Date: 10-07-1994
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: SAN FRANCISCO
Running time: 165 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/english/romanian
My rating: ***
Notes: Schwarz,Brolin,Dahlin,Andersson, Belodedici,Hagi,Dumitrescu,Raducioiu
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 10 July 1994, 12:30
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 81,715
Meteo: Mild, 22°C
SWEDEN
Thomas Ravelli
Patrik Andersson
Joachim Björklund
Roger Ljung
Roland Nilsson (c)
Tomas Brolin
Klas Ingesson
Håkan Mild
Stefan Schwarz
Kennet Andersson
Martin Dahlin
Coach: Tommy Svensson (SWE)
7′ Klas Ingesson
43′ Stefan Schwarz
101′ Stefan Schwarz
83′ ↓Joachim Björklund ↑Pontus Kåmark
106′ ↓Martin Dahlin ↑Henrik Larsson
ROMANIA
Florin Prunea
Miodrag Belodedici
Dan Petrescu
Gheorghe Popescu
Daniel Prodan
Gheorghe Hagi
Ionuț Lupescu
Dorinel Munteanu
Tibor Selymes
Ilie Dumitrescu
Florin Răducioiu
Coach: Anghel Iordănescu (ROU)
21′ Gheorghe Popescu
34′ Tibor Selymes
108′ Basarab Panduru
83′ ↓Dorinel Munteanu ↑Basarab Panduru
Referee: Philip Don
Goals:
78′ Tomas Brolin SWE
88′ Florin Răducioiu ROU
100′ Florin Răducioiu ROU
115′ Kennet Andersson SWE
Penalty shoot-out: SWE 5-4 ROU
Match overview
A dramatic encounter ended 2-2 after extra time, with Răducioiu’s brace cancelling Brolin’s strike and Andersson’s header. Sweden held their nerve to win a tense 11-penalty shoot-out 5-4, reaching the semi-finals for the first time.
Trivia
This shoot-out was the longest in World Cup history until 2006, featuring 11 successful kicks out of 16; Henrik Larsson scored the decisive spot kick for Sweden.
