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USA 1994

Brazil conquer new world
From a disco diva to the 'Divine Ponytail', USA '94 ended in the same way it began - with the horror of a missed penalty. Roberto Baggio's missed spot-kick in the shoot-out which handed Brazil their fourth title, was the final act of a thrilling tournament that had tragedy of a murdered player and the disgrace of a legend's failed drugs test, yet succeeded in conquering football's final frontier - the United States.
Despite the often fearsome heat and humidity, USA '94 witnessed some thrilling games and shocks, starting with the Republic of Ireland's victory over Italy in New York. Italy, though, recovered to reach the last 16 and were only 90 seconds away from being eliminated by Nigeria until Baggio came alive - following up his own equaliser with an extra-time penalty winner.
Argentina imploded against the talented Romanians after Diego Maradona, still their talisman at the age of 33, tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug and was expelled from the tournament.
But even that shocking news was put into perspective by the fate of Andres Escobar, who was gunned down outside a restaurant in his home city of Medellin just days after his own goal in a 2-1 defeat by the hosts.
Brazil were left as the only non-European team in the quarterfinals. With the exception of their strikers, Romario and Bebeto, Carlos Alberto Parreira's side had less flair than their predecessors but far more steel, personified by their captain Dunga, which was a quality they needed to see off the US after having Leonardo sent off before half-time for a vicious but uncharacteristic elbow that shattered Tab Ramos's cheekbone.
They could still turn on the Samba style when needed, however, and Branco's brutal free-kick settled their classic last-eight clash with the Netherlands. Elsewhere, another late show from Baggio edged out Spain and the biggest upset of the tournament saw outsiders Bulgaria knock out holders Germany. Sweden
joined them in the last four, but only after a nail-biting end to their clash with Romania, which was decided on penalties.
The high-scoring Swedes were up against Brazil for a place in their first final since 1958 but, having fought out a 1-1 draw during the group stage, they were beaten, thanks to Romario's 80th-minute header.
Another two-goal salvo from Baggio had ended Bulgaria's run and set up a rematch of 1970 final. The final saw two exhausted sides fight out a tame stalemate at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and for the first time, a World Cup final was to be decided on penalties.
Baresi and Marcio Santos both missed and, after an exchange of two successful kicks, Daniele Massaro's poor effort was saved by Claudio Taffarel. After Dunga had given Brazil the advantage, up stepped Baggio, so deadly all tournament. He blazed over, choosing power over the precision that had served him
so well, and Brazil were crowned champions for the fourth time.
For Parreira success was vindication of his belief that Brazil would only regain their mantle as world champions if they added defensive discipline to their attacking verve. "Although most of the Brazilian and international press were always criticising my philosophy, I stuck by my ideas and my principles," he said afterwards. "It feels great because, like Frank Sinatra in that song, I did it my way."
Winners: Brazil
Runners-up: Italy
Leading Scorer: Oleg Salenko (RUS), Hristo Stoichkov (BULJ-6
Teams: 24
Matches: 52
Goals: 141
Attendance: 3,587,538