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00:00the lineup showing that they're without their left-back Del Olmo who's suspended
00:05but the Garcia boys now descend on New York and there are the two of them Luis
00:12Garcia who you mentioned in the studio Jimmy Hill number 10 and a player who
00:16made like an even bigger impression Garcia Aspe number 8 very skillful and
00:21they've made a slight change they've left out Hermesilio and brought in number
00:2617 Galindo now what about Bulgaria because more often than not in the
00:32World Cup they've been the bridesmaid until they beat Greece in Chicago nine
00:36days ago they'd never won a match in the World Cup finals but then they jilted
00:40Argentina in Dallas and now can they do what Romania have done for Eastern Europe
00:45well they've got three defenders suspended today so the back line is something of a
00:50patched-up affair but there's no doubt about the attackers at the top table
00:54there number eight Stoichkov who again you've mentioned and number seven
00:58Kostadinov from Bobby Robson's Porto they're going to be prevailed upon by
01:03Bulgaria to make the main speeches today a little bit of history here Trevor these
01:08two met in the 1986 World Cup in the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City at the same
01:13stage of the competition Mexico won 2-0 and the match was memorable for a goal by
01:19Negrete of Mexico that was so good they put a plaque up in the stadium to
01:23commemorate it anyway here go both here go Bulgaria all in white let's hope we
01:29see a goal like that today this is Kiriakov who's playing at left-back for the
01:33Bulgarians have had to reorder their defense and he attacks the right back of
01:37Mexico who is number 20 Jorge Rodriguez Mexico playing from right to left
01:45and we can show you straight away that Campos has not let Jimmy Hill down by his
01:52attire today
01:54number four there is Ignacio Ambriz the captain from Mexico an important player in
02:03the middle of the field six is banal who scored against Italy and there goes
02:08Luis Garcia shoulder off it by Kiriakov
02:15that's Jesus Ramon Ramirez playing left back and now Luis Garcia Garcia
02:25and Jordan off for Bulgaria who's come in today number 13 and he's got a through
02:35through ball on there and a chance for Bulgaria and a fine goal
02:41Stoichkov had the clear run on goal and finished brilliantly
02:49well you can't allow Stoichkov that kind of space the build-up was good and the
02:57finish was explosive a brilliant ball there by Jordan off look at it just inside
03:02the two defenders the sweeper can't get across the explosive pace of Stoichkov on
03:07his left foot he doesn't want anymore and I don't think even us could blame
03:11Campos for that it was a stunning shot brilliant power on his left foot brilliant
03:17finish it flew above the arms of Campos here from Stoichkov and that's his fourth
03:25goal of the championship two penalties against Greece one goal against
03:30Argentina and now one here so if he carries on like that he's going to be up
03:35with Klinsman and Silenko Mexico a goal down Alves Zagay Ramirez
03:48it's amazing in these sort of last 16 stages the number of early goals that
03:52we've got in the eight matches and that's why they've been such exciting
03:56end-to-end stuff left foot sometimes they move it away from the wall they
04:01haven't got what I would call a curler and it's probably too far out somebody's
04:04going to have to drive it and probably move it to the side of the wall
04:07Boromirov's doing some pointing there
04:12and the number seven Kostadinov it's the post
04:19goodness
04:22and he hasn't done much up to now Kostadinov rather than set up the first goal
04:28against Stoichkov against Argentina but that was a magnificent strike that I mean
04:33Campos wouldn't have got near just moved it to the side of the wall with his right foot
04:36well Kostadinov of Porto right through the wall of players there and I don't think
04:44Campos was going to get it was he in the quarterfinals that Mexico and Germany met
04:49two World Cups ago
04:51but Mexico are one down here this is Rodriguez
04:55Luis Garcia had made a forward run this is Alves Zague
05:02and
05:04oh the referee has he given a penalty yes he has
05:09the referee has given a penalty Alves Zague it looked a fairly tame challenge to me
05:15no wonder Skoichkov's angry
05:17Kremendliev I think it was who went in
05:19and look at this there's anarchy back there between the Bulgarian players and this referee from Syria
05:24well I
