That night, the sky over the Italian city of Turin was cloudless. Yet, upon the green carpet of the Stadio delle Alpi, an eerie, invisible rain of sorrow seemed to descend. July 4, 1990 -- a nerve-shredding World Cup semifinal. The deafening roars cascading from the stands, beads of sweat trickling down the players’ faces, and an explosive tension hanging in every particle of air -- it was a suffocating spectacle.

Frank Mill, a World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990, has died aged 67, his former clubs Fortuna Duesseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen confirmed on Tuesday.

Cameroon's image as World Cup gatecrashers, capable of taking down top contenders and wreaking havoc, has faded away after two decades of failure at the finals