de Eric Roy nous plonge dans la nostalgie….. sacrée équipe , l’époque où ils partaient à l’échauffement avec le maillot extérieur 💙🤍

[Wander Aesthetic @NatureRoot88]

Guess the stadium and city name without cheating....

[Iván @IvaanBlanco26]

Estoy enamorado de las fotos que dejó el estadio Azteca de México en el partido de inauguración del Mundial.

Histórico.

[TF @tigresfootball_]

La mística que tiene el Estadio Azteca, hasta parece un video tomado en 1986.

Aura total. 😍🇲🇽

[EJÉRCITO, FUERZA AÉREA Y GUARDIA NACIONAL México @EJTO_FAM_GN]

Momento exacto sobre le sobre vuelo de los Helicópteros con la Bandera de México, el día de ayer, también se muestra el paso de las avionetas, todo totalmente con el Canto del Himno Nacional Mexicano, en este mundial México somos todos!!
#HeroesDelMundial @Defensamx1 @ComandanteFAM @GN_MEXICO_

[Charlie P @CharliePM10]

El estadio 🔥🏟️ con mayor AURA ✨ en el mundo.

Vista desde el helicóptero en la inauguración.

WORLD CUP MODE ON 🟢

[VieilleGardeCU84 @VGCU84]

🌞 🇫🇮

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

Kicking off in style 🤩

The @FIFAWorldCup opening ceremony in Mexico City was special!

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

Let's go, @FIFAWorldCup 2026! 🙌

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

Ready to celebrate the beautiful game. 🏆🎤🌎

#FIFAWorldCup

[Actu Foot @ActuFoot_]

QUELLE IMAGE ! 🚁🇲🇽

[Roberto Haz @tudimebeto]

Esta fotografía del Estadio Azteca merece estar en el Museo del Louvre✨