Soccer Nostalgia: International Season 1988/89, Part 10 (April 1989)

April

Antonis Georgiadis managed Greece for the fisrt time in a loss to Yugoslavia (1-4).

Roberto Baggio scored his fisrt goal for Italy in a (1-1) tie with Uruguay.

Four days later, Italy finihsed its seaosn with a strong (4-0) win over Hungary.

In the most important qualifier of the month, West Germany held Holland to a tie (1-1) in Rotterdam.

England defeated Albania (5-0) with Paul Gascoigne scoring for the first time for England. The Republic of Ireland defeated Spain (1-0) in Dublin to get back in the qualification hunt. Portugal defeated Swizerland (3-1), while in thesame Group, Belgium strenghtened its position with a (2-1) win over Czechsolovakia.

USSR comprehensively defaeted East Germany (3-0).

Scotland defeatead Cyprus (2-1), while France and Yugoslavia were scoreless in Paris. This match was the beginning of Michel Platini’s France’s unbeaten run of 19 matches that ended in February 1992. Didier Deschamps made his debut for France in this match.

Date: April 2, 1989

Competition: World Cup Qualifier-CONCACAF, Third Round

Venue: San José, Estadío Ricardo Saprissa

Attendance:

Costa Rica 2-Guatemala 1 (R.Flóres 42, Coronado 78 / Rodas 51)

Date: April 2, 1989

Competition: World Cup Qualifier-Oceania, Second Round

Attendance:

Venue: Auckland- Mount Smart Stadium

New Zealand 2-Australia 0 (Dunford 19, Wright 80)

Date: April 4, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Budapest, Népstadion

Attendance: 7,000

Hungary 3-Switzerland 0 (Lajos Detari 22, Erwin Kovacs 36, Zoltan Bognar 75)

Date: April 5, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Athens-Olympiako Stadio Athinas 'Spyros Louis' (OAKA)

Attendance: 5,500

Greece 1-Yugoslavia 4 (Tasos Mitropoulos 60 / Zlatko Vujovic 22, 83, Semir Tuce 75, Dragan Jakovljevic 80)

Date: April 5, 1989

Competition: World Cup Qualifier-Asia, First Round-Zone B

Attendance:

Venue: Riyadh

Saudi Arabia 1- North Yemen 0 (Majed Abdullah 44)

Date: April 9, 1989

Competition: World Cup Qualifier-Oceania, Second Round

Attendance: 3,200

Venue: Auckland- Mount Smart Stadium

New Zealand 2-Israel 2 (William Wright 19, Malcolm Dunford 35 / Ronnie Rosenthal 16, Nir Klinger 37)

Date: April 11, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Graz-Stadion Liebenau

Attendance: 8,000

Austria 1-Czechoslovakia 2 (Andreas Herzog 71 / Stanislav Griga 60, 77)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechoslovakia squad, April 11, 1989, Austria 1-Czechoslovakia 2)

Date: April 12, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Teresina - Estádio Governador Alberto Tavares Silva (Albertão)

Attendance: 6,000

Brazil 2-Paraguay 0 (Cristovão 80, Vivinho 88)

Photo From: Placar, issue 984, April 21, 1989

(April 12, 1989, Brazil 2-Paraguay 0)

Photo From: Placar, issue 984, April 21, 1989

(April 12, 1989, Brazil 2-Paraguay 0)

Photo From: Placar, issue 984, April 21, 1989

(April 12, 1989, Brazil 2-Paraguay 0)

Date: April 12, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Aalborg -Aalborg Stadion

Attendance: 10,400

Denmark 2-Canada 0 (Lars Elstrup 37, Kim Vilfort or Bridge (own goal) 73)

Date: April 12, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 3

Venue: Magdeburg - Ernst-Grube-Stadion

Attendance: 23,000

East Germany 0-Turkey 2 (Tanju Colak 22, Ridvan Dilmen 88)

Photo From: FUWO, Issue 16, April 18, 1989

(April 12, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, East Germany 0-Turkey 2)

Date: April 12, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Budapest, Népstadion

Attendance: 18,000

Hungary 1-Malta 1 (Imre Boda 49 pen / Carmel Busuttil 7)

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1989

(April 12, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Hungary 1-Malta 1)

Date: April 12, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Warszawa, Stadion Wojska Polskiego im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (Polish Army)(Legia Warszawa)

Attendance: 15,000

Poland 2-Romania 1 (Jan Urban 40, Ryszard Tarasiewicz 59 / Ioan Sabau 57)

Photo From: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski

(Poland squad, April 12, 1989, Poland 2-Romania 1)

Photo From: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski

(April 12, 1989, Poland 2-Romania 1)

Photo From: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski

(Poland squad, April 12, 1989, Poland 2-Romania 1)

Date: April 12, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue:

Attendance:

Karlsruhe (West Germany) 1-Luxembourg 1 (??????)

