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SPORT
March 13, 2000
 Filipovic volleyed into the net - 6-4! |
"We expected a miracle, but not 6-4!", read a newspaper after the qualifying match for the World Cup in 1978 between Yugoslavia and Romania in Bucharest.
Indeed, so many scored goals in one match and such an uncertainty wasn't recorded even by senior football fans.
If they won, the Romanians would have gone to the World Cup in Argentina, while the Yugoslav team needed to win with two goals difference to even hope that they would be the ones to triumph at the end.
The first minute was a shock to the guest team - goalkeeper Petar Borota made a mistake and Romanians led by 1-0! However, the match started to change its course. In 17th minute, Yugoslavia led by 2-1, and at the end of the first half it was 3-2 for Romania.
The drama continued! The guest team scored two goals and took over the lead, but the hosts did not give up and evened the score to 4-4.
Nevertheless, the excitement continued. In the 78th minute, Aleksandar Trifunovic scores a goal, bringing the Yugoslav team into a 5-4 lead, and, finally, Zoran Filipovic (on picture) scores the last, sixth goal, seven minutes before the end of the match.
With this defeat the Romanian team was denied further competition, and the Yugoslavs missed their last chance for the trip to Argentina in the last qualifying match against Spain in Belgrade.
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