05:25what about that Trevor Brookin
05:27well I mentioned earlier a couple of the early three kicks that I thought weren't three kicks that he gave him and I hoped he wasn't going to be favoring Mexico but I mean he turned into Kremendliev after and was looking for a foul once I mean he could control initially I don't think it was a penalty at all
05:44well Nazko Surikov while we were watching the replay got the yellow card for protesting
05:48number 10 of Bulgaria
05:50now then
05:53the penalty kick
05:54for Mexico
05:57I don't think
06:01number 8
06:04Garcia Aspe will take it
06:05I don't think
06:09that's going to be a very popular decision except
06:11among the Mexicans
06:12and he's equalised
06:16Garcia Aspe from the penalty spot
06:21for Mexico
06:23but a decision
06:24and a piece
06:25and really the first
06:2620 minutes of this match has been refereed in a most eccentric manner Trevor Brookin
06:31well I feel great sympathy for the Bulgarians
06:35because
06:35I mean
06:36right credit
06:37good penalty
06:38but
06:38you know
06:39Bulgaria have done everything right in the opening
06:41they've dominated
06:42they've broke
06:43exceptionally well
06:45definitely Mexico
06:46were struggling
06:47they were pointing to each other
06:49they couldn't understand who they should be picking up
06:52and suddenly they've been handed a goal out of nothing
06:54I'm not sure about some of these appointments
06:57you know
06:57they've got good experienced referees from Europe in the pool
07:01and I don't mean any disrespect to people from Syria
07:04but it does seem as though a referee who wouldn't have had
07:06a match of this importance very often in his life
07:09is suddenly in charge of a game which he influences quite directly in the first 20 minutes
07:14they've also got two men on yellow cards now
07:16so
07:28it's 1-1
07:29and
07:29another very eventful match on our hands
07:32forward there by Bernal
07:34for Mexico
07:35this is the right back
07:38Rodriguez in the attack
07:39plays it back for Bernal
07:45and
07:46Luis Garcia here
07:49is in a good position
07:50it's a free kick the other way now
07:51the whole atmosphere of the stadium change within a couple of minutes
07:59I mean the ground erupted once they got the penalty and scored
08:01because as I say 90% of the crowd are Mexican
08:04and suddenly there's an extra little bit of zip and a yard of pace in the Mexicans play
08:09whereas before they were being run ragged
08:11well they were
08:14this FIFA policy of keeping the best referees back for the later matches
08:19it's all very well
08:20but
08:20they've already sent two home because they've made bad decisions
08:24there might be another one going home after today
08:26what the Bulgarians must do now
08:30they must
08:31just forget it
08:32at the moment Stojkoff just spoke to the ref as he ran passing
08:35they've just got to put it behind them
08:36and concentrate what they were doing
08:38before they conceded that equaliser
08:40corner to Bulgaria
08:46Sirikov and Boromirov have taken up the far post positions here
08:50and the flick on and the flick out
08:59Bernal was covering well Kostadinov came to the near post
09:02got a flick
09:03and Bernal number six saves it for Mexico
09:06and finishes up entwined in the netting
09:08I think it's worth the trouble though
09:11because I think that was just drifting in
09:12very similar to the goal they scored against Argentina
09:14not Sirikov this time
09:16it was Kostadinov
09:17they would have just gone beyond the far post
09:19wouldn't it
09:19but Bernal wasn't too short
09:21made certain
09:22and again Bulgarian pressure
09:24I don't think Mr. Campos was likely to do much about that either
09:27was he
09:27he was virtually a spectator as it flew across
09:29and they seem to have pulled the net down here
09:32there's a stanchion come loose
09:33so there's going to be some running repairs in the giant stadium I think
09:37look at that
09:39you once had a shot that stuck in a stanchion in a memorable game Trevor
09:43but you didn't actually knock it down did you
09:45that was Bernal wasn't it
09:47I mean they can't play on with it swinging around such as that
09:50I think
09:51Campos is too small isn't he to get up to readjust it
09:54so they're looking frantically for a maintenance man to come and repair it
09:59but just a bit of breathing space I think for the Bulgarians to take stock
10:03that's the man who did all the damage to the goal
10:06not to the Bulgarians
10:08from Syria
10:09now then
10:12Balikov
10:14and Stoichkov
10:15is he through again here?
