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VIDEO: On this day - Ireland v Italy 1990

On this day in 1990 Toto Schillaci broke Irish hearts in the quarter finals of the World Cup. See some of the moments of the day from the RTÉ archives (worldwide clip).

NOTE: Under the terms of our FIFA contract, RTÉ does not have the rights to show match footage from the 1990 World Cup online. As a current official FIFA rights holder we cannot carry the footage you can no doubt find on Youtube.

This is the rest of the story from the RTÉ Sport archives - the clips you may not have seen - the fans, the pundits and the reaction in Ireland.

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