Date: 09-06-1990
Stage: first round
Place: BARI
Running time: 108 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english/romanian
My rating: **
Notes: Popescu,Lacatus,Raducioiu, Zavarov,Rats,Protassov,Dobrovolski
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 9 June 1990, 17:00
Comunale, Bari
Attendance: 42,960
Meteo: Sunny, 26°C
ROMANIA
Silviu Lung
Ioan Andone
Michael Klein
Gheorghe Popescu
Mircea Rednic
Iosif Rotariu
Ionut Lupescu
Ioan Sabău
Daniel Timofte
Marius Lăcătuş
Florin Răducioiu
Coach: Emerich Jenei (ROU)
43′ Marius Lăcătuş
79′ ↓Florin Răducioiu ↑Gavril Pele Balint
86′ ↓Marius Lăcătuş ↑Ilie Dumitrescu
USSR
Rinat Dasayev
Vladimir Bezsonov
Sergie Gorlukovich
Vagiz Khidiatullin
Oleg Kuznetzov
Sergei Aleinikov
Gennadi Litovchenko
Vasili Rats
Aleksandr Zavarov
Igor Dobrovolski
Oleg Protasov
Coach: Valeri Lobanovski (URS)
10′ Vagiz Khidiatullin
65′ ↓Gennadi Litovchenko ↑Ivan Yaremchuk
71′ ↓Igor Dobrovolski ↑Aleksandr Borodyuk
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (URU)
Goals:
41′ Marius Lăcătuş ROU
55′ Marius Lăcătuş (p) ROU
Match overview
Romania dominated their World Cup opener against the Soviet Union with a convincing 2-0 victory at Bari’s Comunale Stadium. Marius Lăcătuş was the star performer, scoring both goals including a first-half opener in the 41st minute and a penalty conversion in the 55th minute. The result put Romania top of Group B with two points after the opening round of matches.
Trivia
This victory marked Romania’s best World Cup start since 1970, with Marius Lăcătuş’s brace setting the tone for what would become their most successful World Cup campaign. The match demonstrated Romania’s tactical discipline and marked the beginning of their memorable run to the quarter-finals on home soil.
