WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : FACTS AND FIGURES
GROUP C at Soldier Field, Chicago
Spain: 1
Germany: 1
SCORING SUMMARY
Spain: 1 0--1
Germany: 0 1--1
First half scoring--1. Spain, Goikoetxea 2, 14th minute.
Second half scoring--2. Germany, Klinsmann 2, 48th minute.
Shots on goal--Spain: 18 (Guardiola 4, Hierro 3, Goikoetxea 3, Caminero 2, Sergi 2, Alkorta, Abelardo). Germany: 13 (Klinsmann 4, Strunz 2, Moeller 2, Effenberg 2, Brehme, Haessler, Voeller).
Fouls--Spain: 18 (Abelardo 3, Sergi 3, Enrique Martinez 3, Ferrer 2, Alkorta 2, Hierro 2, Guardiola, Salinas, Bakero). Germany: 12 (Haessler 3, Effenberg 3, Strunz 2, Kohler, Berthold, Moeller, Sammer).
Times Fouled--Spain: 12 (Martinez 4, Caminero 2, Alkorta 2, Sergi 2, Goikoetxea, Salinas). Germany: 18 (Moeller 4, Sammer 3, Klinsmann 3, Matthaeus 2, Haessler 2, Effenberg 2, Kohler, Voeller).
Offsides--Spain: 2 (Sergi, Salinas), Germany: 2 (Sammer, Voeller).
Yellow Cards--Spain: Salinas 16th minute, Abelardo 39th minute, Hierro 54th minute. Germany: Effenberg 71st minute.
Red Cards--None.
Referee--Ernesto Filippi Cavani, Uruguay. Linesmen--Ernesto Taibi, Argentina; Venancio Zarate Vazquez, Paraguay.
Attendance--63,113.
LINEUPS
Spain--Andoni Zubizarreta; Alberto Ferrer, Abelardo Fernandez, Rafael Alkorta, Sergi Barjuan, Fernando Hierro, Josep Guardiola (Francisco Camarasa, substitute, 77th minute), Jose Luis Perez Caminero, Juan Antonio Goikoetxea (Jose Maria Bakero, 65th minute), Luis Enrique Martinez, Julio Salinas.
Germany--Bodo Illgner; Lothar Matthaeus, Juergen Kohler, Thomas Berthold, Thomas Strunz, Thomas Haessler, Stefan Effenberg, Matthias Sammer, Andreas Brehme, Andreas Moeller (Rudi Voeller, 62nd minute), Juergen Klinsmann.
GROUP D at Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Ma.
Argentina: 4
Greece: 0
SCORING SUMMARY
Greece: 0 0--0
Argentina: 2 2--4
First half scoring--1. Argentina, Batistuta 1, 2nd minute; 2. Argentina, Batistuta 2, 45th.
Second half scoring--3. Argentina, Maradona 1, 60th; 4. Argentina, Batistuta 3, penalty kick, 90th.
Shots on goal--Greece: 8 (Saravakos 3, Kofidis 2, Kolitsidakis, Manolas, Nioplias). Argentina: 21 (Batistuta 6, Simeone 5, Caniggia 4, Balbo 3, Chamot, Maradona, Redondo).
Fouls--Greece: 14 (Tsalouchidis 5, Manolas 4, Saravakos 2, Apostolakis, Machlas, Mitropoulos). Argentina: 15 (Redondo 4, Caceres 3, Sensini 2, Maradona 2, Ruggeri, Batistuta, Caniggia, Balbo).
Times Fouled--Greece: 15 (Nioplias 2, Tsiantakis 2, Kofidis 2, Saravakos 2, Machlas 2, Minou, Apostolakis, Kolitsidakis, Tsalouchidis, Mitropoulos). Argentina: 14 (Maradona 6, Caniggia 2, Chamot, Sensini, Ruggeri, Redondo, Simeone, Balbo).
Offsides--Greece: 4 (Machlas 2, Kofidis, Saravakos). Argentina 4 (Caniggia 2, Batistuta, Maradona).
Yellow Cards--Greece: Tsalouchidis 25th, Manolas 56th. Argentina: Caceres 41st.
Red Cards--None.
Referee--Arturo A. Angeles--U.S. Linesmen--Park Hae Yong, South Korea; Jan Dolstra, Netherlands.
Attendance--53,486.
LINEUPS
Greece--Antonis Minou, Stratos Apostolakis, Thanassis Kolitsidakis, Stelios Manolas, Yiannis Kalintzakis, Panagiotis Tsalouhidis, Dimitris Saravakos, Nikos Nioblias, Nikos Machlas (Tassos Mitropoulos, substitute, 59th minute), Nikos Tsiantakis (Spiros Marangos, 45th minute), Savas Kofidis.
Argentina--Luis Islas, Jose Chamot, Roberto Sensini, Oscar Ruggeri, Fernando Caceres, Fernando Redondo, Gabriel Batistuta, Diego Maradona (Arnaldo Ortega, 84th minute), Diego Simeone, Claudio Caniggia, Abel Balbo (Alejandro Mancuso, 81st minute).
GROUP D at Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Nigeria: 3
Bulgaria: 0
SCORING SUMMARY
Nigeria: 2 1--3
Bulgaria: 0 0--0
First half scoring--1. Nigeria, Yekini 1, 21st minute; 2. Nigeria, Amokachi 1, 43rd minute.
Second half scoring--3. Nigeria, Amunike 1, 55th minute.
Shots on goal--Nigeria: 11 (Yekini 3, Amunike 3, Amokachi 2, Siasia, George, Adepoju). Bulgaria: 18 (Stoichkov 5, Balakov 5, Kostadinov 3, Letchkov 3, Kremenliev, Iankov).
Fouls--Nigeria: 15 (Eguavoen 3, Iroha 3, Siasia 3, Oliseh 2, Amunike 2, Amokachi, Adepoju). Bulgaria: 10 (Tzvetanov 2, Iankov 2, Letchkov 2, Ivanov, Borimirov, Balakov, Kostadinov).
Times Fouled--Nigeria: 10 (Eguavoen 2, Siasia 2, Amokachi 2, Oliseh, George, Yekini, Adepoju). Bulgaria: 15 (Stoichkov 4, Balakov 4, Iankov 2, Kremenliev, Ivanov, Tzvetanov, Kostadinov, Letchkov).
Offsides--Nigeria: 2 (Yekini 2). Bulgaria: 1 (Stoichkov).
Yellow Cards--Nigeria: Amunike 74th minute. Bulgaria: Letchkov 54th minute.
Red Cards--None.
Referee--Rodrigo Badilla, Costa Rica. Linesmen--Gordon Dunster, Australia; Eugene Brazzale, Australia.
Attendance--44,132.
LINEUPS
Nigeria--Peter Rufai; Austen Eguavoen, Benedict Iroha, Okechukwa Uche, Chidi Nwanu; George Findini (Emeka Ezeugo, substitute, 77th minute), Rashidi Yekini, Emmanuel Amunike, Samson Siasia (Malia Adepoju, 69th minute); Daniel Amokachi, Sunday Oliseh.
Bulgaria--Borislav Mihaylov; Emil Kremenliev, Trifon Ivanov, Tzanko Tzvetanov, Petar Houbtchev; Zlatko Iankov, Emil Kostadinov, Hristo Stoichkov, Iordan Letchkov (Nasko Sirakov, 58th minute); Daniel Borimirov (Ivailo Iordanov, 73rd minute), Krassimir Balakov.
