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Bulgaria 1-2 Italy - July 13, 1994 / World Cup 1994

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World Cup 1994 - Semi-finals

Giants Stadium - East Rutherford - United States

July 13, 1994

77 194

Bulgaria

1 - 2

Italy

(penalty) Hristo Stoichkov

42'

20'

Roberto Baggio (right foot) Assist by Roberto Donadoni

25'

Roberto Baggio (right foot) Assist by Demetrio Albertini

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20' - Goal Roberto Baggio

25' - Goal Roberto Baggio

42' - Goal Hristo Stoichkov42

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56' - Substitution Dino Baggiois substituted by Antonio Conte

71' - Substitution Roberto Baggiois substituted by Giuseppe Signori

72' - Substitution Emil Kostadinovis substituted by Ivaylo Yordanov72

79' - Substitution Hristo Stoichkovis substituted by Boncho Genchev79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

1 - 2

Italy

Bulgaria Italy

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

8Stoichkov4279

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

B.date08/02/1966

Age28 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

10Sirakov

Nasko Sirakov

Bulgaria

B.date26/04/1962

Age32 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Kostadinov72

Emil Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date12/08/1967

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

9Lechkov

Yordan Lechkov

Bulgaria

B.date09/07/1967

Age27 years

H1m86

positionRight Midfielder

20Balakov

Krasimir Balakov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1966

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

6Yankov

Zlatko Yankov

Bulgaria

B.date07/06/1966

Age28 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Tzvetanov

Tzanko Tzvetanov

Bulgaria

B.date06/01/1970

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefender

3Ivanov

Trifon Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date27/07/1965

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

5Hubtchev

Petar Hubtchev

Bulgaria

B.date26/02/1964

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

16Kiryakov

Iliyan Kiryakov

Bulgaria

B.date04/08/1967

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Mihailov

Borislav Mihailov

Bulgaria

B.date12/02/1963

Age31 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Borislav Mihailov		31	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Trifon Ivanov		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Petar Hubtchev		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Tzanko Tzvetanov		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Iliyan Kiryakov		26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Zlatko Yankov		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Yordan Lechkov		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Krasimir Balakov		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Nasko Sirakov		32	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Emil Kostadinov	72	26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Hristo Stoichkov	4279	28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Italy

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

18Casiraghi

Pierluigi Casiraghi

Italy

B.date04/03/1969

Age25 years

H1m82

positionStriker

16Donadoni

Roberto Donadoni

Italy

B.date09/09/1963

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

14Berti

Nicola Berti

Italy

B.date14/04/1967

Age27 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

13Baggio56

Dino Baggio

Italy

B.date24/07/1971

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

11Albertini

Demetrio Albertini

Italy

B.date23/08/1971

Age22 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

3Benarrivo

Antonio Benarrivo

Italy

B.date21/08/1968

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

5Maldini

Paolo Maldini

Italy

B.date26/06/1968

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

4Costacurta

Alessandro Costacurta

Italy

B.date24/04/1966

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

8Mussi

Roberto Mussi

Italy

B.date25/08/1963

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Pagliuca

Gianluca Pagliuca

Italy

B.date18/12/1966

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gianluca Pagliuca		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Alessandro Costacurta		28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Dino Baggio	56	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Antonio Benarrivo		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Roberto Mussi		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Paolo Maldini		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Roberto Donadoni		30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Nicola Berti		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Demetrio Albertini		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Pierluigi Casiraghi		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
14	M		Boncho Genchev	79	30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F		Ivaylo Yordanov	72	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
15	M		Antonio Conte	56	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F		Giuseppe Signori	71	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Pierluigi Casiraghi

Daniele Massaro

OUT

Roberto Mussi

Mauro Tassotti

OUT

Nicola Berti

Antonio Conte

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dimitar Penev

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Penev vs Italy

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 13, 1994

Penev vs Sacchi

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 13, 1994

Manager

Age

Match num

Arrigo Sacchi

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Sacchi vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 13, 1994

Sacchi vs Penev

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 13, 1994

Referee

Joël Quiniou

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bulgaria1 match	General total	Italy5 matches	4 victories	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	Italy1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on July 13, 1994					Latest figure on November 16, 1994

Videos

May 10, 2010

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Roberto Baggio scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs in World Cup

End of streak for Bulgaria after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 26/06/1994).

