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1990 FIFA World Cup Group B#Argentina vs Cameroon

{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

Play in Group B of the 1990 FIFA World Cup completed on 18 June 1990. Cameroon won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Romania and World Cup holders Argentina. The Soviet Union failed to advance.

Standings

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

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|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers

|update=complete

|winpoints=2

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150407140015/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/groups/index.html FIFA]

|team1=CMR |team2=ROU |team3=ARG |team4=URS

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO

|win_CMR=2 |draw_CMR=0 |loss_CMR=1 |gf_CMR=3 |ga_CMR=5

|win_ROU=1 |draw_ROU=1 |loss_ROU=1 |gf_ROU=4 |ga_ROU=3

|win_ARG=1 |draw_ARG=1 |loss_ARG=1 |gf_ARG=3 |ga_ARG=2

|win_URS=1 |draw_URS=0 |loss_URS=2 |gf_URS=4 |ga_URS=4

|name_ROU={{fb|ROU}}

|name_URS={{fb|URS|1955}}

|name_CMR={{fb|CMR}}

|name_ARG={{fb|ARG|1861}}

|res_col_header=Q

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to knockout stage

}}

Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

=Argentina vs Cameroon=

{{football box

|date=8 June 1990

|time=18:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/26 Report]

|team2={{fb|CMR}}

|goals2=Omam-Biyik {{goal|67}}

|stadium=San Siro, Milan

|attendance=73,780

|referee=Michel Vautrot (France)}}

width=92%
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| leftarm = 008000

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| rightarm = 008000

| shorts = FF0000

| socks = FFD020

| title = Cameroon

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

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width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Nery Pumpido
SW20Juan Simón
DF11Néstor Fabbri
DF19Oscar Ruggeri{{suboff|46}}
DF13Néstor Lorenzo
DF17Roberto Néstor Sensini{{yel|27}}{{suboff|69}}
MF4José Basualdo
MF2Sergio Batista
MF7Jorge Burruchaga
FW3Abel Balbo
FW10Diego Maradona (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF6Gabriel Calderón{{subon|69}}
FW8Claudio Caniggia{{subon|46}}
GK12Sergio Goycochea
MF16Julio Olarticoechea
DF18José Serrizuela
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Carlos Bilardo

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK16Thomas N'Kono
SW17Victor N'Dip{{yel|23}}
DF14Stephen Tataw (c)
DF6Emmanuel Kundé
DF4Benjamin Massing{{sent off|1|9|88}}
DF5Bertin Ebwellé
MF8Emile M'Bouh{{yel|54}}
MF2André Kana-Biyik{{sent off|0|61}}
MF10Louis-Paul M'Fédé{{suboff|66}}
FW7François Omam-Biyik
FW20Cyrille Makanaky{{suboff|81}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW9Roger Milla{{subon|81}}
MF13Jean-Claude Pagal
DF15Thomas Libiih{{subon|66}}
MF21Emmanuel Maboang
GK22Jacques Songo'o
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|URS|1955}} Valery Nepomnyashchy

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Vincent Mauro (United States)


Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

=Soviet Union vs Romania=

{{football box

|date=9 June 1990

|time=17:00

|team1={{fb-rt|URS|1955}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/342 Report]

|team2={{fb|ROU}}

|goals2=Lăcătuș {{goal|41||55|pen.}}

|stadium=Stadio San Nicola, Bari

|attendance=42,907

|referee=Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)}}

width=92%
{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _ussr1990_away

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| pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_red

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| rightarm = FFFFFF

| shorts = FFFFFF

| socks = FFFFFF

| title = Soviet Union

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| pattern_ra = _romania1990_away

| pattern_sh = _adidas_yellow

| pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_blue

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| rightarm = FF0000

| shorts = FF0000

| socks = FF0000

| title = Romania

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width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Rinat Dasayev (c)
DF4Oleh Kuznetsov
DF3Vagiz Khidiyatullin{{yel|11}}
DF20Sergei Gorlukovich
MF7Sergei Aleinikov
MF8Hennadiy Lytovchenko{{suboff|66}}
MF9Oleksandr Zavarov
MF2Volodymyr Bezsonov
MF6Vasyl Rats
FW10Oleh Protasov
FW11Igor Dobrovolski{{suboff|71}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW12Aleksandr Borodyuk{{subon|71}}
MF15Ivan Yaremchuk{{subon|66}}
MF17Andrei Zygmantovich
MF18Igor Shalimov
GK22Aleksandr Uvarov
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Valeriy Lobanovskyi

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Silviu Lung (c)
DF2Mircea Rednic
DF4Ioan Andone
DF6Gheorghe Popescu
DF3Michael Klein
MF8Ioan Sabău
MF5Iosif Rotariu
MF21Ioan Lupescu
MF16Daniel Timofte
FW7Marius Lăcătuș{{yel|44}}{{suboff|87}}
FW14Florin Răducioiu{{suboff|80}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF11Dănuț Lupu
GK12Bogdan Stelea
FW17Ilie Dumitrescu{{subon|87}}
FW18Gavril Balint{{subon|80}}
DF19Emil Săndoi
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Emerich Jenei

