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WORLD CUP 1994 REVISITED | Irish shock Italy, taking over Giant Stadium, Baggio's Miss, Brazil

This week on World Cup Revisited, John Duggan, Dan McDonnell and Johnny Ward look back at the 199...



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WORLD CUP 1994 REVISITED | Irish shock Italy, taking over Giant Stadium, Baggio's Miss, Brazil

This week on World Cup Revisited, John Duggan, Dan McDonnell and Johnny Ward look back at the 1994 tournament in the US, as Ireland shocked Italy before falling short in the Round of 16.

It was the country's final major tournament under Jack Charlton and the Irish squad featured a fresh dash of youth with Roy Keane (22), Phil Babb (23), Jason McAteer (22) - and Gary Kelly (19) all making the trip.

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Ireland advanced from the group stages after a win, a draw and a loss - including the mythical 1-0 victory against Italy at Giant Stadium (getting partial-revenge after the Italians ended Ireland's 1990 World Cup odyssey).

In April, for our Classic Game Club on that encounter, we were lucky enough to get the thoughts of Dundalk manager Vinny Perth and former Ireland international David Meyler, alongside Nathan Murphy.

Ultimately, Ireland were undone by a dynamic Dutch side, with Dennis Bergkamp and Wim Jonk doing the damage as Ireland lost 2-0.

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Elsewhere, it seems that we end up talking about Maradona every week - a drug scandal meant he was sent home from the tournament after two matches.

The semi-final stage offered the novel pairings of Sweden vs Brazil and Bulgaria vs Italy - with the traditional powers winning-out to set up a Brazil vs Italy final.

They met in at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and went all the way to penalties, with Brazil winning 3-2 as one of the stars of the tournament, Roberto Baggio missed the decisive kick.

Ahead of our chat, we asked for your 1994 memories:

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