Costa Rica did not precisely break a gasket when qualifying for his or her first World Cup in 1990. They beat Panama 3-1 on combination after which obtained a walkover towards Mexico after the Mexicans infringed age eligibility guidelines.
Hey presto, Costa Rica have been going to Italia ’90.
Everyone knows the way it turned out. Juan Cayasso is an immortal, a participant who means a lot to individuals who weren’t even born when he scored his nation’s first ever objective at a World Cup – towards Scotland, after all.
He is in all probability the last word Scotland bogeyman, one in all 9 kids, a participant they known as ‘el Nene’ – the Child. He was the one who received the one objective at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on 11 June, 1990. Catastrophe for Scotland. Once more.
“Youngsters cease me on the street to greet me and say, ‘you are Cayasso, the one my dad informed me scored a objective in 1990’.” He did and it was the explanation why Scotland tumbled out of the match early.
Cayasso stated that his objective was written within the stars. “We have been enjoying so dangerous I assumed we had not a lot probability earlier than going to the World Cup.”
He reckoned with out Scotland getting the wobbles as soon as extra.
“I do not know if I keep in mind it as a result of I all the time see it on video,” Cayasso stated some years in the past. “However I may by no means be ready for that second.
“My team-mate Claudio Jara, knocked the ball to me – we name it a taquito right here. I used to be near him, I step again and when he does the taquito I learn it. At first, I am like, ‘oh…’ I am frightened. However then I’ve to react, it is at my foot.
“Jimmy (Leighton) is out. Then it hits his stomach and goes over him. I flip round and take a look at the referee, and he’ll the centre of the sphere.
“First I am frightened, then I do not imagine it, then, ‘sure, objective’. I had gone distant in that second. My thoughts was all about Costa Rica. I wrote a e book known as ‘The Purpose from Italia 90: Future, Luck or Likelihood’. It was so loopy.”
Cayasso’s objective helped earn Costa Rica a spot within the knockouts – they misplaced 4-1 to Czechoslovakia – and from the nation’s president, a present of a Toyota Corolla. All of the workforce received one.
It additionally received him a transfer to German soccer with Stuttgart Kickers. He received promotion to the Bundesliga with them.
Cayasso received 49 caps, however one stands above all others. Unforgettable in two totally different nations however very totally different causes.
