Date: 23-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: NANTES
Running time: 111 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Salas,Zamorano, Mboma,Omam-Byik
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 23 June 1998, 16:00
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 39,000
Meteo: Partly cloudy, 22 °C
CHILE
Nelson Tapia
Ronald Fuentes
Pedro Reyes
Francisco Rojas
Moises Villarroel
Javier Margas
Clarence Acuna
Nelson Parraguez
Jose Luis Sierra
Marcelo Salas
Ivan Zamorano (c)
Coach: Nelson Acosta (CHI)
51′ Nelson Parraguez
55′ Francisco Rojas
66′ Moises Villarroel
90′ Miguel Maurico Ramirez
70′ ↓Moises Villarroel ↑Fernando Cornejo
70′ ↓Jose Luis Sierra ↑Fabian Raphael Estay
77′ ↓Francisco Rojas ↑Miguel Maurico Ramirez
CAMEROON
Jacques Songo’o
Michel Pensee Bilong
Pierre Njanka
Rigobert Song
Pierre Womé
Salomon Olembe
Marcel Mahouve
Joseph N’Do
Joseph-Desire Job
Patrick Mboma
Francois Omam-Biyik (c)
Coach: Claude Le Roy (CMR)
8′ Rigobert Song
51′ Rigobert Song
88′ Lauren
68′ ↓Salomon Olembe ↑Didier Angibeaud
72′ ↓Joseph-Desire Job ↑Alphonse Tchami
82′ ↓Joseph N’Do ↑Lauren
Referee: Laszlo Vagner (HUN)
Goals:
21′ Jose Luis Sierra CHI
56′ Patrick Mboma CMR
Match overview
Chile dominated early passages and deservedly led through Sierra’s well-placed header, yet Cameroon responded with Mboma’s close-range finish. Two red cards for the Indomitable Lions forced them to hang on for a point; Chile’s profligacy in front of goal ultimately cost them a first-round victory.
Trivia
Cameroon became the first team to collect two red cards in a single match at France ’98. Lauren’s dismissal was particularly infamous, coming just six minutes after his introduction and ensuring Chile advanced despite drawing all three group fixtures.
