There is ego: Superstars (see Italy's Roberto Baggio in the 1994 World Cup final) convert only 60% of their kicks compared with 75% for non-superstars.
That left Brazil, led by Romario, carrying the South American challenge, while Italian Roberto Baggio hauled his team through the knockout stages in a trio of match-winning performances against Nigeria, Spain and Bulgaria.
But Baggio's fate was to be remembered as the man who missed in the first final to be settled on penalties, shooting over the crossbar to send the World Cup back to Brazil for the first time since 1970.