International Season 1990/ 91, Part 6 (December 1990)

December

Mircea Radulescu made his debut as Romania manager in a Euro Qualifier win over San Marino.

Germany played as a unified Nation for teh first time since 1942 in a friendly vs. Switzerland. The German squad included former East German players such as Mathias Sammer. Another former East German Andreas Thom scored one of Germany’s goals.

This was a hastily arranged match, initially East and West Germanies were to play one another in November, however due to security concerns the match was cancelled

Emilio Butragueno scored 4 goals in Spain’s (9-0) win over Albania in a Euro Qualifier.

Marco van Basten scored 5 goals in Holland’s (8-0) win over Malta in a Euro Qualifier.

Aldo Serena scored twice in what turned out to be his last match for Italy in a win (4-0) over Cyprus.

Date: December 5, 1990

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 2

Venue: Bucharest (Bucuresti), Stadionul Lia Manoliu (National) 

Referee: Manfred Rossner (Germany)

Attendance: 24,500

Romania 6-San Marino 0 (Ioan Sabau 2, Dorin Mateut 18, Florin Raducioiu 41, Ion Lupescu 57, Pavel Badea 78, Dan Petrescu 85)

Date: December 12, 1990

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Los Angeles, California  - Memorial Coliseum, USA  

Referee: Majid Jay (USA)

Attendance: 25,000

Mexico 0-Brazil 0 (-)

Photo From:  Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 2, February 1991

(December 12, 1990, Mexico 0-Brazil 0)

Date: December 12, 1990

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Casablanca

Referee: Hansal (Algeria)         

Attendance: 11,000

Morocco 0-Senegal  0 (-)

Date: December 18, 1990

Competition: Friendly (Charity Match)

Venue: Munich (Munchen)-Olympiastadion

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Bayern Munich (Germany) 1-USSR 1 (Radmilo Mihajlovic 76 / Igor Kolivanov 65)

Date: December 19, 1990

Competition: Peter Shilton Testimonial

Venue: London-White Hart lane (Tottenham Hostpur FC)

Referee: Pietro D'Ellia (Italy)

Attendance: 12,181

England XI 4-Italia '90 XI 0 (Gary Lineker 8 pen, Matt Le Tissier 14,Paul Gascoigne 58, Kevin Keegan 82)

Date: December 19, 1990

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Constantine

Referee: -

Attendance: 12,000

Algeria 1-Senegal 0 (Haraoui 65)

Date: December 19, 1990

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 1

Venue: Sevilla -Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

Referee: Alphonse Constandin (Belgium)

Attendance: 27,600

Spain 9-Albania 0 (Guillermo Amor 19, Carlos 22,63, Emilio Butragueňo 30, 57,66, 75, Fernando Hierro 37, Jose Maria Bakero 86)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2333, December 25, 1990

(Emilio Butragueno, December 19, 1990, EC Qualifier, Spain 9-Albania 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell)

(Spain squad, December 19, 1990, EC Qualifier, Spain 9-Albania 0)

Date: December 19, 1990

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Stuttgart - Neckarstadion

Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Attendance: 20,000

Germany 4-Switzerland 0 (Rudi Voeller 1, Karl-Heinz Riedle 67, Andreas Thom 74, Lothar Matthaus 85)

Photo From: World Soccer, February 1991

(Germany squad, December 19, 1990, Germany 4-Switzerland 0)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005

(Germany squad, December 19, 1990, Germany 4-Switzerland 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2333, December 25, 1990

(December 19, 1990, Germany 4-Switzerland 0)

Date: December 19, 1990

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Volos, Ethniko Stadia

Referee: Theodores Kefalas (Greece)

Attendance: 8,000

Greece 1-Poland 2 (Jiotis Tsalouchidis 9  /  Piotr Soczyński 36 –Roman Kosecki 68)

Date: December 19, 1990

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 6

Venue: Valletta - Ta'Qali –National Stadium

Referee: Rolf Blattmann (Switzerland)

Attendance: 16,000

Malta 0-Holand 8 (Marco van Basten 8,19,23, 64 pen, 81, Aron Winter 52, Dennis Bergkamp 59, 65)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, de histoire van oranje, 1989-1995, Authors: Matty Verkamman and Henk Mees

(December 19, 1990, EC Qualifier, Malta 0-Holand 8)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, de histoire van oranje, 1989-1995, Authors: Matty Verkamman and Henk Mees

(Holland squad, December 19, 1990, EC Qualifier, Malta 0-Holand 8)

Date: December 19, 1990

Competition: Friendly

Venue: OPorto- Estadio Maia

Referee: Ramos (Spain)

Attendance: 2,000

Portugal 1-USA 0 (Domingos 8)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 3, March 1991

(December 19, 1990, Portugal 1-USA 0)

Date: December 22, 1990

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Rijeka, Kantrida Stadion

Referee: Gerhard Kapl (Austria)

Attendance: 5,000

Croatia 2-Romania 0 (Zlatko Kranjcar 24, Srecko Bogdan 49)

Date: December 22, 1990

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 3

Venue: Lemesós (Limassol)-Tsíreio Stádio (Tsirion Stadium)

Referee: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia)

Attendance: 20,000

Cyprus 0-Italy 4 (Pietro Vierchowod 14, Aldo Serena 22, 48, Attilio Lombardo 42)