 Boninsegna aive nhengo yechikwata cheItaly chakasvika kumagumo eFIFA World Cup muna 1970 kuMexico, achihwina zvibodzwa zviviri mumutambo wese. Mumutambo mukuru wokupedzeseraKurwisa West-Germany, akahwina chibodzwa, uye akazoisa chibodzwa chaGianni Rivera chekukunda mumutambo munguva yekuwedzera, izvo zvakabvumidza Italy kuti iende kumagumo mushure mekukunda 4-3. Akahwina chibodzwa cheItaly chete kunyangwe panguva iyoyo yaive yakakosha kuenzanisa mumutambo wekupedzisira neBrazil, iyo Italy yakazopedzisira yarasikirwa ne4 × 1; akauya kuRivera mumaminetsi ekupedzisira emutambo. 