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 the 1986 and 1994 tournaments), "Italy '90 Soccer" (which had been released in Italy in 1988) and "Italia 1990" from budget publisher Codemasters. World Cup Soccer: Italia '90 World Cup Soccer: Italia '90 is a football video game released for various home computers in 1990 by Virgin Mastertronic. It is the officially licensed game of the tournament. It was known simply as Italia '90 for the Tronix budget reissues. Different games were also released by Virgin Mastertronic for Sega consoles as "World Cup Italia '90". This is the second World Cup official licensed franchise game based on the 1990 FIFA