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

GROUP D at Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Bulgaria: 2

Argentina: 0

SCORING SUMMARY

Bulgaria: 0 2--2

Argentina: 0 0--0

First half scoring--None.

Second half scoring--1. Bulgaria, Stoichkov 3, 61st minute; 2. Bulgaria, Sirakov 1, 90th minute.

Shots on goal--Bulgaria: 10 (Balakov 4, Stoichkov 3, Sirakov, Iankov, Kostadinov). Argentina: 20 (Batistuta 6, Redondo 3, Balbo 2, Medina Bello 2, Rodrigues 2, Ruggeri, Diaz, Simeone, Caniggia, Ortega).

Fouls--Bulgaria: 21 (Kremenliev 4, Tzvetanov 4, Iankov 4, Ivanov 3, Balakov 2, Kostadinov 2, Stoichkov, Letchkov). Argentina: 13 (Ortega 3, Batistuta 2, Rodrigues 2, Chamot, Ruggeri, Caceres, Redondo, Simeone, Caniggia).

Times Fouled--Bulgaria: 13 (Balakov 5, Kremenliev 2, Ivanov 2, Sirakov, Letchkov, Tzvetanov, Iankov). Argentina: 21 (Ortega 6, Rodrigues 5, Batistuta 4, Balbo 3, Medina Bello, Chamot, Diaz).

Offsides--Bulgaria: 8 (Kostadinov 6, Iankov, Balakov). Argentina 1 (Diaz).

Yellow Cards--Bulgaria: Stoichkov 7th minute, Iankov 25th minute, Tzvetanov 45th minute, Ivanov 60th minute, Balakov 74th minute. Argentina: Ruggeri 34th minute, Rodrigues 44th minute, Batistuta 81st minute.

Red Cards--Tzvetanov, 67th minute.

Referee--Neji Jouini, Tunisia. Linesmen--Tapio Yli-Karro, Finland; El-Jilali Rharib, Morocco.

Attendance--63,998.

LINEUPS

Bulgaria-- Borislav Mikhailov; Emil Kremenliev, Trifon Ivanov, Tsanko Tzvetanov; Petar Houbtchev, Zlatko Iankov, Emil Kostadinov (Ilian Kiriakov, substitute, 75th minute); Hristo Stoichkov, Yordan Letchkov (Daniel Borimirov, 76th minute); Nasko Sirakov, Krasimir Balakov.

Argentina-- Luis Islas; Jose Chamot, Fernando Redondo, Oscar Ruggeri; Claudio Caniggia (Arnaldo Ortega, 26th minute), Gabriel Batistuta, Fernando Caceres; Diego Simeone, Herman Diaz; Abel Balbo, Leonardo Rodrigues (Ramon Medina Bello, 67th minute).

GROUP D at Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Mass.

Nigeria: 2

Greece: 0

SCORING SUMMARY

Nigeria: 1 1--2

Greece: 0 0--0

First half scoring--1. Nigeria, George 1, 45th minute.

Second half scoring--2. Nigeria, Amokachi 1, 90th.

Shots on goal--Greece: 12 (Alexandris 4, Tsalouhidis 3, Hantzitis 2, Kalintzakis, Machlas, Dimitriadis). Nigeria: 25 (Amunike 6, Yekini 4, Oliseh 4, Okocha 3, Amokachi 3, Siasia 2, George 2, Okechukwu).

Fouls--Greece: 16 (Tsalouhidis 4, Machlas 3, Alexandris 2, Mitropoulos 2, Tsiantakis, Kofidis, Nioblias, Karayiannis, Kalintzakis). Nigeria: 18 (Okechukwu 3, Keshi 2, Emenalo 2, Amokachi 2, George 2, Amunike 2, Nwanu, Siasia, Oliseh, Yekini, Adepoju).

Times Fouled--Greece 18 (Machlas 4, Alexandris 3, Kofidis 3, Handzidis 3, Mitropoulos 2, Alexiou 2, Tsiantakis). Nigeria 16 (Siasia 5, Amokachi 4, Adepoju 2, Emenalo 2, Okechukwu, Oliseh, Yekini).

Offsides--Greece 2 (Machlas, Tsalouhidis). Nigeria 1 (Amokachi).

Yellow Cards--Greece, Mitropoulos 33rd, Kalintzakis 42nd. Nigeria, Olseh 67th, Keshi 71st.

Red Cards--None.

Referee--Leslie Mottram, Scotland. Linesmen--Park Hae Yong, South Korea; Paulo Alves, Brazil.

Attendance--53,001,

LINEUPS

Nigeria--Peter Rufai; Stephen Keshi, Uche Okechukwu, Chidi Nwanu; Michael Emenalo, Samson Siasia, Daniel Amokachi; Sunday Oliseh, Finidi George (Mutiu Adepoju, 83rd minute); Rashidi Yekini (Austin Okocha, 69th minute), Emmanuel Amunike.

Greece--Christos Karkamanis; Yiannis Kalintzakis, Vaios Karayiannis, Alexandros Alexiou; Panagiotis Tsalouhidis, Nikos Nioblias, Tassos Mitropoulos (Nikos Tsiantakis, substitute, 72nd); Minas Handzitis, Savas Kofidis; Alexandros Alexandris, Nikos Machlas (Vassilis Dimitriadis, 79th minute).