In the end, and despite a bomb threat on their hotel, the Irish players insisted on playing. “I cried with an anger every bit as intense as the joy I’d felt the year before on winning the European Championship,” Povlsen said. What a World Cup that was!

With Petrescu coming across, Speed went down. [1], The first qualification match, between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, was played on 21 March 1992, and the Puerto Rican forward Marcos Lugris scored the first goal in qualification. In the second round, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Their closeness made a few on the Irish bench nervous, as Alan McLoughlin reveals. Many ended up going to the funeral, and would naturally say to each other this put the defeat in perspective. The safest place was on the pitch.”, “It was just so volatile,” Magilton adds. SUBSTITUTION Northern Ireland 0-0 Ireland .

Moreover, firstly the CIS, then Russia took the spot of Soviet Union after the Soviet Union was dissolved, and Yugoslavia were suspended by FIFA due to United Nations sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars. “I knew Tommy Wright had no chance. A total of 497 qualifying matches were played, and 1446 goals were scored (an average of 2.91 per match). It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. Canizares leapt to turn away Bent Christensen’s spectacular close-range bicycle kick. “They just seemed to recover their energy and self-belief.” Wales soon saw the play that would enliven the World Cup the following summer, as Dumitrescu sliced through their half and fed Florin Raducioiu for the striker to finish.  Belgium The following 13 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. “There was a lot of negativity leading into the night,” Ian Wright tells The Independent. Those who were there tell Miguel Delaney about their experience of the moments which shaped the enthralling climax to qualifying for the 1994 World Cup Tuesday 17 November 2020 12:14 We were caught cold.”. Those who were there tell Miguel Delaney about their experience of the moments which shaped the enthralling climax to qualifying for the 1994 World Cup Tuesday 17 November 2020 12:14 In Zurich, the red flares were ignited as Adrian Knup’s header at last put the Swiss ahead against Estonia. The penalty was hit so hard the ball actually bounced back out of the box.

You didn’t dare look around. Ginola tried to draw a line under the whole thing in an interview a few years ago. The game in a raucous Cardiff Arms Park had already been a classic clash of styles – Wales roaring, Romania probing. Romania and Bulgaria meanwhile enjoyed their own era-defining moments. Mexico and Canada received byes and advanced to the second round directly. Bulgaria needed to win. A numb Yorath eventually broke down in tears in his hotel at 4am. Wales were left wondering what might have been. Most of the lads ended up standing, as they felt more comfortable. Italy In the same spell, Spain had detected a Danish vulnerability at set-pieces, with Fernando Hierro heading over. Last Thursday’s events involving Scotland and Hungary only provided a fraction of the theatre of 17 November 1993. What his teammates did remember was an interview the winger did in the weeks before the Bulgaria game, where he complained manager Gerard Houllier gave Cantona and Jean-Pierre Papin preferential treatment. That wasn’t true for Romania. These seven teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots. That was to change.

To date, this was the last time that England and France failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup. The night involved one of the most politically charged fixtures in history; a notorious feud that has lasted until this day; real-life tragedy as well as a host of other emotions, from heartbreak to glory – and a lot of incredible football. England endured an infamously torrid campaign under Graham Taylor, while being followed by a documentary crew for An Impossible Job. Spain simply focused on a weakness, which they saw at set-pieces. Celta Vigo’s Santi Canizares was making his debut for Spain. Bodin’s technique was to smash penalties so hard that goalkeepers couldn’t react in time. It’s difficult to think of too many matches that had more on the line. “'Pope-sucking whore.’ ‘Your mother’s the Pope’s whore.’ That sort of stuff.”, Andy Townsend remembers one fan shouting: “Hey Townsend, you fucking English bastard, I hope your mother dies of cancer.”.  Netherlands There was a real emotion behind it all, especially as manager Terry Yorath’s son Daniel died from an undetected heart condition just before the campaign began. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. (Redirected from 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 3)). Hagi illuminated the tournament, Stoichkov took it by storm, ending up as joint top scorer with six. With Denmark starting to make their extra man count, Brian Laudrup fed brother Michael for the playmaker to clip in the most inviting cross towards the back post. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. “Denis Irwin’s free-kick was coming into the box,” McLoughlin says. They went ahead of Portugal, by going two up against Estonia. 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1, 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2, 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3, 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4, 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5, 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6, 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF), 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)". For the first time England were placed in a group of six sides, European football having welcomed an influx of new countries following the break-up of the Soviet Union. while Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia competed separately after playing as a part of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1990. The night immediately started with a shockwave. “Romania were talented but had a stereotypical reputation for being a bit moody.”. Cantona sided with Houllier, resulting in his own feud with Ginola that transversed their brief period as Premier League players together. There was a symbolism and foreshadowing that was impossible to escape. The group winner qualified.  Iceland

Second-place France needed only a draw at home to third-place Bulgaria. Some cried tears of joy. The striker hugged him, Cantona gave him a fist bump. Elsewhere, emotion was starting to show. Group 6 consisted of 6 of the 39 teams entered into the European zone: Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Israel, and Sweden. Russia 2018 had it all: incredible stories, great goals and huge performances. Wales were flying, Romania buckling. Instead, we went the other way.”. It seemed so ill-chosen to have such a highly charged fixture at such a highly tense time that there were discussions over moving the game to Old Trafford or even Rome. Bergkamp slotted in Bryan Roy’s cross. “We were putting it up to them.”. Italy secured their place in the World Cup with a goal from Dino Baggio, although it looked offside. In the Caribbean zone, 14 teams played in knockout matches on a home-and-away basis to determine three winners advancing to the second round. The occasion in Paris had been surrounded by a sense of extreme expectation, and almost a carnival atmosphere that was to become a bit too pronounced.

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