Argentina at the FIFA World Cup playmaker position was instead filled by Mario Kempes, who ended up becoming the first Argentinian to win the Golden Ball in addition to being the tournament's top scorer with 6 goals. The Dutch side was missing a superstar of their own: Johann Cruyff did not join the 1978 World Cup squads due to the aftermath of a kidnapping attempt which occurred in 1977. He only disclosed this information 30 years later. The closely contested match was influenced by a hostile atmosphere and ended with the Dutch players refusing to attend the award ceremony after Argentina grabbed the title in extra
World Cup Soccer: Italia '90 FIFA World Cup. The game was based on the 1989 game "World Trophy Soccer" which was originally an arcade game for Mastertronic's Amiga-based Arcadia machines. Virgin Games had bought out Mastertronic in 1988 so the game was released for Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64 published by Virgin Mastertronic. Virgin Mastertronic obtained the official licence for the World Cup from sponsor Olivetti. They adapted the "World Trophy Soccer" game, renaming it "World Cup Soccer: Italia '90" while also porting it to Amstrad CPC, DOS and ZX Spectrum. No attempts were made to change the set up of the tournament or