Date: 03-07-1994
Stage: 1/8 final
Place: PASADENA
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english/ portuguese/romanian
My rating: *****
Notes: Hagi,Dumitrescu,Belodedici,Petrescu, Redondo,Simeone,Batistuta,Ortega,Balbo
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 3 July 1994, 13:30
Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena
Attendance: 90,469
Meteo: Hot, sunny, 29°C
ROMANIA
Florin Prunea
Miodrag Belodedici
Daniel Prodan
Gheorghe Mihali
Gheorghe Popescu
Ioan Lupescu
Dan Petrescu
Tibor Selymes
Dorinel Munteanu
Gheorghe Hagi
Ilie Dumitrescu
Coach: Anghel Iordănescu (ROM)
50′ Gheorghe Popescu
68′ Tibor Selymes
84′ Ilie Dumitrescu
90′ ↓Gheorghe Hagi ↑Constantin Gâlcă
89′ ↓Ilie Dumitrescu ↑Corneliu Papură
ARGENTINA
Luis Islas
Oscar Ruggeri
Fernando Cáceres
José Chamot
Roberto Sensini
Fernando Redondo
Diego Simeone
José Basualdo
Ariel Ortega
Gabriel Batistuta
Abel Balbo
Coach: Alfio Basile (ARG)
33′ Oscar Ruggeri
55′ Fernando Redondo
56′ José Chamot
83′ Fernando Cáceres
63′ ↓Roberto Sensini ↑Ramón Medina Bello
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (ITA)
Goals:
11′ Ilie Dumitrescu ROM
16′ Gabriel Batistuta (p) ARG
18′ Ilie Dumitrescu ROM
58′ Gheorghe Hagi ROM
75′ Abel Balbo ARG
Match overview
Romania stunned Argentina with a thrilling 3-2 victory to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Dumitrescu’s early double and Batistuta’s penalty made it 2-1 at the break. Hagi extended Romania’s lead before Balbo pulled one back, but the Eastern Europeans held on for a famous triumph against the two-time finalists.
Trivia
This match marked Gheorghe Hagi’s finest World Cup performance, scoring a spectacular goal and orchestrating Romania’s attacking play. The defeat ended Argentina’s hopes of reaching a third consecutive final, while Romania progressed to face Sweden in their first World Cup quarter-final since 1970.
