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00:00And the referee today from Italy, so is one linesman.
00:04But now the sun has come out, the World Cup goes on,
00:10and the final will be played here two weeks today.
00:13And by then we shall know whether the promise of the first fortnight
00:17will be fulfilled in a manner in keeping with the fantasy world
00:20which surrounds us here in California.
00:23Hollywood just over the hill, the Disney and Universal Film Studios
00:27as a short drive down the freeway. And now the team news.
00:31Romania, as Alan Hansen pointed out, Haji is the key man.
00:36And what they've done, Raduccio, their main striker, is suspended
00:39up to two yellow cards, stupidly kicking the ball away in the last match.
00:43They haven't replaced him with another striker.
00:45They've brought a defender in, Mihaly, which suggests to us,
00:48Trevor Brookings with me in the commentary box,
00:51that Haji may play further forward with Dumitrescu.
00:53Well, he just likes to roam around.
00:56I think it helps him if there's two options ahead of him
00:59because, of course, it occupies the defenders.
01:02And then he comes into those sort of deep positions,
01:05running at defenders, and that's where he causes all the problems.
01:08With just one up, it'd be also interesting to see whether Argentina
01:13actually do a man-marking job.
01:15And Baswaldo, who's come in to midfield, the number eight,
01:18and I suppose is the direct replacement for Maradona,
01:21but I'm sure he won't play Maradona's role.
01:23He might pick him up, but I think he's so difficult, Haji,
01:25to do a man-marking job.
01:28Another point there, Trevor.
01:29Sensini is fit again to play it right back.
01:32And Ortega, who did well as a substitute, number 17,
01:34he's in the starting line-up.
01:37Temperature around 100 degrees in the stadium.
01:41And Haji, he too, like Maradona, is a conjurer with his left foot.
01:47And in this part of the world,
01:48if they get fed up with one larger-than-life character,
01:51they just create another one down at the film studios.
01:54And maybe Haji can wear the mantle a little of Maradona
01:58and bring some fantasy to this particular World Cup match
02:02in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
02:04It's a magnificent setting.
02:06It really is.
02:08The heat is bound to play a part.
02:09Argentina in their stripes, playing from right to left.
02:13And Romania all in yellow.
02:17Romania, who got to this stage in the last World Cup
02:19and then lost on penalties to the Republic of Ireland,
02:21you'll remember.
02:22And we are into the extra time and penalties syndrome.
02:27Already, well, not into it already, we haven't had one yet,
02:29but this is the round when it starts.
02:31The first three games have been thankfully settled
02:33in regulation time.
02:39I understand that you've had an even hotter day back at home
02:42and that the Wimbledon final was played in something like 115 degrees,
02:45so this is comparatively cool.
02:48And there's an interception by Vela de Dietsch
02:51and a shot by Balbo and Argentina started off in aggressive mood there.
02:57The Romanian slip gave them the shooting chance.
03:01It did.
03:01He hit it well, Balbo.
03:03He's actually going to push up a little bit further than normal.
03:06I mean, Ortega, who almost is a direct replacement for Canizia,
03:10when Canizia went off against Bulgaria after 20 minutes,
03:12Ortega played up front for a while,
03:14but he did much better late on when he dropped deeper
03:17and that looks as if that's where they're going to play him.
03:19Here's Dumitrescu for Romania,
03:21and it does look as well, Trevor, from the opening exchanges
03:24that Haji is operating in a more advanced position.
03:31But he can move all over the place
03:32and Argentina will have the difficult task of pinning him down.
03:51Number four at the back for Romania is Vela de Dietsch.
03:56He's really the Libro.
03:58Plays behind the others.
04:00And they've also got Lupescu in there.
04:02And I'm just looking to my right,
04:09and Diego Maradona has arrived in the stadium.
04:13This is Simeone.
04:16Good little ball.
04:19And Romania get the ball away to Popescu in the end.
04:24Haji, not a very good pass from Haji.
04:26Batistuta.
04:28And he's got players in the centre here.
04:29Oh, and he shot the goal, and it brought a save from Prunia.
04:36Well, he broke clear of the defence.
04:38He looked across, but there wasn't anyone up with him,
04:40so Batistuta looking to get back on the score sheet
04:43after that opening hat-trick.
