Mexico vs Bulgaria- Full Penalty Shootout - FIFA World Cup 1994_2
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00:00And it looks as though Aspe will be the man charged with the responsibility of giving Mexico the lead.
00:11He's already scored once from the spot today in the 90 minutes.
00:14He's scored then with a left footer.
00:16And it looks as though he's going to favour the left foot again.
00:20Now we have to start counting.
00:22Mexico's first penalty.
00:30It's Alberto Garcia Aspe.
00:36Oh, he's blown it!
00:40Well, he scored so easily during the game.
00:43And he's ballooned the first penalty in the shootout way into the crowd.
00:48And what a miss by Aspe.
00:51That's nowhere near.
00:56A horrid moment for him.
01:00He seems so casual.
01:04So, the first miss of the World Cup is by the Mexican Aspe.
01:09Bulgaria now have to keep their cool.
01:12If they convert to their five, they will be through.
01:16The first to take one is Balakhov.
01:21Oh, what a save by Kampos!
01:23Terrific stop!
01:26He really is a fascinating character, this goalkeeper.
01:30Balakhov is close to tears.
01:32The keeper might have moved forward, but what a save!
01:36Terrific acrobatics from Kampos.
01:42What a fabulous response from the Mexican, having seen his colleague miss.
01:48Two taken, two missed.
01:51And already, Kampos becomes a hero with his fans.
01:57So, having lost the initiative straight away,
02:00Mexico now have a chance to retrieve the situation through Bernal.
02:07Oh, he's missed as well!
02:09Mikhailov makes the stop.
02:11Well, this is incredible.
02:13Before this match, and even during this match,
02:18every single spot kick had been converted.
02:21We've had three in a row here, and not one of them has been converted.
02:28Well, when Mexico went out to Germany in a penalty shootout eight years ago,
02:33they converted only one of the four that they took.
02:37They've obviously not been practising since.
02:42Again, the initiative is handed back to Bulgaria.
02:47Is this one going in? It is!
02:52Genchev scores, nothing Kampos could do about that one,
02:56and Bulgaria have the lead, 1-0.
03:03Hit it straight, but it was straight over the top of the keeper.
03:18So, Bulgaria in front as Rodriguez steps forward.
03:21Can he be the first Mexican to score?
03:24He's not! Mikhailov saves another one!
03:28Oh, what a disastrous score this is so far for the Mexicans.
03:33And history really is repeating itself here.
03:38He hit it straight at the keeper as he dived to his right,
03:43and it's all going wrong for the Mexicans from the penalty spot.
03:50They lost in a shootout to the Germans eight years ago in their own country,
03:54and they're in danger of going out again now.
03:58Bulgaria can go two up through Borimirov.
04:04He scores!
04:06Borimirov's foul has almost certainly clinched Bulgaria's place.
04:13It's 2-0, Kampos got so close.
04:20And Mexico still haven't scored one.
04:27Well, there's no question about it, this one has to go in,
04:30otherwise Mexico are out.
04:32Kampos.
04:39Come on, Suarez, he says.
04:41Claudio Suarez simply has to score,
04:44or Mexico are going back south of the border.
04:49Mikhailov has saved two.
04:53The other was missed.
04:56Suarez has to beat him to keep Mexico in the World Cup.
05:01And he does!
05:02Suarez scores.
05:04Mexico are still alive, only just.
05:12Well struck.
05:13For once the goalkeeper went the wrong way,
05:15and Claudio Suarez becomes the first Mexican to find the net during the shootout.
05:24But it could only be temporary relief.
05:26Bulgaria now have the chance to go through into the last eight
05:30before meeting with Mexico, with Germany.
05:35Jordan Lechkov, he's done it!
05:40Bulgaria are in the last eight for the first time in their history.
05:45Kampos is beaten,
05:47and the Mexicans can look on only as the Bulgarians celebrate.
05:56It's an awful way for Mexico,
05:58that little fellow Kampos,
06:01to go out.
06:02Kampos, who made a superb save
06:05from the first Bulgarian penalty,
06:09is beaten by Lechkov,
06:11and that's enough to send Bulgaria into a meeting
06:15with Germany, the champions here in New York.
06:19He took it so coolly.
06:23And Kampos cannot believe it.
06:25He's still with his head buried in the turf.
06:29But Lechkov clinches Bulgaria's place in the quarterfinals
06:33for the first time in their history.
06:36Stoichkov consoles Kampos.
06:40But Bulgaria have had an early lead in this game
06:43through Stoichkov,
06:45and were then hauled back from a penalty then by Garcia Aspi,
06:49and finally clinched their place,
06:52and will go through into the last eight.
06:57And what a hero the captain Mihailov was as well,
07:01saving two penalties.
07:03There was another miss as well from Aspi,
07:06and with only one Mexican scoring from the spot,
07:10they are out of the World Cup.
07:12Bulgaria are very much in it.