Date: 18-06-1994
Stage: first round
Place: NEW YORK
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: master copy
Commentary: italian
My rating: **
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 18 June 1994, 15:00
Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 74,826
Meteo: Hot, humid, 32°C
REP. IRELAND
Packie Bonner
Denis Irwin
Phil Babb
Paul McGrath (c)
Terry Phelan
Roy Keane
Andy Townsend
Ray Houghton
Tommy Coyne
John Aldridge
Steve Staunton
Coach: Jack Charlton (ENG)
78′ ↓Tommy Coyne ↑David Kelly
ITALY
Gianluca Pagliuca
Franco Baresi (c)
Alessandro Costacurta
Mauro Tassotti
Alberigo Evani
Paolo Maldini
Demetrio Albertini
Roberto Baggio
Dino Baggio
Roberto Donadoni
Giuseppe Signori
Coach: Arrigo Sacchi (ITA)
71′ ↓Giuseppe Signori ↑Daniele Massaro
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (GER)
Goals:
11′ Ray Houghton IRL
Match overview
Ireland achieved one of their greatest World Cup victories with a 1-0 win over Italy. Ray Houghton’s early lob stunned the Italians, who featured Roberto Baggio and other stars. Ireland’s defensive discipline and the experience of Paul McGrath proved decisive against the highly-rated Italian side.
Trivia
This victory was Ireland’s first-ever non-penalty World Cup win. Jack Charlton famously splashed water on his players from the touchline to help them cope with the intense heat and humidity at Giants Stadium, creating one of the tournament’s most memorable images.
