răducioiu also scored a penalty kick against belgium in the qualifiers for the 1994 world cup. in the last group game of qualifying, he scored another goal against wales finishing a nice team effort after a pass from ilie dumitrescu. this late goal, coming in the 83rd minute, sent romania to the top of its group from the potential third place in the case that the game had ended 1–0, and subsequently to the 1994 world cup.