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Dunga was the driving force behind Brazil's first successful World Cup campaign in 24 years.
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A superb World Cup marred only by a disappointing final which Brazil won on penalties after a goalless draw with Italy. There were plenty of goals, excitement, drama and surprises.
Bulgaria, which had never won a World Cup match in 16 previous attempts produced the biggest upset, beating Germany en route to the semifinals.
There was drama when Diego Maradona, Argentina's hero of 1986, tested positive for drugs and was kicked out of the tournament. There was tragedy, too, when Colombian Andres Escobar was murdered days after returning home from scoring an own goal against the United States.
The hosts were not disgraced, going out to Brazil 1-0 in the second round.
The Brazilians were the best team in the tournament and were deserved winners, even if the nature of their final victory left a hollow taste.
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Brazil became the first four-time champion in World Cup history. In the opening round, the Brazilians started off with a 2-0 win over Russia, followed by a 3-0 victory against Cameroon and a 1-1 draw with Sweden. In the second round, they defeated the host United States 1-0, going on to beat the Netherlands 3-2 in the quarterfinals and Sweden 1-0.
In the final, Brazil outshot Italy 22-8, but the teams wound up in the first shootout in a World Cup final. Franco Baresi missed the net for Italy, but Gianluca Pagliuca stopped Marcio Santos. Demetrio Albertini, Romario, Alberigo Evani and Branco made their kicks, leacing the shootout tied 2-2 when Brazil goalkeeper Claudio Taffarel dove left and stopped Daniele Massaro's kick. Dunga connected for Brazil and Roberto Baggio, the reigning world player of the year, kicked his shot over the crossbar.
Brazil squad for the final: Taffarel; Jorginho (Cafu), Branco, Aldair, Marcio Santos;
Mazinho, Mauro Silva, Dunga, Zinho (Viola); Bebeto, Romario.
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
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Twenty-four nations competed in 52 matches, as was the case in 1982, '86 and '90. Defending champion Germany and host United States earned automatic berths. A record 147 countries participated in the qualification rounds, including South Africa, which returned after a lengthy absence due to its political ostracism. Among the bigger nations who failed to qualify were England, reigning European champion Denmark, Portugal, Poland and France -- kept out by a Bulgarian goal in the last second of their final qualifier. Also excluded was war-ravaged Yugoslavia. In the first round, where a win was now worth 3 points instead of two, the United States and Saudi Arabia were surprise successes. Sixteen teams advanced to the single-elimination second round.
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FIFA had taken a risk by awarding its premier tournament to a country that had never fully embraced the sport, but the 52-game attendance of 3,567,415 shattered the all-time record set just four years earlier in Italy. Over a month of scorching heat, nine cities played host to matches. The opener was held in Germany, while the final took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
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Group A: United States, Switzerland, Colombia, Romania
Group B: Brazil, Russia, Cameroon, Sweden
Group C: Germany, Bolivia, Spain, South Korea
Group D: Argentina, Greece, Nigeria, Bulgaria
Group E: Italy, Ireland, Norway, Mexico
Group F: Belgium, Morocco, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia
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In a total of 52 matches, 141 goals hit the target -- an average of 2.71 per match. Three matches were decided on penalty kicks.
Second round: Spain 3, Switzerland 0; Germany 3, Belgium 2; Sweden 3, Saudi Arabia 1; Romania 3, Argentina 2; Brazil 1, U.S. 0; Netherlands 2, Ireland 0; Italy 2, Nigeria 1 (AET); Bulgaria 1, Mexico 1 (AET)
(Bulgaria wins 3-1 on penalty kicks)
Quarterfinals: Italy 2, Spain 1; Brazil 3, Netherlands2; Sweden 2, Romania 2 after extra time
(Sweden wins 5-4 on penalty kicks); Bulgaria 2, Germany 1
Semifinals: Italy 2, Bulgaria 1; Brazil 1, Sweden 0
Third-Place Game: Sweden 4, Bulgaria 0
Final: Brazil 0, Italy 0 after extra time (Brazil wins 3-2 on penalty kicks)
Full Results
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Brazilian striker Romario earned the Golden Ball award as the tournament's most valuable player, and Russia's Oleg Salenko and Bulgaria's Hristo Stoitchkov shared scoring honors with six goals each. Salenko set a single-game World Cup record with five goals in an opening-round win over Cameroon. Bulgaria knocked off Argentina and Germany before losing to Sweden in the third-place game.
Argentine superstar Diego Maradona returned to international play and was expelled from the World Cup after two games for testing positive for banned substances.
Italy's Roberto Baggio virtually single-handedly carried his side from an opening game defeat against Ireland to the World Cup final. But at 3-2 down in the sudden-death shootout, Baggio was called on to save his country yet again. He shot high over the goal, before sinking to his knees in the losing effort against Brazil.
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