Date: 26-06-1994
Stage: first round
Place: CHICAGO
Running time: 112 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english
My rating: **
Notes: Stoichkov,Kostadinov,Balakov,Machlas
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 26 June 1994, 12:30
Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 63,160
Meteo: Sunny, 27°C
BULGARIA
Borislav Mihaylov
Emil Kremenliev
Trifon Ivanov
Tsanko Tsvetanov
Petar Hubchev
Zlatko Yankov
Emil Kostadinov
Hristo Stoichkov
Iordan Letchkov
Nasko Sirakov
Krassimir Balakov
Coach: Dimitar Penev (BUL)
17′ Petar Hubchev
26′ Trifon Ivanov
33′ Zlatko Yankov
84′ Daniel Borimirov
77′ ↓Tsanko Tsvetanov ↑Ilian Kiryakov
82′ ↓Emil Kostadinov ↑Daniel Borimirov
GREECE
Ilias Atmatsidis
Stratos Apostolakis (c)
Giannis Kalitzakis
Vaios Karagiannis
Kyriakos Karataidis
Minas Hantzidis
Savvas Kofidis
Spyros Marangos
Nikolaos Nioplias
Alexandros Alexoudis
Nikos Machlas
Coach: Alketas Panagoulias (GRE)
6′ Alexandros Alexoudis
42′ Minas Hantzidis
59′ Anastassios Mitropoulos
70′ Vaios Karagiannis
48′ ↓Minas Hantzidis ↑Anastassios Mitropoulos
58′ ↓Alexandros Alexoudis ↑Vassilis Dimitriadis
Referee: Ali Mohammed Bujsaim (UAE)
Goals:
5′ (p) Hristo Stoichkov BUL
55′ (p) Hristo Stoichkov BUL
66′ Iordan Letchkov BUL
89′ Daniel Borimirov BUL
Match overview
Bulgaria swept aside Greece with a convincing 4-0 victory in Chicago. Stoichkov scored two penalties, Letchkov and Borimirov completed the rout, and the Bulgarians dominated from start to finish.
Trivia
This win was Bulgaria’s first in a World Cup finals since 1962 and set them on course for their historic run to the semi-finals. Stoichkov’s performance established him as one of the tournament’s stars.