Date: April 13, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Guayaquil -Estadio Isidro Romero Carbo –Monumental

Attendance: 12,000

Ecuador 2-Argentina 2 (Ney Raul Aviles 54, Hamilton Emilio Cuvi 56 pen / Carlos Alfaro Moreno 7,34)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3628, 1989

(April 13, 1989, Ecuador 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3628, 1989

(April 13, 1989, Ecuador 2-Argentina 2)

Date: April 14, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Torshavn-Gundadalur Stadium

Attendance: 3,200

Faroe Islands 1-Canada 0 (Torkil Nielsen 4)

Date: April 16, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Klavsik-KI Stadium

Attendance: 2,000

Faroe Islands 0-Canada 1 (Drew Ferguson 78)

Date: April 16, 1989

Competition: World Cup Qualifier-Oceania, Second Round

Attendance:

Venue: Sydney- Sydney Football Stadium

Australia 1-Israel 1 (Paul Trimboli 88 / Eli Ohana 40)

Date: April 16, 1989

Competition: World Cup Qualifier-CONCACAF, Third Round

Attendance: 26,271

Venue: San José, Estadío Ricardo Saprissa

Costa Rica 1-USA 0 (Gilberto Rhoden 14)

Date: April 20, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Santiago- Estadio Nacional

Attendance: 12,000

Chile 1-Argentina 1 (Rubén Espinoza 69 pen / Mauro Gabriel Airez 17)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3629, 1989

(April 20, 1989, Chile 1-Argentina 1)

Date: April 22, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Verona -Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

Attendance: 15,000

Italy 1-Uruguay 1 (Roberto Baggio 65 / Carlos Aguilera 83)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 741 (Number 17), April 26-May 2, 1989

(April 22, 1989, Italy 1-Uruguay 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 741 (Number 17), April 26-May 2, 1989

(April 22, 1989, Italy 1-Uruguay 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 741 (Number 17), April 26-May 2, 1989

(April 22, 1989, Italy 1-Uruguay 1)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 2

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance: 60,602

England 5-Albania 0 (Gary Lineker 23, Peter Beardsley 12,64, Chris Waddle 72, Paul Gascoigne 88)

Photo From: World Soccer, April 1990

(Paul Gascoigne, April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, England 5-Albania 0)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance: 37,000

Bulgaria 0-Denmark 2 (Flemming Povlsen 41, Brian Laudrup 89)

Photo From: FUWO, Issue 18, May 3, 1989

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-Denmark 2)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 5

Venue: Glasgow - Hampden Park

Attendance:50,081

Scotland 2-Cyprus 1 (Maurice Johnston 26, Ally McCoist 63 / Floros Nicolaou 62)

Photo From: World Soccer, September 1989

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Scotland 2-Cyprus 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, March 1990

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Scotland 2-Cyprus 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, March 1990

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Scotland 2-Cyprus 1)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 3

Venue: Kyyiv -Natsional'nyi Sportivnyi Komplex Olimpiys'kyi Stadion (Dynamo Kyiv)

Attendance: 100,000

USSR 3-East Germany 0 (Igor Dobrovolsky 3, Gennadi Litovchenko 20, Oleg Protasov 40)

Photo From: Футбол - Футбол-Хоккей, Issue 17, April 30, 1989

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, USSR 3-East Germany 0)

Photo From: FUWO, Issue 18, May 3, 1989

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, USSR 3-East Germany 0)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Rotterdam – De Kuip, Feyenoord Stadium

Attendance: 54,000

Holland 1-West Germany 1 (Marco van Basten 88 / Karlheinz Riedle 69)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Holland 1-West Germany 1)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Holland 1-West Germany 1)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

(Karlheinz Riedle scoring with a header, April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Holland 1-West Germany 1)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

(Holland squad, April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Holland 1-West Germany 1)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Athens-Olympiako Stadio Athinas 'Spyros Louis' (OAKA)

Attendance: 15,000

Greece 0-Romania 0

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Taranto -Stadio Erasmo Jacovone

Attendance: 25,000

Italy 4-Hungary 0 (Gianluca Vialli 8, Riccardo Ferri 53, Nicola Berti 67, Andrea Carnevale 77)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Dublin - Landsdowne Road

Attendance: 49,600

Republic of Ireland 1-Spain 0 (Michel (Own Goal) 16)

Photo From: World Soccer, April 1990

(Rafael Martin Vazquez and Chris Hughton, April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1989

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1989

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-Spain 0)

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

(April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Fussball Magazin

(Spain squad, April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-Spain 0)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Valettta ,Ta’Qali -National Stadium

Attendance: 15,000

Malta 0-Northern Ireland 2 (Colin Clarke 55, Michael O'Neill 73)

Date: April 26, 1989

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 7

Venue: Lisbon-Estadio da Luz (Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Attendance: 35,000

Portugal 3-Switzerland 1 (Joao Pinto 49, Frederico Rosa 56, Vitor Paneira 69 / Dario Zuffi 64)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Portugal squad, Top, left to right: Cesar Goncalves de BritoDiarte, Adelino Carlos Morais Nunes, Peixoto GoncalvesSobrinho, Frederico Nobre Rosa, João Domingos SilvaPinto, Silvino de Almeida Louro, Bottom, left to right: Antonio Santos Ferreira André, Rui Gil Soares de Barros, Antonio August da Silva Veloso, Antonio Augusto Gomes de Sousa ,Vitor Manuel da Costa Araujo ‘Paneira’, April 26, 1989, World Cup Qualifier , Portugal 3-Switzerland 1)