Netherlands 2-3 Brazil
\nUSA 1994 | quarter-finals
\nCotton Bowl, Dallas
\nAttendance: 63,500
\nGoals: Romario (53), Bebeto (63), Bergkamp (64), Winter (76), Branco (81)<\/p>\n
Teams
\nNetherlands
\nEd De Goey; Jan Wouters, Ronald Koeman, Stan Valckx; Aron Winter, Frank Rijkaard, Wim Jonk, Rob Witschge; Marc Overmars, Dennis Bergkamp, Peter Van Vossen.<\/p>\n
Substitutions: Bryan Roy for Van Vossen (54), Ronald de Boer for Rijkaard (65)
\nCoach: Dick Advocaat<\/p>\n
Brazil
\nTaffarel; Jorginho, Aldair, Marcio Santos, Branco; Mazinho, Mauro Silva, Dunga, Zinho; Bebeto, Romario.<\/p>\n
Substitutions: Rai for Mazinho (81), Cafu for Branco (90)
\nCoach: Carlos Alberto Parreira<\/p>\n
Going into the game
\nSignificant scepticism saturated the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o heading into the tournament. They had lost a World Cup qualifier for the first time ever \u2013 unthinkably to Bolivia \u2013 in 1993, only made it to the States thanks to late heroics from recalled badboy Romario in their final preliminary, and drawn a warm-up friendly with Canada. After winning Group B, their 10 men eked out a 1-0 victory over USA in the last 16. Parreira was chastised for electing to start Branco, in his 30s and besieged by back trouble, in place of the suspended Leonardo against the Oranje, given that he would have to mark electric 21-year-old Overmars.<\/p>\n
The Netherlands had also struggled in the preliminaries, finishing behind Norway and only getting through thanks to a controversial win over England. They had nevertheless excelled in the USA, Overmars and Bergkamp dolling out migraines to defenders. Advocaat, who had played for the Chicago Sting in the NASL, named the same side for the third match running.<\/p>\n
Hitherto head-to-head record
\n\u06f2 Netherlands wins
\n\u06f1 Brazil win
\n\u06f0 draws<\/p>\n
The game
\nAdvocaat\u2019s strategy was apparent from the offset: get the ball to Overmars. They did but \u2018Roadrunner\u2019 found Branco impregnable. The Dutch defenders knew Romario well \u2013 Valckx has been his team-mate at PSV, Wouters had faced him multiple times in the Eredivisie, and Koeman played alongside him at Barcelona \u2013 and they neutralised him during the first 45. His inimitable genius flashed through at the start of the second, though, when \u2018Shortie\u2019 slipped out of Valckx\u2019s handcuffs and cushioned a bouncing Bebeto cross home with his outstretched toe. Maker then turned taker, Bebeto capitalising upon backline confusion, jinking past De Goey, slotting home and spontaneously unveiling one of the most iconic celebrations in World Cup history.
\nThe Netherlands\u2019 quest for a maiden star had seemingly ended in \u2018The Lone Star State\u2019, but two goals in 12 minutes hauled them back into contention. Bergkamp got the first with a canny finish, before Winter equalised with a header from a corner.<\/p>\n
The momentum appeared with the Europeans, but it was the South Americans who snatched a late winner. Romario, acclaimed for dodging past defenders, employed gymnast’s flexibility to dodge a thunderous Branco free-kick, which spectacularly swerved home from 30 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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