WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : FACTS AND FIGURES

GROUP B

at Stanford Stadium

Brazil: 3

Cameroon: 0

SCORING SUMMARY

Brazil: 1 2--3

Cameroon: 0 0--0

First half scoring--1. Brazil, Romario, 1, 39th minute.

Second half scoring--2. Brazil, Marcio Santos 1, 65th. 3. Brazil, Bebeto 1, 72nd.

Shots on goal--Cameroon: 8 (Kessack 2, Omam-Biyick 2, Libih, Mfede, Foe, Milla). Brazil: 15 (Jorginho 3, Romario 3, Bebeto 3, Marcio Santos 2, Leonhardo, Dunga, Rai, Paulo Sergio).

Fouls--Cameroon: 16 (Libih 4, Foe 4, Tataw 3, Song, M’bouh-M’bouh, Omam-Biyick, Embe, Milla). Brazil: 11 (Dunga 4, Paulo Sergio 2, Bebeto 2, Marcio Santos 2, Rai).

Times Fouled--Cameroon: 11 (M’bouh-M’bouh 4, Mfede 3, Milla 2, Kalla 2). Brazil: 16 (Rai 4, Dunga 2, Romario 2, Paulo Sergio 2, Bebeto, Zinho, Aldair, Mauro Silva, Leonardo, Marcio Santos).

Offsides--Cameroon: 2 (Tataw, Agbo). Brazil: 4 (Bebeto 2, Romario, Muller).

Yellow Cards--Cameroon: Tataw, 8th minute; Kalla, 38th. Brazil: Mauro Silva, 45th.

Red Cards--Cameroon: Song, 62nd.

Referee--Brizio Carter, Mexico. Linesmen--James, Trinidad & Tobago; Christensen, Denmark.

Attendance--83,401.

LINEUPS

Brazil--Claudio Taffarel; Jorginho, Aldair, Marcio Santos, Leonardo, Mauro Silva, Dunga, Rai (Muller, 81st), Zinho (Paulo Sergio, 75th); Bebeto, Romario.

Cameroon--Joseph-Antoine Bell, Rigobort Song Bahanag, Raymond Kulla Nkongo, Stefen Tataw, Hans Agbo; Thomas Libih, Emile M’bouh-M’bouh, Francois Omam-Biyick, Louis Paul Mfede (Emmanuel Maboang Kessack, 70th minute); Marc Vivien Foe, David Embe (Roger Milla, 65th).

GROUP B

at Pontiac, Mich.

Sweden: 3

Russia: 1

SCORING SUMMARY

Sweden: 1 2--3

Russia: 1 0--1

First half scoring--1. Russia, Salenko 1 (penalty kick), 4th minute. 2. Sweden, Brolin 1 (penalty kick), 39th.

Second half scoring--3. Sweden, Dahlin 2, 60th. 4. Sweden, Dahlin 3, 82nd.

Shots on goal--Russia: 11 (Mostovoi 3, Salenko 3, Borodiuk 2, Nikiforov, Karpin, Radchenko). Sweden: 24 (Dahlin 7, Brolin 5, K.Andersson 4, Thern 3, Ingesson 2, Schwarz 2, Ljung).

Fouls--Russia: 14 (Gorlukovich 5, Onopko 2, Salenko 2, Nikiforov, Khlestov, Borodiuk, Mostovoi, Radchenko). Sweden: 10 (K.Andersson 3, Schwarz 2, P.Andersson, Ljung, Dahlin, Thern, Larsson).

Times Fouled--Russia: 10 (Khlestov 4, Kuznetsov, Onopko, Borodiuk, Salenko, Radchenko, Karpin). Sweden: 14 (P.Andersson 4, Dahlin 4, Thern 2, K. Andersson 2, Ingesson, Brolin).

Offsides--Russia: 3 (Khlestov, Borodiuk, Salenko). Sweden: 8 (Dahlin 6, K.Andersson 2).

Yellow Cards--Russia: Gorlukovich 2nd, Kharin 34th. Sweden: Andersson 32nd, Schwarz 52nd, Dahlin 58th.

