The opening match was played at Soldier Fields between Germany's star-studded team, with Jörgen Klingsman as their top forward, and Bolivia, whose famous striker (Roger Milla), sat and cheered on his team on the substitutes' bench.
The host nation - The United State Of America takes on Switzerland in their match with -back lineup. As many still remember. Because Alexis Lasas had a beard almost as long as the frontmen of the blues group ZZ-Top.
Sweden's first match was against Cameroon. And their biggest enemy was not one of the opponent's players. It was the heat from the sun. As both Swedish star Tomas Brolin and Cameroon's coach Henri Michel pointed out after the match.
Norway who very surprisingly played its second World Cup - at the expense of England here in 1994, had Mexico in its first match. And sadly so was it a low-scoring story.
