Football World Cup 1994 / Italy

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This article covers the Italian national football team at the 1994 World Cup . It was Italy's thirteenth participation in the finals of a football World Cup.

qualification

rank country Gates Points
1 ItalyItaly Italy 22: 07 16: 04
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 23: 06 15: 05
3 PortugalPortugal Portugal 18: 05 14: 06
4th ScotlandScotland Scotland 14:13 11: 09
5 MaltaMalta Malta 03:23 03:17
6th EstoniaEstonia Estonia 01:27 01:19
Italy - Switzerland 2: 2
Scotland - Italy 0-0
Malta - Italy 1: 2
Portugal - Italy 1: 3
Italy - Malta 6: 1
Italy - Estonia 2-0
Switzerland - Italy 1-0
Estonia - Italy 0: 3
Italy - Scotland 3: 1
Italy - Portugal 1-0

Contingent

No. Surname Club before the start of the World Cup birthday Games Gates Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
goalkeeper
22nd Luca Bucci ItalyItaly AC Parma 03/13/1969 0 0 0 0 0
12 Luca Marchegiani ItalyItaly Lazio Rome 02/22/1966 3 0 0 0 0
1 Gianluca Pagliuca ItalyItaly Sampdoria Genoa December 18, 1966 5 0 0 0 1
Defender
2 Luigi Apolloni ItalyItaly AC Parma 05/02/1967 3 0 1 0 0
6th Franco Baresi ItalyItaly AC Milan 05/08/1960 3 0 0 0 0
3 Antonio Benarrivo ItalyItaly AC Parma 08/21/1968 6th 0 0 0 0
4th Alessandro Costacurta ItalyItaly AC Milan 04/24/1966 6th 0 2 0 0
5 Paolo Maldini ItalyItaly AC Milan 06/26/1968 7th 0 1 0 0
7th Lorenzo Minotti ItalyItaly AC Parma 02/08/1967 0 0 0 0 0
8th Roberto Mussi ItalyItaly Torino Calcio 08/25/1963 3 0 0 0 0
9 Mauro Tassotti ItalyItaly AC Milan 01/19/1960 2 0 0 0 0
midfield player
11 Demetrio Albertini ItalyItaly AC Milan 08/23/1971 7th 0 3 0 0
13 Dino Baggio ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 07/24/1971 7th 2 1 0 0
14th Nicola Berti ItalyItaly Inter Milan 04/14/1967 7th 0 0 0 0
15th Antonio Conte ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 07/31/1969 2 0 0 0 0
16 Roberto Donadoni ItalyItaly AC Milan 09.09.1963 6th 0 0 0 0
17th Alberigo Evani ItalyItaly Sampdoria Genoa 01/01/1963 2 0 0 0 0
striker
10 Roberto Baggio ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 02/18/1967 7th 5 0 0 0
18th Pierluigi Casiraghi ItalyItaly Lazio Rome 03/04/1969 3 0 1 0 0
19th Daniele Massaro ItalyItaly AC Milan 05/23/1961 6th 1 1 0 0
20th Giuseppe Signori ItalyItaly Lazio Rome 02/17/1968 6th 0 1 0 0
21st Gianfranco Zola ItalyItaly AC Parma 07/05/1966 1 0 0 0 1
Trainer
ItalyItaly Arrigo Sacchi 04/01/1946

Italian team matches

Preliminary round

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico Mexico  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 2. IrelandIreland Ireland  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 04th
 3. ItalyItaly Italy  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 04th
 4th NorwayNorway Norway  3  1  1  1 001: 100  ± 0 04th
Sat June 18, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. in East Rutherford
ItalyItaly Italy - IrelandIreland Ireland 0: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, June 23, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. in East Rutherford
ItalyItaly Italy - NorwayNorway Norway 1: 0 (0: 0)
Tuesday, June 28, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in Washington, DC
ItalyItaly Italy - MexicoMexico Mexico 1: 1 (0: 0)

In Group E, Italy was the favorite. Italy's defeat in the first game against Ireland (0-1) was an immediate surprise. In the further course of the encounters, the teams, which included Norway and Mexico, neutralized each other, with each team earning a win, a draw and a defeat. The four finished the group tied, with Norway finishing fourth due to fewer goals scored and eliminated. Mexico won the group ahead of Ireland and Italy, which meant the three teams made it to the round of 16.

Round of 16

Tue 5th July 1994 in Foxborough
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - ItalyItaly Italy 1: 2 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 0)

The up to then three-time world champions Italy asserted themselves in the round of 16 against the Nigerians who were leading until shortly before the final whistle of regular time. Amuneke had put Nigeria in the lead in the 26th minute, which lasted until the 89th minute. Then Roberto met Baggio. First he managed to equalize, then Italy's attacker scored 2-1 in extra time with a penalty kick. Nigeria missed several good opportunities during the game.

Quarter finals

Sat July 9, 1994 in Foxborough
ItalyItaly Italy - SpainSpain Spain 2: 1 (1: 0)

The Italians also prevailed in the quarter-finals. The outcome of the game was open for a long time. Dino Baggio (26th) for Italy and Camino (59th) for Spain had scored the interim goals to make it 1-1, before Roberto Baggio scored the final score for Azzurri in the 88th minute with his 2-1 and moved into Semi-finals.

Semifinals

Wed. July 13, 1994 in East Rutherford
BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria - ItalyItaly Italy 1: 2 (1: 2)

Two goals from Roberto Baggio were enough for the Italians to win the 2-1 semi-final against Bulgaria, which defending champions Germany had defeated but failed to match their performance in the quarter-finals. Hristo Stoitchkov managed to score a penalty goal, but the defensively strong Italians held their lead until the final whistle.

final

Sun, July 17, 1994 in Pasadena
BrazilBrazil Brazil - ItalyItaly Italy 0: 0 a.d., 3: 2 i. E.

The final between Brazil and Italy was characterized by very strong defensive tactics by the Italians, who apparently speculated from the outset on a penalty shoot-out against the technically very strong Brazilians. After no goal was scored during regular time and the following overtime, the Brazilians had better nerves on penalties. Experienced players such as Baresi, Massaro and Roberto Baggio, whose penalty went over Taffarel's goal, failed in their attempt to bring the world title to Italy for the fourth time. While Marcio Santos missed the Brazilians' first penalty, Romario, Branco and Dunga scored and secured the 3-2 win for the Brazilian selection.