10:19well he was
10:20and Lechkov to his right
10:21wanted a pass there
10:22he should have got one
10:24I'm not sure if Lechkov would have been offside though
10:26Balikov just drifting into the centre more
10:29and had one or two little dribbles
10:30that he saw so effectively against Argentina
10:33and he released Stoichkov
10:35probably should have taken it more for his right foot
10:37but he kept it on his favoured one
10:39and then eventually hit the shot with his right
10:42after dwelling on it too long
10:43Luis Garcia
10:44Kiriakov
10:48Balikov
10:54well Stoichkov's in the thick of the action
11:02there he is
11:05Lechkov outside him now
11:07and if he plays it
11:08it'd be offside
11:08so I'm not sure Stoichkov even knew he was there
11:11but he dwelt too long
11:12caught in two mines
11:14and comfortable save in the end
11:15there were two players offside in the finish of that attack
11:17but
11:18and the long one from Kiriakov
11:21nearly got Costadinov in
11:24but
11:24good defending
11:26Ramirez Perales
11:27Galindo
11:30and again
11:32oh they've got
11:33Garcia through the middle
11:35Luis Garcia
11:36first Mexican move of the game there
11:42played it through the midfield
11:43just the last three or four minutes
11:45just started to get their balance
11:47good through ball
11:48cuts open
11:49the Bulgarian defence
11:51hits it on the turn
11:52but just drags it across the far post
11:54this is a good opportunity for
11:58Mexico to take the lead for the first time
12:00this is the fellow that did so much damage to Ireland
12:02nice flick by Stoichkov
12:08now then
12:09number 11
12:11Boromirov
12:12and a chance for Bulgaria to go back in front
12:18and Kampos makes a save
12:20he's not quite sure what happened next
12:21he's got away with it
12:22and now Surikov
12:23I think Kampos should have scored
12:29whether he was caught in two minds
12:31or got a bit too clever for himself
12:32I'm not sure
12:33but
12:33I thought Costadinov was going to
12:35leave the first cross to him
12:37eventually a defender played it to him
12:39and
12:39clear shooting opportunity
12:41and although Kampos saved that
12:43I think Kampos should have done better
12:44well he was in the clear for a couple of seconds
12:48wasn't he
12:48Kampos managed to flap the shot away
12:51in fact it's 45 minutes since the kickoff
12:56but remember there's going to be a six minute addition to the time here
12:59because of the repair to the goal net
13:00now this is the moment here where
13:02Boromirov broke and
13:04first of all Kostadinov goes down
13:08now this is the chance isn't it
13:09just thinks Kampos is going to go early
13:12and tries to float it over
13:14and here's Alves Zaguet
13:22Galindo getting up to join him
13:25Garcia in the middle
13:26here's Galindo
13:30here's Luis Garcia
13:31on the turn
13:34and Mikhailov got an arm to it
13:36so dangerous in those situations
13:40on the edge of the penalty area
13:42good play actually
13:43by Alves Zaguet
13:44I mean
13:45he did all the work there
13:46created it
13:47then he turned away from Boromirov
13:49just going perhaps into the corner
13:51there's a sort of pace though
13:53I would have thought the goalkeeper
13:54should have made the save
13:55here's the corner
13:58Ramirez
14:00Ambriz here
14:02good effort
14:04and the whistle goes
14:11for half time
14:12two goals early on
14:16Stoichkov for Bulgaria
14:17a penalty by Garcia Aspe
14:19then the goal net broke
14:20then they repaired it
14:22and there was no further scoring
14:24at half time in New Jersey
14:26for the right to play Germany
14:28in the quarter final
14:29it's Mexico 1
14:30Bulgaria 1
14:32Ten has pushed further forward
14:34Luis Garcia
14:35but at the moment
14:36they're probably just missing
14:38a striker of quality
14:40yes I agree with Alan Hansen
14:45it was a pleasing first half
14:46in terms of football skill
14:47and our director is showing us
14:50some very good pictures there
14:51of the mood in the stadium
14:52there's no doubt about it
14:53the crowd
14:54the American spectators
14:56may not be quite as passionate
14:57about their soccer as they call it
14:59as those in Europe
15:00but given that there are so many
15:02ethnic supporters here anyway
15:04the mood in the stadium
15:05at all these games
15:06has been really good
