Had more fun with it than any other football game on the system. The Gazza games were terrible, Kick Off sucked on all formats, Match Day was old and ran slowly, where do you go from there? There was the Peter Beardsley game which was ugly beyond belief
Italy 1990 was far closer to the 16 bit football games than other CPC football games which were dated and played badly. When I came to get my first Amiga football game (Striker) it felt quite like Italy 1990.
Then I got Sensi on the Amiga and realised all other football games were dross.
Of course Emlyn Hughes was by far superior.
Emilio Butrageno, despite really lacking options was better too.
Kick Off, even horrible to see, was far more realistic and playable.
Matchday II, even if slow, allows you to make pass and have something like a real football game.
Fighting soccer was far more amusing in versus/cooperative play.
Italy 90 was enjoyable, and i did for some time, but at some point you understood how to score and then it was nothing like a football game. This game finally came down to taking the ball, running to the goal in slalom, and shooting from the angle of the area. Goal everytime and even in multiplayer, as it was totally impossible to defend because of dumb player slection, the score would go to something like 32-31, the looser being the one who missed one or 2 occasions. So at some point it went back in its box and never came out unlike many other soccer games that i still enjoy playing to these days (i often play Buitre, Emlyn Hughes or Matchday II).