04:45Hit one from a tight angle,
04:46and it was such an angle that I always felt
04:48Prunia should make the save.
04:50Yes, it was very much a near-posed effort,
04:53trying to take him by surprise.
04:58And Romania have done jolly well in this stadium, Trevor.
05:00Haven't they had a couple of good wins here?
05:02Well, they have.
05:03I mean, here you see Batistuta just break clear,
05:05but it looks across.
05:07There's no one up with him,
05:07so he decides, right, I'll hit it from there.
05:09But, I mean, the goalkeeper should always save that.
05:12The early initiative, definitely with Argentina,
05:14they've been allowed to have possession,
05:16knock it around and build up their play,
05:18and Romania just quite happy to let them come on to them
05:21and, as I say, take the initiative early on.
05:24The formations are becoming a bit clearer.
05:26Balbo's playing up with Batistuta
05:28at the moment with little Ortega here,
05:30playing just behind them,
05:30and he's a tricky customer.
05:32This is Simeone.
05:36Sensini.
05:39Oh, it's a brilliant piece of play,
05:45and there's Balbo!
05:46Oh!
05:48Well done, the keeper.
05:50Well, it was breathtaking, wasn't it, there, by Simeone.
05:52I mean, with Fensueldo now doing the anchorman's job,
05:56Simeone should be able to go forward.
05:57I mean, look at that, it's good.
05:58Past four-type defenders inside the last man,
06:02and Balbo should do better here.
06:03He didn't make a big enough shooting angle,
06:05didn't take it wide enough of the goalkeeper,
06:07and a very tame shot against the legs
06:09after all the great blow by Simeone.
06:12He was also onside.
06:13There was no flag.
06:14They played the pass at the right time.
06:22Here's Dan Petrescu.
06:23Number four, Vela de Dietsch.
06:37It's a good run, and Dumitrescu is waiting in the centre.
06:40This is Selimesh.
06:41Montiano in support.
06:46There he is.
06:47Taken out by the trip.
06:51He just ran into the defender differently.
06:54I think he was so shattered off the initial run there.
06:56He played for the free kick,
06:57and he's got it in a dangerous situation.
06:59Well, Romania are sending at least two defenders up for this.
07:08Vela de Dietsch is one of them, the number four.
07:17Number three is there, too.
07:19Oh, and it was floated straight in!
07:21What an amazing goal, that, isn't it?
07:33I mean, it definitely was going for the cross there, Dumitrescu.
07:36Dumitrescu, number 11, put it straight in the net!
07:40I mean, the goalkeeper was dreadful, wasn't it?
07:42I mean, how many times have we seen them misjudged?
07:45Must be from that side, but, I mean, Dumitrescu going for the cross.
07:48Keeper comes for it, all at sea,
07:50and just nowhere near getting it, was he, Goyficic?
07:55I mean, it's just, I mean, it's just, the goalkeeping is terrible.
07:59It must be something about that side,
08:00because, of course, Romania scored, didn't he, Haji,
08:02from that same spot when it went over the goalkeeper against Colombia.
08:06And here we are, in a similar time in the game,
08:09and Islas has just made an awful mistake
08:11after Argentina had made all the running.
08:14Inside, 12 minutes, it's Romania here.
08:18Through Dumitrescu, who take the lead.
08:28And all the commotion in the commentary boxes,
08:31which I can tell you is quite considerable,
08:33trying to get pictures of Diego Maradona, all the people up here,
08:36suddenly their attention is reverted to the pitch,
08:39and the fact that the team he's left are a goal behind.
08:41Here's Shemot.
08:49Simeone.
08:49Now it's Redondo.
09:00Forward goes Batistuta.
09:02This is Ortega.
09:04Now Shemot.
09:05I think the pattern of the game is going to become even more obvious, isn't it?
09:12I mean, Romania, starting with a lot of men's goal side,
09:16has suddenly got the goal that they were hoping to pinch over 90 minutes,
09:19and now it's a case of saying to Argentina,
09:22right, you've got to open us up and get level.
09:24Well, Ruggier is up there for the corner anyway.
09:26Ruggier's magic for once was not required.
09:45The rabbit came out of the hat from Dumitrescu.
09:50Redondo.