15:07here's Ambriz
15:11for Mexico
15:12Mexico themselves
15:17who probably came with a
15:19big reputation
15:20here it was who
15:22scored that last minute goal
15:24in Paris
15:24that meant France didn't come
15:26and the referee's gone
15:29to show another card
15:30oh it's
15:31is that Kremendlieff again
15:32he's got to go
15:33that's his second yellow
15:34he's got to go
15:35he was booked in the first half
15:37and Kremendlieff
15:39is
15:41heartbroken
15:43he's slumped to the ground
15:46in despair
15:47well it's an absolute scandal
15:50I mean
15:51I just
15:52I cannot find words
15:54to describe the
15:54stupidness of that decision
15:56because
15:57he's just read the ball
15:58knocked up to the
15:59Zaga
16:01intercepted it
16:02look at
16:02the ball
16:03knocked down the line
16:04here he is
16:05alright
16:05the hand goes up slightly
16:07but he's anticipated it
16:08Zaga's gone to sleep
16:10and that
16:11the referee's interpretation
16:13is worth a yellow card
16:15and he's going to be sent off
16:16an absolute scandal
16:18well
16:19we made the point about
16:20the referee early in the game
16:21Jimmy Hill enforced it at half time
16:23and that just goes to show
16:25that we have an official here
16:26who really
16:28I don't think should have had the appointment
16:31and it's almost as if
16:34the crowd are in sympathy
16:35the stadium has just gone a lot quieter
16:36here's Galindo
16:38oh
16:42it's a shot by Andres
16:43well struck shot
16:46and well held there by
16:47Mikhailov
16:48but I mean
16:48there was a sort of stunned silence
16:50there was sort of gasps
16:51of
16:51surely he's not going to send him off
16:53and
16:53exactly that's what he did
16:55and now
16:55again I keep saying it
16:57Bulgaria got to try and put that out of their mind
16:59the goalkeeper did well
17:00there
17:00hasn't he in the air
17:01yeah
17:03they've got Bernard in the threatening position here too
17:05from this corner
17:06if they knock it far post
17:07Nazco Syriakov's coming to mark him here
17:09and the header out
17:11here's Garcia
17:14and Bernal goes in for the header
17:16now then
17:23another one
17:24he's already had a yellow card
17:27it's red again
17:28it's red again
17:33the referee
17:38has sent off another player
17:42Luis Garcia is walking away
17:47and he's been dismissed as well
17:50so it's now one on each side
17:52he was yellow carded in the first half
17:54now it's a red
17:55for the player who scored twice against Ireland
17:57this is the incident
17:59well it just bounces up
18:02and I mean it wasn't a strong challenge
18:04the 13
18:06has gone for the header
18:08and it is a ball there
18:11perhaps he could have gone with his foot
18:13but it wasn't a dangerous challenge
18:14anything too bad at all
18:15and to justify another yellow card
18:17it's just a fast
18:18it's almost as if a referee thinks well
18:20I've got to even things up now
18:21play on
18:25Stoich stops furious
18:26but away they go
18:27Alves Zagay
18:28and he's got the left back to his left as well
18:30this is Zagay for Mexico
18:31Mikhailov
18:34got to him
18:35and the moment of danger has passed
18:38good save there by Mikhailov
18:42terrific acceleration by Alves Zagay
18:45wasn't quite aware he had that pace
18:48look he goes through the middle here
18:49and it looks as if the covered defender is going to get near him
18:52but look he finds an extra gear
18:53goes away from
18:54just goes too far
18:56and enables Mikhailov to spread himself
18:58good save
18:58corner flag
19:00I would have thought that he'd be quite happy taking this one
19:02this is where they scored
19:03with a near post flick on
19:04yes
19:05Sirikov's in there again
19:06number 10
19:07Kostadinov
19:11desperately unlikely
19:15he just cleared Sirikov
19:17who was the first one
19:18who's got the header against Argentina
19:20Kostadinov who flicked that one on
19:23beyond the near post in the first half
19:24here he is in the middle of the goal
19:26can't quite hit it down
19:28that probably sums up his tournament so far
19:30hit the post in the first half
19:32and they're just getting above the defender
19:34it was intercepted before it reached Lechkov
19:41and Mexico have a run on here
19:43Suarez the big number two is up
19:44and there goes Alves Zagay
19:46and what is Mikhailov doing?
