Marcelino Bernal

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Marcelino Bernal (born 27 May 1962 in Tepic) is a retired Mexican football midfielder.

He got 65 caps and 5 goals for the Mexican national team between 1988 and 1998, and he participated at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998. At the 1994 World Cup he scored a fantastic goal in the game against Italy, but he was best known for the Mexico-Bulgaria second-round game in which he cleared a shot from Krassimir Balakov, but in doing so, he fell on the net and snapped the post, causing the goal to cave in. After a five-minute delay, a new net was brought in and play resumed. Mexico would eventually lose in a penalty shootout, in which Bulgaria goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov saved Bernal's attempt.

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1983-1987: Cruz Azul
1987-1991: CF Puebla
1991-1997: Club Toluca
1997-1999: Club de Fútbol Monterrey
1999-2001: CF Pachuca
2001-2002: UNAM Pumas

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Career history at National Football Teams

	Mexico squad - 1994 World Cup
1 Campos \| 2 Suárez \| 3 Ramírez Perales \| 4 Ambríz \| 5 Ramírez \| 6 Bernal \| 7 Hermosillo \| 8 García Aspe \| 9 Sánchez \| 10 García \| 11 Zague \| 12 Fernández \| 13 J. Chávez \| 14 Del Olmo \| 15 Espinoza \| 16 Valdéz \| 17 Galindo \| 18 Salgado \| 19 Salvador \| 20 Rodríguez \| 21 Gutiérrez \| 22 A. Chávez \| Coach: Mejía Barón

	Mexico squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Campos \| 2 Suárez \| 3 J. Sánchez \| 4 Villa \| 5 Davino \| 6 Bernal \| 7 Ramírez \| 8 García Aspe \| 9 Peláez \| 10 García \| 11 Blanco \| 12 O. Sánchez \| 13 Pardo \| 14 Lara \| 15 Hernández \| 16 Terrazas \| 17 Palencia \| 18 Carmona \| 19 Luna \| 20 Ordiales \| 21 Arellano \| 22 Pérez \| Coach: Lapuente