Date: 21-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: PARIS
Running time: 101 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Batistuta,Ortega,Zanetti,Veron,Simeone
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 21 June 1998
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 48,500
Meteo: Clear, mild, 22 °C
ARGENTINA
Carlos Roa
José Chamot
Roberto Ayala
Roberto Sensini
Matías Almeyda
Diego Simeone (c)
Juan Sebastián Verón
Javier Zanetti
Gabriel Batistuta (c)
Claudio López
Ariel Ortega
Coach: Daniel Passarella (ARG)
38′ José Chamot
26′ ↓Roberto Sensini ↑Nelson Vivas
74′ ↓Claudio López ↑Marcelo Gallardo
79′ ↓Diego Simeone ↑Mauricio Pineda
JAMAICA
Warren Barrett
Christopher Dawes
Ian Goodison
Stephen Malcolm
Frank Sinclair
Ricardo Gardner
Darryl Powell
Fitzroy Simpson
Theo Whitmore
Paul Hall
Deon Burton
Coach: René Simões (JAM)
54′ Peter Cargill
45′ Darryl Powell
45′ Darryl Powell
46′ ↓Deon Burton ↑Peter Cargill
61′ ↓Stephen Malcolm ↑Walter Boyd
72′ ↓Theo Whitmore ↑Robbie Earle
Referee: Rune Pedersen (NOR)
Goals:
31′ Ariel Ortega ARG
55′ Ariel Ortega ARG
72′ Gabriel Batistuta ARG
80′ Gabriel Batistuta ARG
83′ Gabriel Batistuta (p) ARG
Match overview
Argentina’s fluid attacking triangles overwhelmed Jamaica. Ortega’s brace-one header, one left-foot finish-opened the floodgates; Batistuta then plundered a ruthless seventeen-minute hat-trick, sealing an emphatic win that confirmed the Albiceleste’s passage to the knock-out phase with a game to spare.
Trivia
Batistuta’s treble made him the first man to record hat-tricks at two different World Cups, having done likewise against Greece four years earlier. Jamaica became the first Caribbean side to concede five in a finals match since Haiti in 1974.