09:59Shemot.
10:03Ortega.
10:04There you go.
10:16There you go.
10:19There you go.
10:28this is redondo now then argentina twice world champions one down here to romania
10:45we've never been to a final in the world cup
10:49here's ortega plays it through to batistuta play on says the referee
10:56little trip by batistuta on the line he's given a penalty he's given a penalty
11:01batistuta was slightly blocked off on the line i think it was the number three prodden
11:09and argentina have a penalty kick trevor brooking well he turns well and he is there looked shoved
11:19over and all right that's the student made the most of it the referee was very close and decided
11:24it was strong enough contact i think personally he's still a bit harsh i think he's fallen into
11:28him and gone over although he's put his hands up the romanian defender once you do that you run the
11:33risk but although batistuta fell over i don't think he got the strongest of nudges and made them
11:37capitalized on the situation and now they've got a great chance haven't they to get level
11:41they certainly have and gabriel batistuta the man who was impeded has gone and taken the ball himself
11:46having scored one of his goals against greece from the spot he's up against prunia
11:531-1 and the angel gabriel as they call him has bestowed another goal on argentina
12:04the former world champions are back at 1-1
12:09after 15 minutes play
12:12went the wrong way the goalkeeper into the corner just drove it low
12:19i think psychologically very important for argentina to get level
12:22fairly quickly after going behind because of course
12:25the loss to bulgaria the maradona situation and then going down again in this match
12:31the heads could have dropped but there was a good movement
12:34initially ortega slipped it through to batistuta and as he turned
12:38and he got that uh should we say dubious penalty
12:41but it does get them level but it's good to see the argentinians still
12:44confident and moving as well as they are going forward
12:47argentina who was so enraged by the penalty that beat them in 1990
12:52now have one of their own that romania may contest but it's too late
12:56it's been dispatched and the scores are level here in the rose bowl
13:00fantastic atmosphere again argentina heavily outnumbering romania in the way of support
13:12a lot of argentine people live in the los angeles area lots of exiles have settled here
13:16so there's plenty of blue and white and plenty of joy just now in the stadium
13:22this is chamot now it's redondo
13:24the 11th penalty in this world cup series and everyone has been scored
13:33here comes haji
13:38little ball in oh what a chance and a goal
13:44to mitrescu again
13:48can you believe this
13:53it's 2-1 romania
13:58haji the magician
14:04tucked it in but what about the little finish from dubious rescues rather
14:10well there's some attacking player the highest quality i mean haji initially to get the opening
14:15on the halfway line broke clear on the right nipped it into the near post
14:19and it just shows you haven't got to blast the ball if you're a striker look at it great run behind the defense
14:24the far man played him on side and just side puts it home
14:28a subtle goal
14:30but what a way to come back
14:32what was it a minute and a half after the penalty
14:34romania restore their lead and batistuta's goal
14:37suddenly
14:39he's got a pained expression on his face
14:42did i say romania made a cautious start i think didn't i
14:45suddenly they've got two goals in the open 16-17 minutes so the tactics are working well for them anyway
14:50that's the kind of world cup it is trevor
14:53you just don't know what's coming next
14:56argentina now have a free kick
14:59and sencini oh batistuta got up in front of sencini climbing free kick to romania
15:12well haji's been outstanding hasn't he the whole tournament and he was going to be the key man
15:19especially without redaceu but uh dumitrescu who's worked hard but has never caught the eye
15:25suddenly has blossomed and a superb near post finish then
15:29yes he's a home base player ili dumitrescu he's only 25 plays for stroya bucharest
15:34and he's a real handful in this game and they're away again
15:39and pull back and a save by islas
15:44could have been three one and it's dimitrescu broke on the left again cut inside looking for
15:53options and great save from islas but look at this it's balbo with ortega just inside and unmarked
15:58ortega cleared goodness we could have had a goal at either end there in the space of about 30 seconds
16:06well i hope the final whoever's in it two weeks today is as good as this i must just refer back and
16:13say it was george popescu who nearly scored for romania at one end and now here's dumitrescu trying
16:19to shake them off and another man in salinez came forward as well here's dumitrescu again
16:24islas has had to make two desperate saves to stop argentina going 3-1 down
16:44that is an amazing spell of play that there is eventually that was the final shot that was
16:50pushed around but how she was standing in an offside position so i don't think that one would