Red Cards--Russia, Gorlukovich 50th.

Referee--Quiniou, France. Linesmen--Hassan, Egypt; Fanaei, Iran.

Attendance--71,528.

LINEUPS

Sweden--Thomas Ravelli, Roland Nilsson, Joachim Bjorklund (Magnus Erlingmark, 89th), Patrik Andersson, Roger Ljung, Jonas Thern, Klas Ingesson, Stefan Schwarz, Tomas Brolin, Martin Dahlin, Kennet Andersson (Henrik Larsson, 84th).

Russia--Dmitri Kharine, Sergei Gorlukovich, Dmitri Khlestov, Yuri Nikiforov, Viktor Onopko, Dmitri Popov (Valery Karpin, 40th minute) Alexander Borodiuk, Dmitri Kuznetsov, Alexander Mostovoi (Dmitri Galiamin, 49th), Oleg Salenko, Dmitry Radchenko.

GROUP E

at Orlando, Fla.

Mexico: 2

Ireland: 1

SCORING SUMMARY

Mexico: 1 1--2

Ireland: 0 1--1

First half scoring--1. Mexico, Garcia, 1, 44th minute.

Second half scoring--2. Mexico, Garcia, 2, 66th minute. 3. Ireland, Aldridge, 1, 84th minute.

Shots on goal--Mexico: 11 (Garcia 5, Alves 3, Ambriz 2, Garcia Aspe). Ireland: 12 (Staunton 3, Townsend 3, Sheridan 2, Irwin, Keane, Houghton, Aldridge).

Fouls--Mexico: 16 (Ambriz 4, Del Olmo 4, Garcia Aspe 2, Suarez, Bernal, Hermosillo, Garcia, Alves, Salvador). Ireland 13 (Keane 4, Sheridan 2, Staunton 2, Irwin 2, Phelan, McGrath, Coyne).

Times Fouled--Mexico: 13 (Alves 4, Garcia Aspe 2, Campos, Suarez, Perales, Hermosillo, Del Olmo, Rodriguez, Garcia). Ireland: 16 (Keane 4, Sheridan 3, Phelan 2, Townsend 2, Houghton 2, Irwin, Babb, Coyne).

Offsides--Mexico: 1 (Hermosillo). Ireland: 3 (Houghton 2, Coyne).

Yellow Cards--Ireland: Irwin 26th minute, Phelan 70th. Mexico: Del Olmo 45th; Campos 57th.

Referee--Rothlisberger, Switzerland. Linesmen--Alves, Brazil; Listkiewicz, Poland.

Attendance--61,219.

LINEUPS

Mexico--Jorge Campos, Claudio Suarez, Marcos Ambriz, Juan de Dios Ramirez Perales, Marcelino Bernal; Joaquin del Olmo, Jorge Rodriguez (Raul Gutierrez, 79th minute), Alberto Garcia Aspe, Carlos Hermosillo (Luis Salvador, 79th); Luis Garcia, Luis Alves.

Ireland--Packie Bonner; Denis Irwin, Terry Phelan, Paul McGrath, Phil Babb; Roy Keane, Andy Townsend, Ray Houghton, John Sheridan; Steve Staunton (Jason McAteer, 71st), Tommy Coyne (John Aldridge, 67th).

GOALS AND ASSISTS

Through Friday’s Games

Player, Country Games G A P Hagi, Romania 2 2 2 6 Dahlin, Sweden 2 3 0 6 Batistuta, Argentina 1 3 0 6 Goikoetxea, Spain 2 2 1 5 Romario, Brazil 2 2 0 4 Valencia, Colombia 2 2 0 4 Klinsmann, Germany 2 2 0 4 Raducioiu, Romania 2 2 0 4 LGarcia, Mexico 2 2 0 4 Bregy, Switzerland 2 2 0 4 Bebeto, Brazil 2 1 1 3 Hong Myung Bo, South Korea 1 1 1 3 Yekini, Nigeria 1 1 1 3 Amokachi, Nigeria 1 1 1 3

KEY: G--goals. A--assists. P--points.