Date: 18-06-1994
Stage: first round
Place: LOS ANGELES
Running time: 102 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/english/romanian
My rating: ****
Notes: Hagi,Raducioiu,Dumitrescu, Valderrama,Rincon,Valencia,Asprilla
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 18 June 1994, 16:30
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 91,856
Meteo: Hot, sunny, 33°C
ROMANIA
Florin Prunea
Dan Petrescu
Gheorghe Mihali
Miodrag Belodedici
Tibor Selymes
Ilie Dumitrescu
Gheorghe Hagi (c)
Ioan Lupescu
Florin Răducioiu
Marius Lăcătuş
Dorinel Munteanu
Coach: Anghel Iordănescu (ROU)
73′ ↓Marius Lăcătuş ↑Nicolae Ungureanu
COLOMBIA
Óscar Córdoba
Andrés Escobar
Luis Herrera
Herman Gaviria
Antony de Ávila
Carlos Valderrama (c)
Leonel Álvarez
Luis Carlos Perea
Freddy Rincón
Wilson Pérez
Faustino Asprilla
Coach: Francisco Maturana (COL)
28′ Antony de Ávila
46′ ↓Wilson Pérez ↑Adolfo Valencia
68′ ↓Faustino Asprilla ↑Iván Valenciano
Referee: Miguel Ángel Sánchez (ESP)
Goals:
16′ Florin Răducioiu ROU
32′ Gheorghe Hagi ROU
58′ Florin Răducioiu ROU
43′ Adolfo Valencia COL
Match overview
Romania stunned Colombia 3-1 in their opening match at the Rose Bowl. Răducioiu scored twice and Hagi added another as Romania dominated the highly-rated Colombians. Valencia scored Colombia’s consolation goal, but Romania’s attacking prowess proved too much for the South Americans.
Trivia
This result shocked the football world as Colombia were among the pre-tournament favorites. Romania’s victory announced them as serious contenders and began their remarkable run to the quarter-finals, while Colombia struggled to recover from this devastating start.
