Date: 09-06-1990
Stage: first round
Place: BOLOGNA
Running time: 106 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: *
Notes: Valderrama
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 9 June 1990, 17:00
Renato Dall’Ara, Bologna
Attendance: 37,791
Meteo: Sunny and hot, 29°C
COLOMBIA
Rene Higuita
Andres Escobar
Gildardo Gomez
Luis Herrera
Luis Carlos Perea
Leonel Alvarez
Gabriel Gomez
Bernardo Redin
Freddy Rincón
Carlos Valderrama
Arnoldo Iguaran
Coach: Francisco Maturana (COL)
70′ ↓Freddy Rincón
↑Carlos Estrada
U.A.EMIRATES
Muhsin Musabbah
Khalil Ghanem
Yousef Hussain
Eissa Meer
Ibrahim Meer
Abdulrahman Mohammed
Hussain Gholoum
Nasser Khamis
Ali Thani
Adnan Al-Talyani
Fahad Khamis
Coach: Bernard Blaut (FRA)
5′ Eissa Meer
55′ Yousef Hussain
70′ Ibrahim Meer
58′ ↓Fahad Khamis
↑Zuhair Bakheet
74′ ↓Abdulrahman Mohammed
↑Abdulla Sultan
Referee: George Courtney (ENG)
Goals:
51′ Bernardo Redin COL
86′ Carlos Valderrama COL
Match overview
Colombia secured a comfortable 2-0 victory over United Arab Emirates in their World Cup debut at Bologna’s Renato Dall’Ara Stadium. Bernardo Redin opened the scoring in the 51st minute, before captain Carlos Valderrama sealed the win with a late goal in the 86th minute. This marked the UAE’s first-ever World Cup Finals appearance.
Trivia
This historic match represented the United Arab Emirates’ maiden World Cup appearance, making their debut on the world’s biggest football stage with a population of just 1.9 million at the time. The UAE faced legendary players including Carlos Valderrama in what became a memorable moment in their football history.
