After watching The English Patient it must be my sub conscious counter emotion, that took my memory to one of the most ridiculously comical episodes at a World Cup. And it is Sunday, after all.
Bulgaria-Mexico, 1994, Chicago. The goalpost collapsed and there is surreal World Cup memory of men dismantling the remnants of it, and then running on with a replacement. All this during the match while the players stood around.
It really happened, but there is very little video evidence of it out there. It was the same match where the referee sent off a player from one team, for a reason unknown to anybody there (even the American supporters), but then quickly evened things out by sending off a player from the other team for an equally ridiculous reason.
Bulgaria had the last laugh as they went on to beat Germany in the quarter final and were terribly unlucky to lose to Italy in the semi final. Yes, imagine that. In 1994 Bulgaria were in the World Cup semi finals. Last year they drew with Malta in yet another disappointing qualifying campaign, this time for the European Championships.
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