Italy basks in the joy of Maradona's failure as they prepare to see their team take on Austria in Rome. Questions arise about the host's strike partnerships and also as to why Schillaci and Vialli's hair fortune's have differed so greatly.
Speaking of hair, we see a Colombian golden generation lead by Carlos Valderama facing the United Arab Emirates side built on Don Revie's shattered reputation. And we hear the term "dictatorship World Cup" coined as the Soviet Union play Romania.
In the Irish camp there are injury concerns with the England game only two days away and some old school yard urban myths re-emerge.