WORLD CUP USA ‘94: SEMIFINALS : FACTS AND FIGURES
At Giants Stadium East Rutherford, N.J.
Italy: 2
Bulgaria: 1
SCORING SUMMARY
Bulgaria 1 0--1
Italy 2 0--2
First-half scoring--1. Italy, RBaggio 4 , 21st minute. 2. Italy, RBaggio 5, 26th minute. 3. Bulgaria, Stoitchkov 6, 44th minute.
Second-half scoring--None.
Shots on goal--Bulgaria: 11 (Stoitchkov 3, Balakov 2, Kostadinov 2, Sirakov 2, Iankov, Letchkov); Italy: 11 (Albertini 3, Donadoni 3, RBaggio 3, Maldini, Casiraghi).
Fouls--Bulgaria: 15 (Houbtchev 4, Iankov 2, Stoitchkov 2, Letchkov 2, Ivanov, Kiriakov, Balakov, Sirakov, Iordanov). Italy: 21 (Benarrivo 4, Costacurta 4, Casiraghi 4, Maldini 2 , DBaggio 2, Berti 2, Mussi, Albertini, Conte).
Times fouled--Bulgaria: 21 (Stoitchkov 5, Kiriakov 3, Letchkov 3, Sirakov 3, Iankov 2, Balakov 2, Ivanov, Houbtchev, Guentchev). Italy: 15 (RBaggio 3, Casiraghi 3, Benarrivo 2, Albertini 2, Conte 2, Costacurta, Donadoni, Signori).
Offsides--Bulgaria: 4 (Stoitchkov 3, Sirakov). Italy: 8 (Casiraghi 3, Benarrivo, Mussi, Berti, RBaggio, Signori).
Yellow cards--Bulgaria (Kostadinov, 53rd minute; Letchkov, 66th; Iankov, 84th). Italy (Costacurta, 62nd; Albertini, 81st).
Red cards--None.
Referee--Quiniou, France. Linesmen--Christensen, Denmark; Pearson, England.
Attendance--77,094.
LINEUPS
Bulgaria--Borislav Mihaylov; Ilian Kiriakov, Trifon Ivanov, Tsanko Tzvetanov, Petar Houbtchev; Zlatko Iankov, Emil Kostadinov (Ivailo Iordanov 72nd), Yordan Letchkov, Nasko Sirakov; Krasimir Balakov, Hristo Stoitchkov (Boncho Guentchev 79th).
Italy--Gianluca Pagliuca; Roberto Mussi, Alessandro Costacurta, Antonio Benarrivo, Paolo Maldini; Demetrio Albertini, Dino Baggio (Antonio Conte 56th), Nicola Berti, Roberto Donadoni; Roberto Baggio (Giuseppe Signori 71st), Pierluigi Casiraghi.
At the Rose Bowl Pasadena
Brazil: 1
Sweden: 0
SCORING SUMMARY
Sweden 0 0--0
Brazil 0 1--1
First half scoring--None.
Second half scoring--1. Brazil, Romario 5, 81st minute.
Shots on goal--Sweden: 3 (KAndersson 2, Brolin); Brazil: 26 (Romario 8, Bebeto 5, Zinho 4, Dunga 3, Branco 2, Mazinho 2, Jorginho, Mauro Silva).
Fouls--Sweden: 11 (Dahlin 3, Mild 2, K.Andersson, PAndersson, Brolin, Ingesson, Ljung, Thern); Brazil: 15 (Mauro Silva 3, Branco 2, Dunga 2, Marcio Santos 2, Rai 2, Zinho 2, Jorginho, Mazinho).
Times Fouled--Sweden: 15 (KAndersson 4, Mild 3, Brolin 2, Dahlin 2, Rehn 2, PAndersson, Thern); Brazil: 11 (Branco 3, Bebeto 2, Dunga 2, Aldair, Marcio Santos, Mauro Silva, Mazinho).
Offsides--Sweden: 4 (Brolin 2, KAndersson, Dahlin); Brazil: 1 (Romario).
Yellow Cards--Sweden: 2 (Ljung, 29th minute, Brolin, 86th. Brazil: 1 (Zinho, 4th).
Red Card--Sweden: 1 (Thern, 63rd).
Referee--Torres Cadena, Colombia. Linesmen--Marton, Hungary; Matthys, Belgium.
Attendance--84,569.
LINEUPS
Sweden--Thomas Ravelli; Roland Nilsson, Patrik Andersson, Joachim Bjorklund, Roger Ljung; Klas Ingesson, Jonas Thern, Martin Dahlin (Stefan Rehn 68th); Tomas Brolin, Hakan Mild, Kennet Andersson,
Brazil--Claudio Taffarel; Jorginho, Branco, Aldair, Marcio Santos; Mazinho (Rai 46th), Mauro Silva, Dunga, Zinho; Bebeto, Romario.
GOALKEEPERS
Through the Semifinals
Player, Country Games Min GA AVG S Thorstvedt, Norway 3 270 1 0.3 14 Taffarel, Brazil 6 540 3 0.5 12 Marchegiani, Italy 3 277 2 0.7 15 Pagliuca, Italy 4 290 3 0.8 27 Mihaylov, Bulgaria 6 570 6 1.0 41 Zubizarreta, Spain 4 360 4 1.0 22 Rufai, Nigeria 4 390 4 1.0 28 Meola, U.S. 4 360 4 1.0 38 Bonner, Ireland 4 360 4 1.0 17 Preud’homme, Belgium 4 360 4 1.0 25 Campos, Mexico 4 390 4 1.0 19 Ravelli, Sweden 6 570 8 1.2 51 De Goey, Netherlands 5 450 6 1.2 19 Prunea, Romania 3 300 4 1.3 23 Trucco, Bolivia 3 270 4 1.3 34 Illgner, Germany 5 450 7 1.4 30 Al Deayea, Saudi Arabia 4 360 6 1.5 28 Islas, Argentina 4 360 6 1.5 26 Azmi, Morocco 2 178 3 1.5 6 Cordoba, Colombia 3 270 5 1.7 18 Choi In Young, South Korea 3 225 5 1.7 17 Pascolo, Switzerland 4 360 7 1.8 20 Cherchesov, Russia 1 90 2 2.0 7 Canizares, Spain 1 90 2 2.0 6 Karkamanis, Greece 1 90 2 2.0 5 Alaoui, Morocco 1 90 2 2.0 3 Bell, Cameroon 2 180 5 2.5 20 Stelea, Romania 2 180 5 2.5 16 Kharin, Russia 2 180 5 2.5 12 Atmatzidis, Greece 1 90 4 4.0 9 Minou, Greece 1 90 4 4.0 4 Songo, Cameroon 1 90 6 6.0 6
KEY:Min--minutes played. GA--goals against. AVG--goals-against average. S--saves.
