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A tall, left-footed forward, Arriaga was something of a veteran by the time of the Portugal match. Able to play out wide or up front, he was a popular figure at his hometown club Chivas, and earned the attention of Spanish club Real Valladolid in the late 1980s. After a decent couple of seasons, there he moved to Valencia, but couldn’t replicate his form. After a few loan spells – in the latter of which he was a bystander in the VA-OM affair, he spent a couple more years in Ligue 1 with Montpelier before returning to Chivas. He ended his career in the US, and having had a loan spell in San Diego earlier in his career, became one of only three players to play in both the NASL and the MLS, along with his compatriot Hugo Sanchez and Roy Wegerle.

A regular in the Mexican national team, he made a couple of substitute appearances at USA ’94, but ended his national career after being cut from the final squad for the 1998 World Cup.

Known as Arriaga II to differentiate him from Hector (no relation), Sebastian Arriaga was, at the time, a promising defender, able to play at right-back or in the centre. He was one of Mexico’s better players at the 1998 World Cup, and subsequently joined Monaco, winning a Ligue 1 title in 2000. After five years in the principality, he earned a move to Barcelona, but had the misfortune to join the club while they were in turmoil, and by the time they won the Champions League in 2006, he was on loan to Marseille. He then went back to Monaco, before, with a neat symmetry, rejoining his first club, Monterrey.

A classic number 9, Barriaga made his name at Porto in the early 1990s, before teaming up with Gazza at Lazio. After a couple of respectable seasons in Rome, he fell out of favour, returning to Portugal for four years at Sporting. When his contract expired, he was on the verge of completing Portugal’s Big Three, but perhaps wisely decided against it, returning to Italy instead. His spell at Udinese was not a success, and he joined Middlesbrough on loan for the second half of the season, where he became a cult figure, mostly coming off the bench.

Usually in the pecking order behind the likes of Domingos and Joao Pinto, Barriaga did not earn as many caps as may be expected. His poor form at Lazio caused him to miss out on Portugal’s only tournament of his international career, Euro 96.

In the late 1990s, Aruglia was the big star of Mexican football, famed for his flair and trickery, particularly a move which involved him trapping an incoming pass between his knees. After the 1998 World Cup, he joined Real Madrid, where he was christened “the new Hugo Sanchez”, but failed to live up to that. A number of loans followed, the last of which, with Benfica, was turned into a permanent move. He was to fall out of favour in Lisbon, though, and ended the season helping Sam Allardyce’s Bolton avoid relegation. There was talk of him staying in the Premier League, but he chose instead to give Spain another try, with three solid years at Celta Vigo. Spells in MLS and back in Mexico followed before he ended his career in 2013

Brazil-born defensive midfielder Pizzoza joined Benfica in the late 1980s, and was a vital part of the team that reached two European Cup finals, He joined Torino in 1991, where he reached – and lost – another final, this time the UEFA Cup, but Italian football didn’t suit him, and so he returned to the Stadium of Light. He remained at Benfica through the fallow 1990s, before ending his career in the J-League.

Consistently overlooked by Brazil, Pizzoza was naturalised by Portugal in 1991, and was a fixture at the base of their midfield throughout the decade, playing four matches Euro 96.