16:54have counted but before that it was hard you broke clear while the defender was still lying down over
16:59on the far side there he is gets a nudge in the back but he that was the one when he went down and
17:06got injured he's the one now that's getting treatment and that was when dumitrescu came across
17:11looked for the cutback and eventually found popescu who hit it well enough and islas saved it with
17:16his feet inconsistency is the call there i think they were so close to each other i meant to knew
17:23the number seven was taking it on himself but the the man coming out i mean could have almost shook
17:27hands as they passed and so the referee and the linesman i think decided on that occasion to yeah
17:32to give the decision that's right uh where are we now it's uh that's well down to ortega
17:38batistuta comes towards the penalty spot man free batistuta wide
17:42and there's once over where the goalkeeper is saying to the linesman there was another argentine
17:49player in an offside position when batistuta had the shot but he didn't he didn't actually play any
17:54part now here you see just ricochets he chests it down he's on his weaker left foot he's under
18:00challenged and he pulled it across the goal and there was a another forward in the center of the goal that
18:04the goalkeeper was arguing would have put him off to the die but he didn't go into the back of the net so
18:08it's all elementary well if you've had a fairly long day and you've been out in the sunshine and
18:13you've just come in at 10 o'clock you're watching argentina play romania in the rose bowl in pasadena
18:19and romania lead by two goals to one both scored by dumitrescu their number 11 sandwiched between
18:25them a penalty by batistuta for argentina but there could have been more such as the first 26 minutes of
18:33unpredictable football we've had here you may also like to be reminded that earlier today sweden beat
18:40saudi arabia and will play the winners of this match in the quarterfinals
18:52ortega for argentina
18:55it's long but here's balbo
18:57that was very very close to the post otigo who sort of reverted to that deeper role in
19:06about the last 20 minutes against borgaria here he is clipping in the ball with his socks half down
19:11now and a great dive in heather by baldo look at that just past the post the goalkeeper wouldn't
19:16have sniffed it
19:16well that's the kind of match it is the way it's gone you couldn't uh bet against romania scoring a
19:26third so we should be in for some second half here this is baswaldo for argentina we are in fact um
19:32on the 45 minute mark now as you know and it's a question of what the italian referee does about
19:37stoppages of which there haven't been too many
19:45ortega fed in that was simeone threatening to go straight through them cleared by lupescu and
19:54now then it's two against two and again the threat is dumitrescu on this side and he's in for romania
19:59and away from the line by cassirez number 13 with about two yards to spare
20:09it was a great counter-attack again but i mean every time they go former forward they just open up
20:15the argentinian defense bad first touch it just ran away from him and dimitrescu should have scored it
20:20was a terrific break by montenu the number seven who's doing a lot of good work down down the left-hand
20:25side uh but i mean argentina as soon as they lose possession in attack they're at their most
20:31vulnerable well they're still vulnerable here it's a corner
20:38another one too yes i agree with you about the number seven montiano i think he's probably been
20:42the most influential player in this half because he started everything on that side of the field and
20:46argentina seemed to be a man short over there i don't know whether it's sencini getting caught
20:49forward but uh it's such a huge gap in the right back position anyway it's a corner dummy
20:55trust rescue
20:58plays it short back heel from montiano dumitrescu again
21:07redondo
21:17half time in the rose bowl in pasadena
21:19romania to argentina one dumitrescu after 11 minutes batistuta penalty after 15 made it 1-1
21:29dumitrescu again after 17 minutes gives romania the half time lead
21:34however that's uh all to come and uh there's batistuta the temperature is still very high perhaps just
21:44dropping slightly as it tends to do uh in los angeles in the middle of the afternoon there's a quite a nice
21:52breeze and romania now applying from right to left and were things to stay as they are they're 45 minutes
22:00away but if they do that they won't be from putting argentina out batistuta with the back heel back from
22:05ortega and it's batistuta good save by the goalkeeper
22:11prudiar saves romania batistuta with a chance in the opening seconds
22:17to put argentina level
22:20that's just picked up didn't it where it finished the first half two defensive errors first of all
22:25you know it was a cross field ball intercepted by badass student then when they tried to play
22:29ortega it was who tried to return it to batistuta it was intercepted and then he dwelt on the ball
