ɪvkˈɑːvɪk wɛnt ˌɔn tə stˈɑːɹt fɔːɹ jˌuːɡəslˈɑːviə æt ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈiːfə wˈɜːld kˈʌp ɪn ˈɪɾəli, ɐpˈɪɹɪŋ ɪn ˈɔːl ʌvðə tˈiːmz fˈaɪv ɡˈeɪmz bᵻfˌoːɹ ðeɪ wɜː dᵻfˈiːɾᵻd baɪ ˌɑːɹdʒəntˈiːnə ˌɔn pˈɛnəlɾiz ɪnðə kwˈɔːɹɾɚfˈaɪnəlz: ɪn ðæt mˈætʃ, hiː bɪkˌeɪm fˈeɪməs fɔːɹ sˈeɪvɪŋ dɪˈeɪɡoʊ mˌæɹɐdˈoʊnəz kˈɪk dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə pˈɛnəlɾi ʃˈuːɾaʊt mˈɪɹ mˈʌnθs ˈɜːlɪɚ, hiː hæd ɔːlɹˌɛdi sˈeɪvd ɐ pˈɛnəlɾi fɹʌmðə sˈeɪm plˈeɪɚɹ ɪn jˈuːfə kˈʌp ˈækʃən, wˌɛn spˈoːɹɾɪŋ plˈeɪd nˈæpɑːli, ænd ðə tˈuː ɐlˈɛdʒᵻdli hæd ɐ bˈɛt ɔnðə pˈɑːsᵻbəl ˈaʊtkʌm ʌv ɐnˈʌðɚ pˈɛnəlɾi bᵻfˌoːɹ ðɛɹ wˈɜːld kˈʌp mˈætʃ, wˌɪtʃ ðə jˈuːɡəslˌæv wˈʌn.
Ivković went on to start for Yugoslavia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, appearing in all of the team's five games before they were defeated by Argentina on penalties in the quarter-finals: in that match, he became famous for saving Diego Maradona's kick during the penalty shootout (mere months earlier, he had already saved a penalty from the same player in UEFA Cup action, when Sporting played Napoli, and the two allegedly had a bet on the possible outcome of another penalty before their World Cup match, which the Yugoslav won).