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)


Hernán Silva (Chile)

=Argentina vs Soviet Union=

{{football box

|date=13 June 1990

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/30 Report]

|team2={{fb|URS|1955}}

|goals1=Troglio {{goal|27}}
Burruchaga {{goal|79}}

|stadium=Stadio San Paolo, Naples

|attendance=55,759

|referee=Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)}}

width=92%
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| pattern_ra = _argentina1992

| pattern_sh = _adidas_arg1990

| pattern_so = _argentina1992

| leftarm = FFFFFF

| body = 33CCFF

| rightarm = FFFFFF

| shorts = 000000

| socks = FFFFFF

| title = Argentina

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|{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _ussr1990_home

| pattern_ra = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes

| pattern_sh = _adidas_red

| pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_white

| leftarm = FF0000

| body = FF0000

| rightarm = FF0000

| shorts = FFFFFF

| socks = FF0000

| title = Soviet Union

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Nery Pumpido{{suboff|11}}
SW20Juan Simón
DF15Pedro Monzón{{yel|77}}{{suboff|79}}
DF18José Serrizuela{{yel|55}}
MF4José Basualdo
MF2Sergio Batista
MF21Pedro Troglio
MF16Julio Olarticoechea
MF7Jorge Burruchaga{{yel|73}}
FW8Claudio Caniggia{{yel|57}}
FW10Diego Maradona (c){{yel|70}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW6Gabriel Calderón
FW9Gustavo Dezotti
GK12Sergio Goycochea{{subon|11}}
DF13Néstor Lorenzo{{subon|79}}
MF14Ricardo Giusti
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Carlos Bilardo

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK22Aleksandr Uvarov
DF2Volodymyr Bezsonov{{sent off|0|48}}
DF3Vagiz Khidiyatullin
DF4Oleh Kuznetsov (c)
DF20Sergei Gorlukovich
MF7Sergei Aleinikov
MF17Andrei Zygmantovich{{yel|51}}
MF18Igor Shalimov
MF9Oleksandr Zavarov{{suboff|86}}
FW10Oleh Protasov{{suboff|75}}
FW11Igor Dobrovolski
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF5Anatoliy Demyanenko
MF8Hennadiy Lytovchenko{{subon|75}}
FW14Volodymyr Lyutyi{{subon|86}}
MF15Ivan Yaremchuk
GK16Viktor Chanov
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Valeriy Lobanovskyi

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


José Roberto Wright (Brazil)


Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

=Cameroon vs Romania=

{{football box

|date=14 June 1990

|time=17:00

|team1={{fb-rt|CMR}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/108 Report]

|team2={{fb|ROU}}

|goals1=Milla {{goal|76||86}}

|goals2=Balint {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Stadio San Nicola, Bari

|attendance=38,687

|referee=Hernán Silva (Chile)}}

width=92%
{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _cameroon1990_home

| pattern_ra = _cameroon1990_home

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| pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_green

| leftarm = 008000

| body = 008000

| rightarm = 008000

| shorts = FF0000

| socks = FFF01C

| title = Cameroon

}}

|{{Football kit

| pattern_la = _romania1990_home

| pattern_b = _romania1990_home

| pattern_ra = _romania1990_home

| pattern_sh = _adidas_yellow

| pattern_so =_color_3_stripes_blue

| leftarm = FFD700

| body = FFD700

| rightarm = FFD700

| shorts = 0000FF

| socks = FF0000

| title = Romania

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK16Thomas N'Kono{{yel|68}}
SW17Victor N'Dip
DF14Stephen Tataw (c)
DF6Emmanuel Kundé{{suboff|68}}
DF3Jules Onana{{yel|20}}
DF5Bertin Ebwellé
MF8Emile M'Bouh
MF21Emmanuel Maboang{{suboff|58}}
MF10Louis-Paul M'Fédé
FW7François Omam-Biyik
FW20Cyrille Makanaky
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW9Roger Milla{{subon|58}}
DF13Jean-Claude Pagal{{subon|68}}
DF15Thomas Libiih
FW18Bonaventure Djonkep
GK22Jacques Songo'o
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|URS|1955}} Valery Nepomnyashchy

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Silviu Lung (c)
DF2Mircea Rednic
DF4Ioan Andone
DF6Gheorghe Popescu
DF3Michael Klein{{yel|44}}
MF8Ioan Sabău
MF5Iosif Rotariu
MF10Gheorghe Hagi{{suboff|55}}
MF16Daniel Timofte
FW7Marius Lăcătuș
FW14Florin Răducioiu{{suboff|63}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
GK12Bogdan Stelea
FW17Ilie Dumitrescu{{subon|55}}
FW18Gavril Balint{{subon|63}}
DF19Emil Săndoi
MF21Ioan Lupescu
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Emerich Jenei

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)


Armando Pérez-Hoyos (Colombia)

