Date: 18-06-1990
Stage: first round
Place: NAPOLI
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian/romanian
My rating: ***
Notes: Maradona,Caniggia,Burruchaga, Hagi,Lacatus,Balint
MATCH SUMMARY
Monday, 18 June 1990
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 33,288
Meteo: N.A.
ARGENTINA
Sergio Goycochea
José Serrizuela
Oscar Ruggeri
Néstor Lorenzo
Pedro Monzón
Julio Olarticoechea
Sergio Batista
Jorge Burruchaga
Pedro Troglio
Diego Maradona
Claudio Caniggia
Coach: Carlos Bilardo (ARG)
() 56′ Néstor Lorenzo
81′ ↓Jorge Burruchaga ↑Gabriel Calderón
ROMANIA
Silviu Lung
Michael Klein
Gheorghe Popescu
Ioan Andone
Mircea Rednic
Ioan Lupescu
Iosif Rotariu
Ioan Sabău
Gavril Balint
Ilie Dumitrescu
Florin Răducioiu
Coach: Emerich Jenei (ROU)
() 70′ Gheorghe Popescu
70′ ↓Ilie Dumitrescu ↑Daniel Timofte
Referee: Neji Jouini (TUN)
Goals:
63′ Pedro Monzón ARG
68′ Gavril Balint ROU
Match overview
Argentina and Romania drew 1-1 in Naples, with Monzón opening the scoring before Balint equalised. Both sides had chances to win, but the draw was a fair result in a well-balanced Group B match.
Trivia
This result ensured both teams advanced to the knockout phase. Romania’s equaliser was a key moment, while Maradona’s influence remained central to Argentina’s campaign.
