Is Trap biding time before unleashing McClean?

If we hadn’t suffered at his feet, we mightn’t remember that Salvatore Schillaci unexpectedly made his Italy debut in a low-key friendly the March before Italia ’90.

A wildcard turned trump card. Schillaci almost became the trick that made Azeglio Vicini a hero on home soil.

Giovanni Trapattoni joined Schillaci back at Juventus the year after that tournament. Toto scored about as many goals for Trap that season as he managed in four weeks two summers before.