A 30th anniversary podcast series celebrating all that was good (and bad) about possibly the most iconic World Cup finals tournament. Released on June 8th, 2020, Vincerà! remembers the summer of 1990 and the matches of the 14th FIFA World Cup and plenty more besides through the memories and experiences of a host of special guests - including actual winners of the tournament!
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
We’ve reached the grand finale of both Vincerà! and the Italia ’90 story. The night before the World Cup final, Rome witnessed the operatic splendour of the first Three Tenors concert. On 8 July 1990, the city hosted a far less sophisticated spectacle as holders Argentina fought tooth and nail to retain their crown against the relentless West Germany. We look back at the match – which is remembered for all the wrong reasons – paying particular attention to the Argentine psychodrama and the dethroning of Diego Maradona as the world’s greatest footballer. And as we re-evaluate the tournament, we ask the questions: what are the legacies of Italia ’90 and why, 30 years on, does it still retain such fascination in spite of its well-documented flaws?
HOST: Mark Godfrey
GUESTS: Pete Davies (All Played Out/One Night in Turin), Simon Hart (World in Motion – The Inside Story of Italia ’90), Mike Gibbons (Nessun Dorma pod, The Guardian, When Football Came Home – England, the English and Euro 96)
MUSIC: UV Protection
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