Old Match Photographs-Part 20b

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983

(Italy’s Roberto Boninsegna)

Photo From:  år med Svensk Fotboll 1904-84, Author Glanell Thomas red

(Glenn Stromberg wearing an exchanged Italy jersey, May 29, 1983, European Championship Qualifier, Italy 2-Sweden 0)

Photo From: år med Svensk Fotboll 1904-84, Author Glanell Thomas red

(Olle Nordin during IFK Norkopping’s UEFA Cup matchups vs. Internazionale Milano in October/November 1972)

Photo From: A-Laget, Norges 25 storste fotballspillere gjennom tidene, Authors Svein Saeter, Johan L. Oiestad

(Norway players during 1936 Berlin Olympics, Arne Brustad, Alf Martinsen, Henry ‘Tippen’ Johansen, Magnar Isaksen, Reidar Kvammen)

Photo From: 100 Melhores do Futebol Portugues, Volume II

(Luis Figo with Barcelona)

Photo From:  100 Anni del Campionato del Calcio

(Bologna’s West German player Helmut Haller, 1964/65)

Photo From:  100 Anni del Campionato del Calcio

(Uruguay’s Pedro Petrone and Carlos Gringa with Fiorentina in the 1930s)

Photo From: 100 Anni del Campionato del Calcio

(Genoa’s Renzo de Vecchi and Claudio Casanova)

Photo From: 90 minutes, March 26, 1994

(Uruguay and Internazionale Milano’s Ruben Sosa, 1993/94)

Photo From: 90 minutes, March 19, 1994

(Leeds United’s Chris Fairclough and Southampton’s Matthew Le Tissier, March 5, 1994, Leeds United 0-Southampton 0)

Photo From: 90 minutes, March 12, 1994

(Arsenal’s Alan Smith, March 15, 1994, Cup Winners Cup, Arsenal 1-Torino 0)

Photo From: El Grafico, No. 3559, 1987

(Jurgen Klinnsman, in his second cap, and Jose Luis Brown, December 16, 1987, Argentina 1-West Germany 0)

Photo From: El Grafico, No. 3743, 1991

(Claudio Taffarel and Claudio Caniggia, during the 1990 World Cup Caniggia scored against Taffarel, June 27, 1991, Brazil 1-Argentina 1)

Photo From: El Grafico, No. 3430, 1985

(Daniel Passarella’s tying goal that qualified Argentina, June 30, 1985, World Cup Qualifier, Argentina 2-Peru 2)

Photo From: El Grafico, No. 3376, 1984

(Claudio Marangoni and Tita, June 17, 1984, Brazil 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: El Grafico, No. 3274, 1982

(Austria goalkeeper Friedrich Koncilia)

Photo From: El Grafico, No. 3272, 1982

(Diego Maradona scoring from a narrow angle, June 18, 1982, World Cup, Argentina 4-Hungary 1)

Photo From: El Grafico, No. 3239, 1981

(October 28, 1981, Argentina 1-Poland 2)

Photo From: El Grafico, No. 3163, 1980

(Juan Barbas, May 16, 1980, Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 1)

Photo From: A Gazeta Esportiva - 1/09/1978

(Serginho training with sunglasses, special thanks to Blog viewer Avz for providing this photo)

New Addition: Debate Topic, Part one

One of my aims for this blog is to have more participation from readers, I have therefore started, on a trial basis, a discussion topic section.

Each time, I will present two discussion topics and hopefully have other readers input and ideas on the subject.

Topic 1

Sérgio Bernardino ‘Serginho Chualapa’ of São Paulo Futebol Clube has always been presented as the scapegoat for Brazil not winning the 1982 World Cup.

Despite scoring two goals in the World Cup, historically, he has been perceived to be the weak link in that fine squad.

For all (specially Brazilian readers out there), what are your theories as to why?

Photo from: Onze-Mondial, December 1989

(Serginho and Daniel Passarella, July 2, 1982, World Cup, Brazil 3-Argentina 1)

Topic 2

It  has long been suggested that had Mark Robins not scored for Manchester United, in the FA Cup vs. Nottingham Forest in January 1990, Alex Ferguson would have been fired.

While that may be true for the moment, in retrospect, I believe the 1991 Cup Winners Cup victory vs. Barcelona seems more critical.

Without this victory he may still have been fired in the then near future.

This triumph was the catalyst for Manchester United making a push for the League Title in the following seasons.

What are your theories as to why?  

Photo from: Onze-Mondial, June 1991

(Mark Hughes and Ronald Koeman, May 15, 1991, Cup Winners Cup, Manchester United 2-Barcelona 1)