=Argentina vs Romania=

{{football box

|date=18 June 1990

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/29 Report]

|team2={{fb|ROU}}

|goals1=Monzón {{goal|62}}

|goals2=Balint {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Stadio San Paolo, Naples

|attendance=52,733

|referee=Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)}}

width=92%
{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _argentina1992

| pattern_ra = _argentina1992

| pattern_sh = _argentina1990a

| pattern_so = _argentina1992

| leftarm = FFFFFF

| body = 33CCFF

| rightarm = FFFFFF

| shorts = FFFFFF

| socks = FFFFFF

| title = Argentina

}}

|{{Football kit

| pattern_la = _romania1990_home

| pattern_b = _romania1990_home

| pattern_ra = _romania1990_home

| pattern_sh = _adidas_yellow

| pattern_so =_color_3_stripes_blue

| leftarm = FFD700

| body = FFD700

| rightarm = FFD700

| shorts = 0000FF

| socks = FF0000

| title = Romania

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK12Sergio Goycochea
DF15Pedro Monzón
DF20Juan Simón
DF18José Serrizuela{{yel|72}}
MF4José Basualdo
MF21Pedro Troglio{{suboff|53}}
MF2Sergio Batista{{yel|86}}
MF16Julio Olarticoechea
MF7Jorge Burruchaga{{suboff|60}}
FW8Claudio Caniggia
FW10Diego Maradona (c)
colspan=3|Substitutes:
FW6Gabriel Calderón
FW9Gustavo Dezotti{{subon|60}}
DF13Néstor Lorenzo
MF14Ricardo Giusti{{subon|53}}
GK22Fabián Cancelarich
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Carlos Bilardo

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Silviu Lung (c)
DF2Mircea Rednic
DF4Ioan Andone
DF6Gheorghe Popescu
DF3Michael Klein
MF8Ioan Sabău{{suboff|82}}
MF5Iosif Rotariu
MF10Gheorghe Hagi{{yel|8}}
MF21Ioan Lupescu{{yel|32}}
FW7Marius Lăcătuș{{yel|4}}
FW18Gavril Balint{{suboff|72}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF11Dănuț Lupu{{subon|72}}
GK12Bogdan Stelea
DF13Adrian Popescu
FW14Florin Răducioiu
MF15Dorin Mateuţ{{subon|82}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Emerich Jenei

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)


Carlo Longhi (Italy)

=Cameroon vs Soviet Union=

{{football box

|date=18 June 1990

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|CMR}}

|score=0–4

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/111 Report]

|team2={{fb|URS|1955}}

|goals2=Protasov {{goal|20}}
Zygmantovich {{goal|29}}
Zavarov {{goal|52}}
Dobrovolski {{goal|63}}

|stadium=Stadio San Nicola, Bari

|attendance=37,307

|referee=José Roberto Wright (Brazil)}}

width=92%
{{Football kit

| pattern_la = _cameroon1990_away

| pattern_b = _cameroon1990_away

| pattern_ra = _cameroon1990_away

| pattern_sh = _adidas_white

| pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_white

| leftarm = FFD020

| body = FFD020

| rightarm = FFD020

| shorts = FF0000

| socks = 008000

| title = Cameroon

}}

|{{Football kit

| pattern_la = _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes

| pattern_b = _ussr1990_away

| pattern_ra = _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes

| pattern_sh = _adidas_red

| pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_red

| leftarm = FFFFFF

| body = FFFFFF

| rightarm = FFFFFF

| shorts = FFFFFF

| socks = FFFFFF

| title = Soviet Union

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK16Thomas N'Kono
SW17Victor N'Dip
DF14Stephen Tataw (c)
DF6Emmanuel Kundé{{suboff|34}}
DF3Jules Onana
DF5Bertin Ebwellé
MF8Emile M'Bouh
MF2André Kana-Biyik{{yel|61}}
MF10Louis-Paul M'Fédé
FW7François Omam-Biyik
FW20Cyrille Makanaky{{suboff|56}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW9Roger Milla{{yel|66}}{{subon|34}}
DF13Jean-Claude Pagal{{subon|56}}
FW18Bonaventure Djonkep
MF21Emmanuel Maboang
GK22Jacques Songo'o
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|URS|1955}} Valery Nepomnyashchy

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK22Aleksandr Uvarov
DF5Anatoliy Demyanenko (c)
DF3Vagiz Khidiyatullin
DF4Oleh Kuznetsov
DF20Sergei Gorlukovich
MF7Sergei Aleinikov
MF17Andrei Zygmantovich
MF18Igor Shalimov{{suboff|46}}
MF10Oleh Protasov{{yel|75}}
FW8Hennadiy Lytovchenko{{suboff|72}}
FW11Igor Dobrovolski
colspan=3|Substitutes:
DF6Vasyl Rats
MF9Oleksandr Zavarov{{subon|46}}
MF15Ivan Yaremchuk{{subon|72}}
GK16Viktor Chanov
MF21Valeri Broshin
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Valeriy Lobanovskyi

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)


Pietro d'Elia (Italy)

See also

{{1990 FIFA World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Group B}}

Group B

Category:Argentina at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

Category:Romania at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

Category:Soviet Union at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

Category:Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup