Ireland and Italy also progressed to the knockout rounds, having finished with identical records and the Irish team qualifying in second place as a result of their victory against the Italians.
All times local (EDT/UTC–4, CDT/UTC–5, PDT/UTC–7) Ray Houghton's early goal proved the only one of the match where Ireland's defense prevailed over Italy's attack.
[1][2] During the game, members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, burst into a pub in Northern Ireland with assault rifles and fired on the customers,[3] killing six civilians and wounding five.
[5][6][7] Assistant referees: Jan Dolstra (Netherlands) Park Hae-Yong (Korean Republic) Fourth official: Arturo Angeles (United States) The only goal of the game was scored by Kjetil Rekdal in the 85th minute when the referee let the game continue after a foul on Jan Åge Fjørtoft close to the Mexican penalty area.
[8] Assistant referees: Sándor Márton (Hungary) Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Fourth official: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) Assistant referees: Tapio Yli-Karro (Finland) Roy Pearson (England) Fourth official: Philip Don (England) Assistant referees: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland) Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil) Fourth official: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil) Assistant referees: Ernesto Taibi (Argentina) Eugene Brazzale (Australia) Fourth official: Hellmut Krug (Germany) Assistant referees: Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil) Park Hae-Yong (Korea Republic) Fourth official: Leslie Mottram (Scotland) General references