Date: 05-07-1994
Stage: 1/8 final
Place: BOSTON
Running time: 139 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english
My rating: ***
Notes: Baggio,Maldini,Donadoni, Yekini,Okocha,Amunike
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 5 July 1994, 13:00
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 54,367
Meteo: Hot, humid, 32°C
ITALY
Luca Marchegiani
Antonio Benarrivo
Alessandro Costacurta
Paolo Maldini (c)
Roberto Mussi
Demetrio Albertini
Nicola Berti
Roberto Donadoni
Roberto Baggio
Daniele Massaro
Giuseppe Signori
Coach: Arrigo Sacchi (ITA)
7′ Daniele Massaro
30′ Alessandro Costacurta
60′ Giuseppe Signori
63′ Dino Baggio
76′ Gianfranco Zola
81′ Paolo Maldini
46′ ↓Nicola Berti ↑Dino Baggio
64′ ↓Giuseppe Signori ↑Gianfranco Zola
NIGERIA
Peter Rufai (c)
Augustine Eguavoen
Michael Emenalo
Chidi N’Wanu
Uche Okechukwu
Emmanuel Amunike
Jay Jay Okocha
Sunday Oliseh
Finidi George
Daniel Amokachi
Rashidi Yekini
Coach: Clemence Westerhoof (NED)
2′ Michael Emenalo
42′ Mutiu Adepoju
54′ Sunday Oliseh
59′ Chidi N’Wanu
34′ ↓Daniel Amokachi ↑Mutiu Adepoju
57′ ↓Emmanuel Amunike ↑Thompson Oliha
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)
Goals:
27′ Emmanuel Amunike NGA
88′ Roberto Baggio ITA
102′ Roberto Baggio (p) ITA
Match overview
Italy dramatically reached the World Cup quarter-finals with a 2-1 extra-time victory over Nigeria at Foxboro Stadium. Emmanuel Amunike gave the Super Eagles the lead in the first half, but Roberto Baggio equalised with just two minutes remaining in normal time. Despite being reduced to ten men when Gianfranco Zola was sent off, Italy secured victory when Baggio converted a penalty twelve minutes into extra time.
Trivia
This match marked Nigeria’s first-ever World Cup knockout stage appearance, having qualified for their debut tournament. Roberto Baggio’s late equaliser and extra-time penalty demonstrated his clutch performances that would define Italy’s run to the final, while the extreme heat conditions typical of the 1994 tournament added another layer of difficulty for both teams.
