why was there an extra 8 minutes played in the 1990 world cup argentina versus italy?
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Referee Michel Vautrot of France added on four minutes and was about to blow his whistle for half time of extra time when Baggio was elbowed in the face by Ricardo Giusti in an off-the-ball incident. Neither TV-cameras or Vautrot was able to fully confirm this so the referee consulted his linesman Peter Mikkelsen of Denmark and together they made the decision of sending off the already booked Giusti. Angry Argentinian players threatened the officials and play was delayed for minutes more and by the time everything was settled and over, the clock showed more than 8 minutes of injury-time for the first 15 minutes of extra-time football!
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Do you mean the new format with 32 teams divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each? Where the top two finishers of each team would then take part in direct elimination games until the final?\n\nIf that's what's you're asking then the change happened in France  1998. Previously, between 1986 and 1994, there were 24 teams divided in 6 groups of which the first two would qualify for the round of sixteen, together with the 4 best third finishers among all groups.\n\nIn 1982 it was even different, with two group stages, after which the remaining 4 teams would face off in the semifinals.\n\nIf instead, you meant in which year the actual trophy awarded changed to the one that will be awarded on July 9th, then the answer it's even easier: the new trophy was first assigned during the 1974 World Cup in Germany. The previous trophy had been won by Brazil in 1970 for they claimed victory three times. Incidentally, whomever had won that final in 1970 would had taken the old trophy home, since Italy had previously claimed two times as well.
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hi, I personal think that if the referees made mistakes on purpose , it means the game has been "fixed", even during the World cup! anyone remember at World cup 1998 in France, and the final between the Brazil and France, and the final score was 3-0 belong to France. That was the finest example of how the game can be "fixed" . Cher!
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1990..........Argentina lost 0-1
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They are being played at the same time over two different nights.\nI think its for TV as well as tradition. Apart from USA '94, Semis are normally played at night and over two days.
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both ITALY's World Cup victories in 1982 & 2006 was marred by match fixing scandal.\n\nBRAZIL, ARGENTINA & ENGLAND were among the favourites but all failed to qualify for the semi-finals. \n\nall semi-finals teams was dominated by European teams, ITALY, WEST GERMANY, FRANCE & POLAND in 1982 & ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY & PORTUGAL in 2006.\n\nboth Italian winning squad players of 1982 & 2006 plays at home in the Italian League.\n\nthe goalkeepers, Dino Zoff & Gianluigi Buffon both played for Juventus.
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A standard adult football match consists of two periods (known as halves) of 45 minutes each. There is usually a 15-minute break between halves, known as half-time. The end of the match is known as full-time.Most games simply end after these two halves, either with one team winning or with a draw (a tied game). However, some games, particularly knockout competition matches, provide for extra time in the event of a tied result at the end of the two halves of normal time: two further periods of 15 minutes are played. Until recently, IFAB have experimented with various forms of 'sudden death' extra time (see below for details); however, these experiments have now been abandoned.\n\nIf the score is still tied after extra time, some competitions allow the use of kicks from the penalty mark (colloquially known as penalty shoot-outs) to determine a winner. Other competitions may require the game to be replayed.\n\nNote that goals scored during extra time periods count towards the final score of the game, unlike kicks from the penalty mark which are only used to decide the team that progresses to the next part of the tournament (with goals scored not making up part of the final score).
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This is the first World Cup in awhile that the "golden goal" rule is not in effect.\n\nIn past years, when a knockout-round game ended tied, the two teams would play an extra period (30 minutes, I think) and the team that scored first in that extra period was declared the winner.  Hence that goal was called the "golden goal" since it automatically ended the game.\n\nNow there is no golden goal rule.  If a team scores in overtime, the extra 30-minute period continues; the other team has the rest of the time to catch up.\n\nNote to previous post: the "silver goal" rule has also been eliminated - it's back to the old-fashioned 30-minute-extra-time, play-it-out-until-time's-up rule.
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the yellow & red cards were only introduced to the FIFA World Cup in 1970.\n\nonly 6 players have been sent-off during the 1962 FIFA World Cup including the two Italian players during the infamous 'Battle Of Santiago' clash between the host naton, CHILE & ITALY in Group 2.
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There is no time limit and the time depends on how even the teams are in talent, if one is considerably better it can end in half an hour, if they are equal it can last  a bit longer than a hour.