19:53relief of Stoykov because he gave a dreadful ball away
19:55which allowed Mexico to break
19:57I think Iordinov was waiting for Mikhailov to come out
20:00thought he was going to get there a bit quicker
20:01and it was nearly a disaster
20:03nice little one-two between
20:05Alves Zagay and Garcia Aspe
20:08but this is Lechkov for Bulgaria
20:10the only player ahead is Kostadinov
20:11and here he is
20:12and he's trying to get it
20:13and he goes down
20:14and what does the referee do now?
20:16he says that Kostadinov threw himself
20:18he has not given the penalty
20:23I think that's the correct decision on this occasion
20:28we've got to give him something I suppose
20:29the ball played over the top
20:31Kostadinov headed it forward
20:33and the defender sort of was right alongside
20:36and I think Kostadinov
20:37because it was such a tight angle
20:39knew he wouldn't score with the shot
20:40so he looked for the penalty
20:41but this referee probably thought he'd get it
20:44well yes
20:44I mean
20:45it was a lottery really
20:46what he was going to do
20:47and in fact the game has been stopped
20:50because Kostadinov is still lying where he fell
20:53this is the incident Trevor
20:56good ball from Lechkov
20:59heads it down as it bounces
21:01to try and get across the defender
21:02and there is contact
21:04and then
21:04I mean at that stage
21:06doesn't look a penalty at all
21:08Rodriguez
21:12Benal
21:16and there goes Rodriguez again
21:18the pullback
21:19oh and Zagé came in there
21:22Alves Zagé just had to get a contact on that
21:25the right flank again
21:27Benal
21:28backing up Rodriguez
21:30who made yet another run
21:31there he is
21:32gets beyond Boromero
21:33drives it to the near post
21:36but the goalkeeper positioned perfectly
21:38flat out to take risks
21:41they're looking towards extra time
21:43Mexico have pulled all their players back behind the ball
21:49Bulgaria
21:50just pushing it about
21:52look like the players are in a training session
21:57they're trying to tell the coach
21:58look I think we've had enough
21:59let's get some water refreshment
22:01and wait for extra time
22:03well when Stoichkov scored so early in the game
22:05and the equaliser from the penalty by Aspe
22:09we thought we were on to a good match here
22:11but what's happened
22:13with regard to the refereeing
22:15and the yellow and red cards
22:17has unfortunately overtaken the football
22:19we have extra time in the giant stadium in New York
22:23after 90 minutes
22:24the score is Mexico 1
22:26Bulgaria 1
22:28well the last time Mexico went to penalties in the World Cup
22:32that was in their own country in 86
22:34they lost on the penalty shootout to Germany
22:36I remember at Monterey
22:38so they haven't got very happy memories of matches being settled like that
22:42anyway we hope perhaps that we'll see
22:45a genuine winning goal before it reaches that stage
22:48we enter the first period of extra time
22:50with a free kick to Bulgaria
22:51who are playing from left to right
22:5315 minutes each way of course
22:55and it should be some weekend
22:59here's Lechkov for Bulgaria
23:00looking for Kostadinov
23:05he's found him
23:05and Kostadinov shoots
23:07but not
23:09Balikov
23:16time is up really at the end of the first period
23:25referee
23:26has got his whistle to his lips
23:29and says change round
23:31so Trevor we're what
23:3315 minutes away from the first penalty shootout of the 1994 World Cup
23:37well there's nothing to suggest in that opening 15 minutes
23:41that anyone was too interested in pushing and taking the initiative and trying to get it over
23:47I guess as you said earlier the Germans won't mind this will they
23:49they've had a much longer break again than the team who they're going to play
