Total Eclipse in Milan: Italia '90 The opening match of the 1990 World Cup produced arguably the most shocking result in the history of international football. Defending world champions Argentina, spearheaded by Diego Maradona, walked onto the San Siro pitch heavily favored to comfortably dispatch Cameroon. Instead, the Indomitable Lions completely rewrote the footballing manual with an exhibition of fearless, physical, and uncompromising defiance. Despite going down to ten men in the 61st minute when André Kana-Biyik was sent off, Cameroon refused to retreat into a defensive shell. Just six minutes later, François Omam-Biyik rose impossibly high, hanging in the Milan air to connect with a deflected free-kick. His downward header squeezed under a scrambling Nery Pumpido, sealing a historic 1-0 victory that sent shockwaves through the sporting world. Even after Benjamin Massing received a straight red card for a legendary, bone-shattering challenge on Claudio Caniggia late in the match,...