Football: World Cup: Romania v Colombia

GROUP G: STADE GERLAND, LYONS. KICK-OFF: 16.30 BST

TEAM NEWS

COLOMBIA: The old guard, Carlos Valderrama, Faustino Asprilla and Fredy Rincon, are all expected to play.

ROMANIA: Liviu Cibotariu is likely to win only his fifth cap in defence. Iulian Filipescu will replace left wing-back Tibor Selymes, who has an ankle injury.

Previous meeting: 18 Jun 1994 (Los Angeles, World Cup finals): Colombia 1 Romania 3.

ROMANIA

1 Dumitru Stingaciu Kocaelispor

2 Dan Petrescu Chelsea

3 Christian Dulca Rapid Bucharest

4 Anton Dobos AEK Athens

5 Constantin Galca Espanyol

6 Gheorghe Popescu Galatasaray

7 Marius Lacatus Steaua Bucharest

8 Dorinel Munteanu Cologne

9 Viorel Moldovan Coventry City

10 Gheorghe Hagi Galatasaray

11 Adrian Ilie Valencia

12 Bogdan Stelea Salamanca

13 Liviu Ciobotariu National Bucharest

14 Radu Niculescu National Bucharest

15 Lucian Marinescu Rapid Bucharest

16 Gabriel Popescu Salamanca

17 Ilie Dumitrescu Atlante

18 Iulian Filipescu Galatasaray

19 Ovidiu Stanga PSV Eindhoven

20 Tibor Selymes Anderlecht

21 Gheorghe Craioveanu Real Sociedad

22 Florian Prunea Univ Craiova

Coach: Anghel Iordanescu

COLOMBIA

1 Oscar Cordoba Boca Juniors

2 Ivan Cordoba San Lorenzo

3 Ever Palacios Atletico Nacional

4 Jose Santa Atletico Nacional

5 Jorge Bermudez Boca Juniors

6 Maurizio Serna Boca Juniors

7 Anthony De Avila Barcelona (Ec)

8 Harold Lozano Valladolid

9 Adolfo Valencia Independiente (Col)

10 Carlos Valderrama Miami Fusion

11 Faustino Asprilla Parma

12 Miguel Calero Atletico Nacional

13 Wilmer Cabrera Millonarios

14 Jorge Bolano Junior Barranquilla

15 Victor Aristizabal Sao Paulo

16 Antonio Moreno Deportes Tolima

17 Andres Estrada Atletico Nacional

18 John Perez Deportivo Cali

19 Freddy Rincon Corinthians

20 Hamilton Ricard Middlesbrough

21 Leider Preciado Santa Fe Bogota

22 Farid Mondragon Independiente (Arg)

Coach: Hernan Dario Gomez