Date: 11-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: TOULOUSE
Running time: 100 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fpa (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: **
Notes: Omam-Biyik,Song,Mboma, Herzog,Polster
MATCH SUMMARY
Thursday, 11 June 1998, 21:00
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Attendance: 33,460
Meteo: Partly cloudy, warm, 23 °C
CAMEROON
Jacques Songo’o
Raymond Kalla
Pierre Njanka
Rigobert Song
Pierre Womé
Didier Angibeaud
Joseph N’Do
Augustine Simo
Samuel Ipoua
Patrick Mboma
François Omam-Biyik (c)
Coach: Claude Le Roy (CMR)
30′ Samuel Ipoua
65′ ↓Augustine Simo ↑Salomon Olembe
65′ ↓Samuel Ipoua ↑Joseph-Désiré Job
83′ ↓François Omam-Biyik ↑Alphonse Tchami
AUSTRIA
Michael Konsel
Wolfgang Feiersinger
Anton Pfeffer
Peter Schöttel
Harald Cerny
Andreas Herzog
Dietmar Kühbauer
Roman Mählich
Heimo Pfeifenberger
Arnold Wetl
Toni Polster (c)
Coach: Herbert Prohaska (AUT)
28′ Anton Pfeffer
82′ ↓Heimo Pfeifenberger ↑Peter Stöger
82′ ↓Andreas Herzog ↑Ivica Vastić
82′ ↓Harald Cerny ↑Mario Haas
Referee: Ebal González Chávez (MEX)
Goals:
77′ Pierre Njanka CMR
90′ Toni Polster AUT
Match overview
Cameroon appeared on course for a rare World-Cup victory when defender Pierre Njanka burst forward to score a late opener. Austria, however, conjured their traditional resilience and levelled in stoppage time through veteran Polster, extending the Indomitable Lions’ wait for a finals win.
Trivia
Njanka’s goal was Cameroon’s first at a World Cup since 1994. Austria repeated a familiar pattern-every one of their 1998 group games finished 1-1, with the equaliser scored in the 90th minute or later. • Minute not listed in official report.