Italy keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 23/06/1994). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/10/1991-14/04/1993 time period (16 matches).

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

DBulgaria 1-1 Mexico19/01/1994

LNigeria 3-0 Bulgaria21/06/1994

VBulgaria 4-0 Greece26/06/1994

VArgentina 0-2 Bulgaria30/06/1994

DMexico 1-1 Bulgaria05/07/1994

VBulgaria 2-1 Germany10/07/1994

Overall

DBulgaria 1-1 Ukraine03/06/1994

LNigeria 3-0 Bulgaria21/06/1994

VBulgaria 4-0 Greece26/06/1994

VArgentina 0-2 Bulgaria30/06/1994

DMexico 1-1 Bulgaria05/07/1994

VBulgaria 2-1 Germany10/07/1994

Current form

Neutral ground

VItaly 1-0 Costa Rica11/06/1994

LItaly 0-1 Ireland18/06/1994

VItaly 1-0 Norway23/06/1994

DItaly 1-1 Mexico28/06/1994

VNigeria 1-2 Italy05/07/1994

VItaly 2-1 Spain09/07/1994

Overall

VItaly 1-0 Costa Rica11/06/1994

LItaly 0-1 Ireland18/06/1994

VItaly 1-0 Norway23/06/1994

DItaly 1-1 Mexico28/06/1994

VNigeria 1-2 Italy05/07/1994

VItaly 2-1 Spain09/07/1994

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.8

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2

Key players

Hristo Stoichkov	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Roberto Baggio
Hristo Stoichkov	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Roberto Baggio
Hristo Stoichkov	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Roberto Baggio
Hristo Stoichkov	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Roberto Baggio
Zlatko Yankov	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Giuseppe Signori
Zlatko Yankov	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Giuseppe Signori
Hristo Stoichkov	5 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Roberto Baggio

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

4 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

2 d

5 l

3 gf

16 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

11 matches

2 v

4 d

5 l

10 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

5 v

2 d

0 l

16 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

11 matches

5 v

4 d

2 l

21 gf

10 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	September 25, 1991
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	June 14, 1966
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 25, 1991 - Rencontres amicales 1991

Bulgaria

2 - 1

Italy

September 20, 1989 - Rencontres amicales 1989

Italy

4 - 0

Bulgaria

May 31, 1986 - Coupe du Monde 1986

Italy

1 - 1

Bulgaria

September 23, 1981 - Rencontres amicales 1981

Italy

3 - 2

Bulgaria

September 20, 1978 - Rencontres amicales 1978

Italy

1 - 0

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Italy

Emil Kostadinov	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Nasko Sirakov	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/06/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Pierino Prati	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Roberto Baggio	2 goals	1989 - 1989
Francesco Graziani	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Francesco Rizzo	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Marino Perani	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Luigi Meroni	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/06/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy

Nasko Sirakov	2 matches	1986 - 1991
Lyuboslav Penev	2 matches	1989 - 1991
Trifon Ivanov	2 matches	1989 - 1991
Nikolai Iliev	2 matches	1989 - 1991
Borislav Mihailov	2 matches	1986 - 1991
Emil Kostadinov	2 matches	1989 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/06/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Tarcisio Burgnich	5 matches	1966 - 1972
Dino Zoff	5 matches	1968 - 1981
Sandro Mazzola	5 matches	1966 - 1972
Giacinto Facchetti	4 matches	1966 - 1969
Gianluca Vialli	3 matches	1986 - 1991
Gianni Rivera	3 matches	1966 - 1968