Date: 20-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: NANTES
Running time: 100 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 30fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : japanese/italian/english
My rating: **
Notes: Asanovic,Suker,Prosinecki, Nakata,Jo
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 20 June 1998
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 39,000
Meteo: Clear, 19 °C
CROATIA
Dražen Ladić
Slaven Bilic
Dario Simić
Igor Stimac
Aljoša Asanović
Robert Jarni
Krunoslav Jurčić
Robert Prosinecki
Zvonimir Soldo
Mario Stanić
Davor Suker
Coach: Miroslav Blažević (CRO)
46′ ↓Igor Stimac ↑Goran Vlaović
67′ ↓Robert Prosinecki ↑Silvio Marić
88′ ↓Mario Stanić ↑Igor Tudor
JAPAN
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Yutaka Akita
Masami Ihara (c)
Eisuke Nakanishi
Akira Narahashi
Naoki Soma
Hidetoshi Nakata
Hiroshi Nanami
Motohiro Yamaguchi
Shoji Jo
Mashshi Nakayama
Coach: Takeshi Okada (JPN)
61′ ↓Mashshi Nakayama ↑Masayuki Okano
79′ ↓Akira Narahashi ↑Hiroaki Morishima
84′ ↓Hiroshi Nanami ↑Wagner Lopes
Referee: Ramish Ramdhan (TRI)
Goals:
78′ Davor Suker CRO
Match overview
Croatia secured a narrow 1-0 win over Japan courtesy of Davor Suker’s 78th-minute strike. Both sides had chances, but Suker’s clinical finish proved decisive for the Balkan side.
Trivia
This match marked Croatia’s first-ever World Cup victory, with Suker finishing as their leading scorer.