23:54and with people having had cards shown to them and a tiring period of extra time
24:01I just wonder whether this is all going to be Germany's favour
24:04when they play here on Sunday
24:06who they'll play
24:08we can't tell you yet
24:09but we might find out now
24:10here's Ambriz
24:11Galindo
24:17and again
24:20Bernal is well forward
24:21Letchkoff gets a foot in there
24:28oh and here comes Ramirez
24:30it's a good run by the fullback
24:31it's a good run by Ramirez
24:33well he was
24:35I think going for glory there really
24:37there were two players coming in for the fullback
24:39he's a bit excitable in those situations
24:41he's broken forward well
24:43and got a fortunate ricochet
24:45but he shouldn't have had to be crossing
24:47being closed down
24:49he could have picked somebody out much earlier than that
24:51on the edge of the 18-yard box
24:52well it was a
24:55thrustful attempt by the fullback to settle it
24:58now it's a corner
24:59and Benjamin Galindo is going to cross to take it
25:02Alves Zague by the penalty spot
25:04Bernal the tallest player is behind him
25:06here's Galindo
25:10Alves
25:12oh the goalkeeper's missed it
25:13and got away with it
25:15I think it just came off the central defender
25:19and that took it away from the goalkeeper
25:20you can only assume though
25:21he didn't shout
25:22as you can see
25:23it's clipped towards the near post
25:25the keeper's come out
25:26thinking to take it
25:27but the defender probably hasn't got the shout
25:29and in the end
25:30Jordonov
25:31and nobody seems to want to play
25:33now
25:34it's almost embarrassing
25:36isn't it
25:37just looking at the referee
25:38come on blow up
25:39and
25:39there's going to be one set of players
25:43who will regret it
25:45not going for it in extra time
25:46without five minutes from now
25:48once the penalties get underway
25:50well there it is
25:51there it is
25:52the attention will be focused now on the goalkeepers
25:55the moment has come for Jorge Campos
25:57and for Boris Mihailov
25:59they now take centre stage
26:02because they haven't settled it
26:05either in normal time or extra time
26:08and a game which has really been hugely influenced by refereeing decisions
26:12by red and yellow cards
26:15now reaches the climax that nobody really wants
26:19Mexico have decided to go first
26:25try and get ahead from the off
26:26well of course they scored in the match from a penalty didn't they
26:29Garcia Aspe scored with his left foot
26:32so I wonder if Mihailov
26:34there's a war of nerves here
26:36would he put it the same side
26:37short run up
26:40Garcia Aspe for Mexico
26:49what a start
26:55well there'll be other players
27:00who know how he feels
27:01I could name one or two
27:02he struck this with his left foot
27:06and it soars over the crossbar
27:09just two or three steps
27:13it was casual
27:14Mihailov went the right way
27:17and I think he saw that
27:18and then just tried to lift it
27:20give it an extra bit of power
27:21but it missed easily
27:22didn't it in the end
27:23so here's a chance for Balikov
27:26to put Bulgaria into the lead in the shootout
27:29oh
27:37would you believe it
27:40great save
27:41he got his fingertips to it
27:43picked the right way
27:44and Kempos
27:45has started off
27:47look at this
27:48goes the right way
27:49just gets his fingertips to it
27:52great save
27:52you were quite right about the way
27:54he would come off the line
27:55and cut down the distance
27:56what a save
27:56and that has got the stadium roaring
28:00it's the loudest cheer of the afternoon
28:02so both players who opened the shootout
28:07have failed to score
28:08it's 0-0
28:10it's 0-0
28:10with one penalty taken each
28:12and
28:15Mexico
28:17go again
