In an interview published on FIFA:s website former Inter player Lothar Matthäus remembered the World Cup in Italia 1990:
“Back then I used to live in Italy, in fact my house was only 15 kilometres away from Germany’s squad base. That made it a home World Cup for me, I really felt that. The five games in the San Siro were like five games in my front room, where I played for Inter every week. It was a fantastic, moving feeling to be supported by the Italian fans as well as the German ones. The Inter fans got behind the German team not just because of me, but because Andreas Brehme and Jurgen Klinsmann were also at the club. That created a strong connection with the country.”
Source: fcinternews.it
