Date: 20-06-1994
Stage: first round
Place: SAN FRANCISCO
Running time: 108 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: master copy
Commentary: italian
My rating: **
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Monday, 20 June 1994, 13:00
Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 81,061
Meteo: Hot, sunny, 32°C
BRAZIL
Taffarel
Jorginho
Márcio Santos
Aldair
Leonardo
Dunga (c)
Mauro Silva
Raí
Zinho
Romário
Bebeto
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira (BRA)
75′ ↓Zinho ↑Paulo Sérgio
81′ ↓Raí ↑Müller
RUSSIA
Stanislav Cherchesov
Yuri Nikiforov
Viktor Onopko (c)
Andrei Kobelev
Omari Tetradze
Aleksandr Mostovoi
Igor Shalimov
Valeri Karpin
Dmitri Kharine
Oleg Salenko
Dmitri Radchenko
Coach: Pavel Sadyrin (RUS)
60′ ↓Dmitri Kharine ↑Sergei Kiriakov
78′ ↓Dmitri Radchenko ↑Igor Korneev
Referee: Don Archie (USA)
Goals:
26′ Romário BRA
53′ Raí (p) BRA
Match overview
Brazil began their 1994 World Cup campaign with a confident 2-0 victory over Russia at Stanford Stadium. Romário opened the scoring with a trademark finish before Raí added a second-half penalty. The victory set the tone for Brazil’s march to their fourth World Cup title.
Trivia
This match marked the beginning of Romário’s Golden Boot-winning tournament, as the striker would go on to score five more goals. Brazil’s clinical performance demonstrated the quality that would eventually see them crowned champions at the same Rose Bowl venue a month later.