28:19with Bernal
28:20oh and that one's been saved as well
28:26well
28:33well I don't think I've seen a World Cup penalty shootout
28:36where the first three have been missed
28:37but we have here
28:38I shouldn't say missed
28:40I should say two of them have been saved
28:41it's almost as if
28:45they're not too keen on being selected
28:47I mean two or three paces
28:48he's got no power at all
28:50I think even you and I
28:51might have been able to save that
28:53well steady on
28:54I think you might have been able to
28:55now who's going to take this one then
28:57for Bulgaria
28:58and that one was
29:06Gwencev
29:07it's the first one to go in
29:08the Ipswich Town player
29:12opens the scoring
29:14in the penalty shootout
29:15Boncho Gwencev
29:17drives that over Kampos
29:19if he stood in the middle of his goal
29:20he might have saved it
29:21it's 1-0 Bulgaria Trevor
29:25perhaps he heard what you say about Kampos
29:27going early
29:28and decided to hit it in the middle of the goal
29:29how many times do you see that
29:31go straight into the middle
29:32Jorge Rodriguez
29:34save
29:40well Mexico have failed to score
29:44with their first three
29:45and Bulgaria have a wonderful chance here
29:52look at that
29:53he went the right way
29:53Mikhailov
29:54Bulgaria
29:55because of these
29:57three failures by Mexico
29:59now have a wonderful opportunity
30:01of winning the shootout
30:02and advancing in the World Cup
30:04number 11
30:14number 11
30:18Borimirov
30:19goal
30:20Bulgarian league 2-0
30:23and Mexico have only got two penalties left
30:26so they've got to score them both
30:27to stay in it Trevor
30:28good penalty
30:30went the right way
30:32but it was just a bit higher
30:33than that across the first one
30:35and poor old Mexico
30:37three penalties taken
30:40all that practice got away
30:41well they say history repeats itself
30:43in 86 when they had the quarter-final shootout
30:45with Germany
30:46Mexico only scored from one of their penalties
30:48is it going to happen to them again
30:50they must score from this one
30:53or it's all over
30:54indeed
30:55Claudio Suarez
30:56he's got to score to keep them in it
31:00otherwise Bulgaria are through
31:01attention
31:12and he has scored
31:17now it's three
31:19it's
31:202-1 now
31:22but if Bulgaria score
31:27it's 3-1 and all over
31:29because Mexico would only have one left
31:30so
31:31as Lechkov
31:32the balding character
31:34just watch that one
31:35slotted in again by Suarez
31:36as Lechkov
31:38of Hamburg
31:39the
31:39Bulgarian midfield player
31:42steps forward
31:42he can take his country
31:44into a little piece of World Cup history
31:47yes he has
31:53Bulgaria go through
31:56to the quarter-finals of the World Cup
31:59Campos and Mexico
32:00are down and out
32:02it's Bulgaria versus Germany
32:08in the quarter-finals on Sunday
32:10there's no way back
32:14for the Mexicans
32:16they fail to score
32:17with their first three penalties
32:19and there's
32:21no need to continue
32:23the competition
32:24Bulgaria
32:25win it by
32:26three penalties to one
32:28and what a well-taken
32:29shot that was
32:30by Lechkov
32:31under so much pressure
32:33superb penalty
32:36but he had to cushion it
32:37even if he missed
32:38Mexico had to score again
32:40and then
32:40there's still another player
32:42to come through
32:43after that great save
32:45by Campos
32:46they took some good penalties
32:47didn't they
32:47well they did
32:49they did
32:50I'm not sure anybody
32:51really likes it being settled
32:52like this
32:53but then you have to say
32:54that the two teams
32:55or Mexico
32:56could have gone quit
32:57perhaps more in normal time
32:58and didn't
32:59and in the end
32:59the lottery is won
33:00by Surikov and Bulgaria
