Date: 10-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: MONTPELLIER
Running time: 97 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : italian/english/spanish
My rating: ****
Notes: Naybet,Hadji, Solskjaer,Rekdal,Flo
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 10 June 1998, 21:00
Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Attendance: 29,750
Meteo: Clear, warm, 24 °C
MOROCCO
Driss Benzekri
Abdelkarim El Hadrioui
Nourredine Naybet (c)
Youssef Rossi
Abdelilah Saber
Tahar El Khalej
Said Chiba
Youssef Chippo
Mustapha Hadji
Salaheddine Bassir
Abdeljelil Hadda
Coach: Henri Michel (FRA)
79′ Said Chiba
78′ ↓Youssef Chippo ↑Gharib Amzine
86′ ↓Abdeljelil Hadda ↑Ali El Khattabi
90′ ↓Tahar El Khalej ↑Rachid Azzouzi
NORWAY
Frode Grodås (c)
Henning Berg
Stig Inge Bjørnebye
Dan Eggen
Ronny Johnsen
Håvard Flo
Øyvind Leonhardsen
Erik Mykland
Kjetil Rekdal
Tore André Flo
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Coach: Egil Olsen (NOR)
46′ ↓Ole Gunnar Solskjær ↑Vidar Riseth
72′ ↓Håvard Flo ↑Ståle Solbakken
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (THA)
Goals:
38′ Mustapha Hadji MAR
45′ Youssef Chippo (own goal) NOR
59′ Abdeljelil Hadda MAR
61′ Dan Eggen NOR
Match overview
A lively Group A contest produced four goals in 23 minutes across the interval. Hadji’s sparkling solo run gave Morocco the lead, but Chippo’s own goal levelled seconds before half-time. Hadda restored Moroccan hopes, yet Eggen’s header earned Norway a deserved point in a match of contrasting styles.
Trivia
Both own goals on day one of the tournament came in this stadium: Boyd for Scotland earlier and Chippo here, making Montpellier’s opening night the only World-Cup venue to witness two own goals in the same day.
