It’s 1-1 in the 2nd half in a winner takes all match - with the victor heading to the USA for the 1994 World Cup - when Wales are awarded a penalty.
If Wales score it, we go 2-1 up and probably go on to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, our first major tournament since 1958. As it was, Bodin misses, Romania go on to win and secure qualification themselves in front of a stunned Cardiff Arms Park crowd, and a truly great Welsh team with the likes of Ian Rush, Mark Hughes, Neville Southall and Dean Saunders miss out on the big stage.
That night ended in tragedy off the pitch too, with a Welsh fan firing a distress flare across the pitch at full-time, hitting and killing fellow Welsh fan John Hill.
We wouldn’t come so close for another 28 years, when we beat Ukraine and made it to the 2022 World Cup, our first appearance in 64 years.
In Wales, it’s Paul Bodin vs Romania.
It’s 1-1 in the 2nd half in a winner takes all match - with the victor heading to the USA for the 1994 World Cup - when Wales are awarded a penalty.
If Wales score it, we go 2-1 up and probably go on to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, our first major tournament since 1958. As it was, Bodin misses, Romania go on to win and secure qualification themselves in front of a stunned Cardiff Arms Park crowd, and a truly great Welsh team with the likes of Ian Rush, Mark Hughes, Neville Southall and Dean Saunders miss out on the big stage.
That night ended in tragedy off the pitch too, with a Welsh fan firing a distress flare across the pitch at full-time, hitting and killing fellow Welsh fan John Hill.
We wouldn’t come so close for another 28 years, when we beat Ukraine and made it to the 2022 World Cup, our first appearance in 64 years.