Date: 12-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: LENS
Running time: 100 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : spanish/italian/english
My rating: *
Notes: Jorgensen,M.Laudrup,B.Laudrup,Schmeichel
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 12 June 1998, 17:30
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 38,140
Meteo: Clear, mild, 22 °C
DENMARK
Peter Schmeichel
Søren Colding
Thomas Helveg
Jes Høgh
Marc Rieper-Jonsen
Michael Schjønberg
Martin Jørgensen
Morten Wieghorst
Michael Laudrup (c)
Brian Laudrup
Ebbe Sand
Coach: Bo Johansson (DEN)
12′ Morten Wieghorst
60′ Marc Rieper-Jonsen
72′ Allan Nielsen
65′ ↓Morten Wieghorst ↑Allan Nielsen
73′ ↓Martin Jørgensen ↑Per Frandsen
83′ ↓Brian Laudrup ↑Jan Heintze
SAUDI ARABIA
Mohammad Al-Deayea
Mohammed Al-Jahani
Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
Hussein Sulaimani
Khamis Al-Dosari
Khalid Al-Muwallid
Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
Faud Anwar (c)
Abdullah Zubromawi
Sami Al-Jaber
Saeed Al-Owairan
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira (BRA)
11′ Khalid Al-Muwallid
78′ ↓Faud Anwar ↑Hamzah Saleh
79′ ↓Saeed Al-Owairan ↑Obeid Al-Dosari
84′ ↓Sami Al-Jaber ↑Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Referee: Javier Castrilli (ARG)
Goals:
68′ Marc Rieper-Jonsen DEN
Match overview
Denmark dominated possession but needed centre-back Rieper’s close-range finish from a corner to edge a disciplined Saudi side.
Trivia
This was Denmark’s first World-Cup win since their 1986 campaign-and Parreira’s first defeat as Saudi coach.
