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WORLD CUP USA ‘94: ROUND OF 16 : FACTS AND FIGURES

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At Foxboro Stadium Foxboro, Mass.

Italy: 2

Nigeria: 1

SCORING SUMMARY

Italy: 0 1 1--2

Nigeria: 1 0 0--1

First-half scoring--1. Nigeria, Amunike 2, 27th minute.

Second-half scoring--2. Italy, RBaggio 1, 89th.

First overtime--3. Italy, RBaggio 2, 102nd.

Second overtime--None.

Shots on goal--Italy: 22 (RBaggio 6, Massaro 3, Signori 3, Donadoni 3, DBaggio 2, Albertini 2, Maldini 2, Zola). Nigeria: 16 (Okocha 5, George 3, Yekini 3, Oliseh 2, Amunike, Oliha, Eguavoen).

Fouls--Italy: 11 (DBaggio 4, Albertini 2, Costacurta, Maldini, Donadoni, Signori, Zola). Nigeria: 30 (Eguavoen 5, Nwanu 5, Adepoju 4, Emenalo 4, Yekini 3, Oliseh 3, Okechukwu 2, Amokachi 2, George, Oliha).

Times Fouled--Italy: 30 (RBaggio 10, Massaro 3, Signori 3, DBaggio 3, Donadoni 3, Maldini 3, Benarrivo 3, Albertini, Costacurta). Nigeria: 11 (Yekini 3, Adepoju 2, Amunike, Oliha, Okocha, Nwanu, Okechukwu, Eguavoen).

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Offsides--Italy: 2 (Berti, Massaro). Nigeria: 6 (Yekini 4, George, Adepoju).

Yellow Cards--Nigeria, Emenalo 3rd minute, Adepoju 42nd, Oliseh 54th, Nwanu 59th. Italy, Massaro 7th, Costacurta 31st, Signori 63rd, DBaggio 65th, Maldini 81st.

Red Cards--Italy, Zola 76th.

Referee--Brizio, Mexico. Linesmen--Zarate, Paraguay; Taibi, Argentina.

Attendance--54,367.

LINEUPS

Italy--Luca Marchegiani; Roberto Mussi, Antonio Benarrivo, Demetrio Albertini, Alessandro Costacurta; Paolo Maldini, Nicola Berti (Dino Baggio, 46th), Roberto Donadoni, Daniele Massaro; Roberto Baggio, Giuseppe Signori (Gianfranco Zola, 62nd).

Nigeria--Peter Rufai; Austin Eguavoen, Uche Okechukwu, Chidi Nwanu, Michael Emenalo; Augustine Okocha, Daniel Amokachi (Mutiu Adepoju, 35th), Sunday Oliseh, Finidi George; Rashidi Yekini, Emmanuel Amunike (Thompson Oliha, 57th).

at Giants Stadium East Rutherford, N.J.

Bulgaria: 1

Mexico: 1

(Bulgaria won on penalty kicks, 3-1)

SCORING SUMMARY

Bulgaria: 1 0 0 3--1

Mexico: 1 0 0 1--1

First half scoring--1. Bulgaria, Stoitchkov 4, 7th minute. 2. Mexico, Garcia Aspe 1. penalty kick, 28th.

Second half scoring--None.

First overtime--None.

Second overtime--None.

Penalty Kicks--Bulgaria: 3 (Balakov NG, Guentchev G, Borimirov G, Letchkov G). Mexico: 1 (Garcia Aspe NG, Bernal NG, Rodriguez NG, Suarez G).

Shots on goal--Bulgaria: 12 (Stoitchkov 3, Sirakov 2, Balakov 2, Kostadinov 2, Letchkov, Borimirov, Kiriakov). Mexico: 19 (Ambriz 5, Bernal 4, Garcia Aspe 3, Garcia 3, Alves 2, Ramirez 2).

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Fouls--Bulgaria: 14 (Kremenliev 3, Stoitchkov 3, Borimirov 2, Sirakov 2, Iordanov, Guentchev, Kostadinov, Kiriakov). Mexico: 24 (Ambriz 6, Alves 4, Garcia Aspe 4, Garcia 3, Rodriguez 3, Galindo, Ramirez, Ramirez Perales, Suarez).

Times Fouled--Bulgaria: 24 (Kiriakov 5, Kostadinov 4, Iordanov 4, Letchkov 4, Balakov 2, Houbtchev 2, Sirakov, Stoitchkov, Kremenliev). Mexico: 14 (Alves 3, Ramirez 3, Bernal 2, Suarez 2, Ramirez Perales 2, Garcia, Galindo).

Offsides--Bulgaria: 1 (Kostadinov). Mexico: 3 (Garcia 2, Alves).

Yellow Cards--Bulgaria, Kremenliev 13th minute, Sirakov 17th, Kiriakov 35th, Iordanov 68th. Mexico, Suarez 15th, Garcia 29th, Ramirez 71st, Garcia Aspe 77th.

Red Cards--Bulgaria, Kremenliev 50th. Mexico, Garcia 58th.

Referee--Al-Sharif, Syria. Linesmen--Fanaei, Iran; Al-Ghatan, Bahrain.

Attendance--71,030.

LINEUPS

Bulgaria--Borislav Mihaylov; Emil Kremenliev, Petar Houbtchev, Iordan Letchkov, Nasko Sirakov (Boncho Guentchev, 104th); Daniel Borimirov, Ivalyo Iordanov, Ilian Kiriakov, Krassimir Balakov; Emil Kostadinov (Petar Mihtarski, 119th), Hristo Stoitchkov.

Mexico--Jorge Campos; Claudio Suarez, Juan de Dios Ramirez, Marcus Ambris, Jesus Ramirez; Marcelina Bernal, Alberto Garcia Aspe, Luis Garcia, Luis Alves; Benjamin Galindo, Jorge Rodriguez.

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