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FIFA changed the rules for the 1954 World Cup. Below there is an extract from a book on World Cup History:\n\n"FIFA retained the mini-league system but couldn't resist a little tinkering. Instead of each team plaing all the others in the group, two were seeded and would play only the two non-seeds - and any matches drawn after ninety minutes would go to extra-time. Arbitrary and confusing.\n\n(...)\n\nNot content with the complications they'd arranged for the group matches, FIFA had decided on a fred draw for the knockout stage, leaving the possibility of the group winners playing each other in the quarter-finals instead of being rewarded with matches against the runners-up."\n\nNote: the seeded teams were chosen before the tournament. Spain was included as favourite even before playing a game in qualifying, but then they lost to Turkey on a coin-toss after a draw in their third and final game (one win apeace in each of the games before) and Turkey got seeded.
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there is a 90 minute game.  They split it in two.  Does that answer your question?
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Twice\n\n1990 Semi finals\n1-1 after extra time with Germany\nlost 4-3 on penalties.;  Platts shot saved, Waddle missed\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_World_Cup_1990#Semi-finals\n\n1998 Round 2\n2-2 after extra time with Argentina\nlost 4-2 on penalties;  Ince and Batty's shots saved\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_World_Cup_1998#Knockout_stages
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well im guessing ur asking about the 1982 world cup, b/c there wasnt one in 1983, but the leading scorer was Paolo Rossi (6 goals)
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Soccer is a game where not necessarily the best Team wins. In addition, the World Cup is a very unique tournament in which tension and "points strategy" are very important factor.\nYes, Italy may have not played the best game, but if you look at the stats (go the FIFA official site) you'll noticed few important facts: shots on goal, fouls, corner kicks...\nPlus the big argument about the referee: a lot of USA's fans, blinded by their ignorance on understanding soccer, are complaining about the ref e his calls.\nIn reality, who really has to complain is Italy. Here are some facts that can be confirmed if you have recorded the game:\n- In the 5th min. Totti was given a yellow card while he did not even touched the opponent\n- In the 27th min., when USA scored, the ref called a foul of Cannavaro on Reyna which it was a perfect tackle on the ball. From that foul USA scored (own goal Zaccardo)\n- De Rossi red card was legitimate: he elbowed McBride and he deserved to be ejected.\n- All the first half, both Gilardino and Luca Toni received "special attention" from Mastroeni, Pope and Onyewu.\n- Mastroeni red card was legitimate: that foul is automatic red card.\n- In the whole game, at least 4 offsides called against Italy were NOT offside (few to remember called to Luca Toni and Iaquinta). FYI, usually calling a player offside, that player has good chances on scoring goals.\n- The goal scored by Beasly on the 66th min., had McBride in front of Buffon, and he even made a move with his right leg to disturb the goalkeeper action. In soccer, that is NOT a goal, but a foul for Italy. So, that was one of the few good calls.\n- On the other hand, in the min. 36, when Gattuso newly entered scored, Luca Toni was stopped for an inexistent offside: that goal should have been allowed.\n- Someone complaining about Pope's red card??? Helloooo... he committed so many fouls the firs half, what would you have expected? The foul he committed on Gilardino (min. 47) was a yellow card foul, but because he was already "booked", automatically the red card was legitimate.\n\nAre the above points enough?\nSo, for people complaining I say to be happy about the tie, and at the end, who is going further it is a better team but do not complain about things that do not make any sense.\nTo all the others, just read who are the finalists of the World Cup in the last 40 years (you can start from 1970...) then you will open your eyes on who will be in the final this year too.
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at the end of the group stages of the 1970 world cup it was quite clear that the tournament was a two-horse race. england and brasil had dominated the early stages to an extent nobody had expected - or even believed.\n\nin their quarter-final match against west germany england dominated the first half of their game, and were 2-0 ahead with only twenty minutes to go when their manager took off their star player to rest him for the semi-final.\n\nwest germany scored two goals in the final twenty minutes to draw level, then put england out 3-2 after extra time.\n\nthe only teams i have yet seen playing like world cup winners are argentina and probably spain.\n\nbut it is football - anything can happen.
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It was not a penalty it was a clean challenge. Ghanaians are looking for excuses. And Italians preferred by refs ??? that is outrageous remember that fat Byron Moreno in 2002 he murdered Italy . They also got poor descisions agaist croatia. They are one of the unlukiest teams in terms of refereeing.