22:35batistuta said thanks very much and it was a good save wasn't it in the end by prunea
22:39yeah there's been plenty of opportunity for these two goalkeepers to show that they're good shot
22:43stoppers and uh argentina have possession again here on the far side and ortega in a good position
22:51simeone wants it played on batistuta simeone
22:58well again it was a remaining defender who gave the ball away this time to balbo
23:02he cut in played it square the tiger actually tried to play it to simeone and you can see batistuta
23:08stopped it and then helped it on and by then the angle was closed down with football like this
23:14you won't be surprised to hear that this looks like being the best world cup ever for attendances
23:21the people who've watched batistuta there and company provide this attacking display for the first
23:27fortnight average 67 225 per game in the stadium and that is far far in excess of anything the world
23:36cup has ever seen before the previous best average was 48 000 in italy four years ago
23:44and today in the rose bowl there's got to be over 90 here
23:48yes i think it's going to be a costly tournament for england to be missing away from when the divvy up's
23:53done at the end of it
23:54here's ruggieri for argentina number eight baswaldo
24:05this is ortega
24:08good piece of skill there by simeone balbo batistuta coming inside
24:14well it's a great attacking player game everything was right until it got to betta
24:20studa and then he should have hit it with his left foot try to get it onto his favorite one and the
24:24chance was lost but simeone again showing good skill and vision with ortega
24:29yes and they've got romania on the ropes at the start of the second half here the marking is slack from
24:32the throw in this is ortega
24:34romania are all over the place at the moment and they contributed themselves yeah because they
24:42they gave the ball away two or three occasions and then it's been pushed back
24:47ruggieri was up on the far side chamot
24:53good play by the fullback but not with the cross
24:56that's the first time jamot has ventured forward as much as we remember in the opening two matches and
25:08it's all argentina at the moment sensini coming up from right back number four here's simeone very
25:13much the playmaker today chamot
25:18baswaldo
25:22redondo ortega
25:27goes down referee says he died the referee made a gesture with both hands the italian referee
25:34implying that redondo dived here come romania
25:41that was montiano
25:44if the referee felt that it's quite within his rights now the ball's gone out of play
25:48to book him but you can see there he's gone over and once he sees he's knocked it too far i don't think
25:52there was any contact with has he there he's gone down for the penalty and although the argentinian
25:57fans are booing i think the referee made the right decision
26:00there's an awful lot of complaints going on down from the team bench i can see there as we look down but uh
26:07there's an awful lot of complaints going on down but uh we're back in play
26:24sensini again this is redondo
26:28they're only leaving two men back now argentina
26:33one of those was ruggieri and he's now come forward with the ball
26:36batistuta ortega
26:42this is difficult for the referee this because they're looking for that
26:45free kick on the edge of the penalty area this now though is uh a break for romania
26:50dumitrescu number 11 who scored two goals in the first half
26:55caceres gets taken out by hachi he gets brought down by redondo yellow card
27:00it was redondo who tripped the player not the two players in the picture there
27:13but uh caceres felt he'd been fouled and then look what redondo did to hachi
27:20thought the referee did very well again there and he's not been intimidated by the crowd's shouts
27:24so redondo and ruggieri are now both on yellows as is uh popescu
27:38that was popescu coming forward for romania
27:46just a reminder of course that we are now in the second round the knockout phase and should argentina
27:50equalize there's the possibility of extra time today but romania don't want any of that they
27:55want to keep the lead and they've got a free kick on the far side
28:04chamot is protesting his innocence but the referee has shown the card again
28:09well it was from a free kick out here chamot was cautioned for the foul it was from a free kick out
28:21here that by out there that uh romania opened the scoring this time had you standing over there with
28:27the ball something of a free goal down to the goalkeeper that was but uh
28:39that one's rather wasted
28:47balbo
28:52that is student looks for the pass and gets it
28:55now chamot oh he's going alone good run by the fullback corner
29:01well he's getting forward far far more in the second half uh on two occasions he's over hit his
29:08crosses that time he tried to come inside on his right foot and uh definitely he seems to favor his
29:15right as well even though places or take it to take it
29:18oh and was the player that got caught and he's out of the game now and romania have got two against
