Irish Soccer Team - 1990 World Cup

After finishing second in Spain in the leaderboard on his way to Ireland, Italy 90. Ireland has the most attractive style of football is not playing in that tournament, but the team as we used to have a great heart and determination.

In a group with England, Holland and Egypt, the Irish managed to go without winning a game and only two goals. A memorable one against England, scored by Kevin Sheedy and a goal against the Dutch, another classic facial expression only Packie Bonner is a familiar sight, but the team spirit, when he put everything he had a long punt upfield includes function of how Ireland played a bad punt, a fumble luck, and a leg of Niall Quinn, the Irish in the second round.

The second round saw the face of Ireland Romania, never again do it the easy way. A tense nil nil draw and it came down to penalty shoot-out, it would be possible for a team in the World Cup without winning a contest and only two goals can advance to the quarter-finals, good as they say the rest is history .

Taken with eight penalties and scored eight goals, Daniel Timofte made. A strong tax penalty lower right corner guards, Guardado Packie Bonner will always be remembered that the greatest moment of his career, but still rejoice, you can almost make you can see in her face that the work was half done, yet was based on one shoulder is used to do the unthinkable. This man was David O'Leary and everyone can forget the infamous words of the commentators before the ball was beaten. The Nation of breath "and for that moment that I truly believe that if a new point of the ball, an eternity, a hand shot in the left leg keeps nuclear guardians immediately, and that" there is. "Ireland to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

The following were the Italians at their own game, but first a more pressing problem, an audience with Pope John Paul II, it just added to the possibility almost dream. I am convinced that people would ask only that, a dream?

Well, it was placed in a row and Ireland quarter-final against a team that legends like Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Toto Schillaci and Roberto Baggio, the list may, in fact his team to take. Well, so far as to say that the dream ended that night, but it certainly was not a nightmare. The Italians won the match 1-0, a shot Donadoni ampoules can only be rejected by Bonner and unfortunately fell at the feet of Toto Schillaci, a goalscorer, that fits into the empty net.

The festivals throughout Ireland in bars, homes and streets during the tournament will be difficult to replicate and perhaps exceeded only if Ireland really win a World Cup. The local fans have emphasized the great team that has, undoubtedly the best in the world. It is said that Jack Charlton never buy another beer in Ireland after Italia '90, was always at home, I think a more interesting story is that he used to deal with the tavern and buy a beer all pay with a check if he knew the owner of non-cash bar instead of choosing the frame on the wall. True or not only adds to the legend and the character of Big Jack.