my guess, page-56

re: italy didnt win.. no they didnt take a read.

"If someone is through and likely to score then I will definitely up-end him. That's part and parcel of the game. I'd do that without thinking. I'd commit a professional foul if need be, if it was the right thing at the right time....You would probably say I'm a cheat, but I'd say I was a professional trying to win a game... Whether that means handballing accidentally-on-purpose I'll do it and it's up to the referee to spot it and penalise it. I know I am advocating tactics designed to dupe the referee and make him get his decisions wrong."
(Reported in The Times, 15 November, 1988)

6.9 These frank admissions were a stark example, of course, of the increasingly uncompromising world of the professional player and of the strained 'player versus referee' relationship which seemed to compromise any suggestion that match officials might try to get closer to, and develop a better understanding of, this professional culture in which, apparently, cheating was sanctioned and was even, on occasions, celebrated. But, help was soon at hand. In July 1989 FIFA finally issued mandatory instructions on sendings off for 'professional fouls' and deliberate handballs in situations where there was an 'obvious goalscoring opportunity'. The new instruction begged the question, of course, of exactly how referees were to determine this 'serious foul play' which occurs if, "in the opinion of the referee, a player who is moving towards his opponent's goal with an obvious opportunity to score a goal is intentionally impeded by an opponent through unlawful means". What, exactly, was an 'obvious' goalscoring situation? What if a player is moving away from goal in order to round a grounded goalkeeper before putting the ball into an empty net, and is then intentionally fouled by the 'keeper? Three criteria were laid down by The Football Association to help referees in their judgement in this difficult area:

The attacker should be moving directly towards the opponent's goal
Take note of where other defenders are sited in relation to the offence (Is the perpetrator the 'last man'?)
Take note of where the offence occurred in relation to the opponent's goal