29:30one celibes coming to the left this is dumitrescu there's a player up on the right and is this three
29:35one it's that inevitable man georgie
29:45romania go two goals clear and haji had the freedom of the rose bowl
29:53there was the defender in sight when he broke on the right
29:56and it's all down to basueldo he put up the ball there and look what he did he put his whole team
30:04out of the game suddenly it's three against one celibes comes left dumitrescu knows that haji is going
30:11to the right there's nobody over there for argentina he foxes the last man and here with his right foot
30:17is the perfect finish there's a wonderful goal dumitrescu does brilliantly here and who said he's only
30:24left footed he just picks his spot with the right great run as well you have to say by the number
30:3013 selimes who carried the defender down this left-hand side and made sure the space was left
30:36more harshly but i mean romania almost won the 13 14 minutes haven't had a kick as far as an attacking
30:42point of view they break supervia 3-1 now and i can't see argentina coming back you know well let's see
30:50now 3-1 down and here's simeone this is uh sensini redondo
31:07when a player loses the ball in that position as basueldo did and the other team are good
31:12counter-attackers you really are treading water and argentina were pulled apart now then here comes
31:18redondo ortega
31:24goes outside selimesh brilliant run by ortega
31:28and batistuta's there handball in there somewhere
31:32they've had the chances in the second half to have got level before romania got their third i mean
31:43and so he got such good balance there was the handball near the chest but the referee was close
31:50to it that he wouldn't have got his shot in on anyway but the final boys just let argentina down
31:54in this open spell in the second half leaving uh for pescu to go forward now number six here
32:03but he looked a little bit lazy in the challenge and argentina have a man over
32:07and it was put through by ortega the goalkeeper thought about coming and didn't and what about
32:11that it's a foul by selimesh yellow card for selimesh but where did the offense take place is the key
32:19question the referee has decided it was just outside the area and there's not a tremendous protest from
32:26argentina tibor selimesh is booked
32:34yes the cool just outside i would say when he first caught him simione on the line means inside so uh
32:42it was only just a free kick nearly a penalty
32:45i think the first point of contact was just outside but it was against sloppy playing them
32:51by the halfway line that uh conceded possession and allowed argentina to break yet it was popescu's
32:56fault now then can the wall do its job here they've got redondo and batter stuta over the ball argentina
33:05goalkeepers hopping up and down trying to get a view that is due to deflection oh well held
33:11so that's a 4-3 kick i mean it was set up for redondo's left footer and again batter studa came
33:19up and drove it and as you see he's got to hit it to the left of the wall it's because he's not going
33:25to go through the wall and that's the side the goalkeeper is and that is a comfortable save
33:31and dumitrescu wanted it played through the middle again and the defender is slowing up a bit
33:36but he did it absolutely right turned and took the ball away caceres it was here's chamot
33:46ortega
33:51tries to find that astuta caceres
33:54good effort oh it's come back off the goalkeeper and it's 3-2
34:07balbo has made it 3-2 to give argentina new hope
34:12the goalkeeper failed to hold the initial shot from caceres the defender it came back off him and
34:23abel valvo who plays in the italian league for roma doesn't need asking twice in that position and he
34:32gives argentina a lifeline trevor well just as we said they were beginning to win and they were don't
34:39worry about that and the game looked as if it might peter out to a 3-1 scoreline we get something
34:45that we've had to offer this world cup whether it is the light ball or what i don't know but a
34:50goalkeeping mistake it was a a long range shot he had plenty of time he got his body behind it
34:55it bounced out and valvo had a comfortable shot then to put in the rebound and i think we're going
35:00to have quite an exciting last quarter now i think that's an understatement we're looking now at the
35:05possibility of argentina scoring again to force extra time here
35:15i think you could hear the groan from the romanian bench from here up in the commentary position because
35:20i mean it almost just sort of dampened the game and then suddenly they've lost it and they're going
35:26to have to cling on
35:41well we promised you some occasion here today in the rose bowl and my goodness we've got it here come
35:45argentina again
35:52chamotte batistuta offside offside
36:00and you just begin to wonder whether you might be sitting at one of the
36:04memorable world cup matches if argentina score again we will be there's no doubt about that
36:09that goal has changed everything trevor well it has and as i say that i mean that will be a nightmare