33:01and Penev the coach
33:03he now becomes
33:04the first Bulgarian manager
33:06ever to take a team
33:07this far
33:07and Mihailov
33:09will be hailed
33:09as a hero too
33:10well
33:12dramatic scenes here
33:14in the Giants stadium
33:15in New Jersey
33:16a game that started
33:19full of expectation
33:21a game that dipped
33:23when the referee
33:24chose to apply
33:25some extraordinary cards
33:26red and yellow
33:27a game that finished up
33:29with ten players
33:29on each side
33:30but an occasion
33:32that finishes
33:32with Bulgaria smiling
33:34and Mexico
33:35thoroughly miserable
33:36the East European challenge
33:39that Romania started off
33:40is maintained
33:41by Bulgaria
33:42they will stay now
33:44in the New York area
33:45they will play here
33:47again on Sunday
33:48they will play here
33:49in the quarter final
33:50of the World Cup
33:52against the defending
33:53champions
33:54Germany
33:55well it's a rotten way
34:00to lose
34:00and there are the
34:01quarter final
34:01and you'll notice
34:02that seven of the eight
34:03are European countries
34:05quite extraordinary
34:06but there we are
34:07we've had an extraordinary
34:09game here tonight
34:10and Jimmy
34:11excuse me
34:12who did you fancy
34:12in the shootout there
34:13I'm not going to say
34:15I went for the same team
34:19that you went for
34:20they practiced the penalties
34:21for half an hour yesterday
34:22what must have they been like
34:23before they did the practice
34:24no but it gets your nerve endings going
34:29you know how difficult it is then
34:31I think
34:31to do it
34:32strange business
34:33taking penalties
34:34it was a strange game
34:35wasn't it
34:35we won't forget those
34:36sendings off
34:37have you ever taken a penalty
34:38I've missed a couple
34:39in proper football
34:41in proper football
34:41have you really
34:42in proper football
34:44in the European Cup final
34:46in Rome
34:46I certainly wasn't going to take one
34:48I was one of the players
34:49that wasn't going to take
34:50because you're nervous
34:51it doesn't matter how experienced you are
34:53you're out there in the middle
34:54you're willing your teammates
34:55to do well
34:56but when it comes
34:57your turn to take one
34:58it's like
34:58I don't want to know
35:00whereas some of the younger players
35:02can just get up and hit them
35:03yes
35:03no fear
35:04no fear
35:04what about those sendings off though
35:06well that's
35:08we're sort of
35:09I don't know
35:10what we're doing now
35:10we're trying to forget it
35:12in a way
35:12because it was something that
35:13a blemish on
35:15what was
35:16a marvellous game of football
35:18in the first half
35:19full of good technique
35:20worth looking at
35:21from kids
35:22of how to play the game
35:23and this sadness
35:24there's
35:24tremendously out here
35:25I mean
35:26well it's despair isn't it
35:28ruined his
35:28footballing life
35:30in a sort of way
35:31yeah
35:31innocent victim
35:33Luis Garcia
35:34was the other one
35:35for Mexico
35:35now he had been booked
35:36before and it was a second
35:37yellow card
35:38but it looked inoffensive
35:39a nothing offence
35:40yeah
35:40so
35:42not a malicious tackle
35:43in the game really
35:44you know
35:45there was so many bookings
35:46and two red cards
35:47yeah
35:48the referee made a mockery
35:49of this
35:50terrible
35:50there we are
35:51there we are
35:51he had a bad night
35:52we had quite a good night
35:53because the game wasn't
35:54too bad early on
35:54and then the penalties
35:55are always well
35:56they are what they are
35:57thank you very much
35:58for the chance to win a fiver
35:59it was a high quality game
36:01it was a tenor in actual fact
36:02we'll see you again
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