Date: 28-06-1994
Stage: first round
Place: WASHINGTON
Running time: 96 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 60fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english
My rating: ***
Notes: Maldini,Baggio,Casiraghi,Massaro, Campos,LuisGarcia,Zague
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 28 June 1994, 15:30
RFK Stadium, Washington DC
Attendance: 53,186
Meteo: Hot, sunny, 32°C
ITALY
Gianluca Pagliuca
Paolo Maldini
Franco Baresi (c)
Mauro Tassotti
Alessandro Costacurta
Demetrio Albertini
Roberto Donadoni
Dino Baggio
Roberto Baggio
Daniele Massaro
Giuseppe Signori
Coach: Arrigo Sacchi (ITA)
MEXICO
Jorge Campos
Claudio Suárez (c)
Juan de Dios Ramírez
Raúl Gutiérrez
Ignacio Ambríz
Alberto García Aspe
Luis García
Marcelino Bernal
Carlos Hermosillo
Hugo Sánchez
Luis Roberto Alves
Coach: Miguel Mejía Barón (MEX)
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (DEN)
Goals:
48′ Daniele Massaro ITA
58′ Marcelino Bernal MEX
Match overview
Italy and Mexico drew 1-1 in a tense encounter in Washington. Massaro gave Italy the lead but Bernal quickly equalised, ensuring Mexico topped the group. Both teams advanced from the so-called “Group of Death.”
Trivia
All four teams in the group finished with the same points and goal difference, but Mexico advanced as group winners thanks to more goals scored.