36:17for the goalkeeper if argentina get another goal don't they because uh there's maradona there his
36:23reaction to that i think he quite enjoyed it and i'm just trying to assess trevor i haven't seen every
36:32game live but i think this is the best match of the tournament and here's a chance at the other end
36:36it's dumitrescu for romania and he's in here oh i could say it had to be a good save by his last
36:46well that was the pass of the match by how she wasn't 70 yards across field right to dumitrescu's
36:52feet and he nearly got a spectacular hat-trick and just as you think well romania are just sitting
36:57back trying to hang on to the lead they nearly get a fourth just when you wonder whether it could get
37:02any better at this world cup it is getting better better still medina bellow ortega incomes medina
37:10bellow again and the defender takes responsibility away from the goalkeeper which in the current climate
37:14might be a good decision for romania selimesh
37:22well this is edge of the seat stuff cassirez has been penalized by the referee the crowd have kept the
37:28ball for a moment and yellow card cassirez they're mounting up now these yellows unless we're careful
37:34or one or two of the players are careful they could be a red soon and he's then no mood to make it up
37:42with dumitrescu no defender can afford to gesture the referee that he's made a bad decision as casserole did
37:50and that's why it's got the yellow card yes and uh there was no reconciliation there either with the
37:56the romanian was there it's a free kick to romania and you can forgive them i suppose for taking a long
38:05time over it haji is the player who's uh about to swing it in lupescu has gone forward behind dumitrescu
38:14and they'll settle for a corner
38:15well argentina have created news of one sort or another wherever they've gone in world cups for
38:27some considerable time and this is no exception but their future in this tournament is on a very
38:33slender thread at the moment here's haji and he'll keep the ball there as long as he can
38:40there's a real lull here which is to romania's advantage
38:50haji
38:52dumitrescu
38:56haji again and dumitrescu again lupescu wants it pulled back and there's a player coming in far
39:02side it was uh dan petrescu and then simeone shakes off mutianu and he finds balbo and barry stute
39:10has gone through the middle that's a brilliant sailing tackle by bella didic and suddenly romania
39:15have the ball again it's that sort of game now there's a large gap in midfield the players can't
39:20make every run but dumitrescu can make that one and he's offside but a bit of skill between haji and
39:27dumitrescu there just as you thought in fact uh dumitrescu is going to get booked because he knocked
39:35the ball away time wasting the referee puts another yellow card into his book and then that hopefully
39:41won't be a costly one later on because uh romania picked up two or three silly bookings for for arguing
39:47and they could as i say in the later round be uh bad ones romania have a free kick
39:53time is on their side not on that of argentina the referee now has to make up his mind what
40:00he's going to add on for time wasting and stoppages and injuries we have seen some very late goals in
40:06this world cup i think a nigerian scored in the 96th minute the other night in boston so there's time
40:11yet for argentina forward it goes from baswaldo ruggier is playing as a four-time center forward but he's
40:20flattened somebody that was the long ball into the penalty area trying to get ruggieri to knot it down
40:30but he just climbed over the back there of the remaining defender and uh desperate moments for argentina
40:39well we are looking here at what could be one of the key moments in this 15th world cup
40:43are argentina about to go out
40:55as trevor brooking says whether they should have taken off their two best players in this situation
40:58is something there's no time to debate now it's redondo for argentina and he's striding forward
41:05he's going for off snapped away from him there and a little bit of a scuffle happened behind the player
41:11with the ball which caught the eye of the referee but selimesh has just punted it aimlessly forward
41:18and romania are asking the referee how much longer he's going to let this go
41:24now out of his goal comes his last to pump that ball forward
41:32and the romanians have it with lupescu and he's waiting for support on that side from dan petrescu
41:37we're into the third minute very shortly of stoppage time and he's offside
41:46and that's it argentina are out of the world cup and romania are through to the quarterfinals for the
41:53first time
41:54amazing scenes here in the rose bowl as jordanescu embraces his players
42:04romania three argentina two one of the memorable matches of this world cup
42:11and who knows of many gone by perhaps the former world champions have beaten
42:15and romania carry the european challenge into the quarterfinal at the expense of the south american champions
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