Date: 23-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: SAINT-ETIENNE
Running time: 92 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Naybet,Bassir,Hadji, Leighton,Lambert,Collins
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 23 June 1998, 21:00
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 35,500
Meteo: Mild, 19 °C
MOROCCO
Driss Benzekri
Lahcen Abrami
Nourredine Naybet (c)
Abdelilah Saber
Smahi Ismael Triki
Tahar El Khalej
Gharib Amzine
Youssef Chippo
Mustapha Hadji
Salahedine Bassir
Abdeljelil Hadda
Coach: Henri Michel (MAR)
81′ Youssef Chippo
72′ ↓Abdelilah Saber ↑Youssef Rossi
77′ ↓Gharib Amzine ↑Rachid Azzouzi
87′ ↓Youssef Chippo ↑Jamal Sellami
SCOTLAND
Jim Leighton
Tommy Boyd
Christian Dailly
Colin Hendry (c)
Jackie McNamara
David Weir
Craig Burley
John Collins
Paul Lambert
Gordon Durie
Kevin Gallacher
Coach: Craig Brown (SCO)
21′ Kevin Gallacher
54′ Craig Burley
54′ ↓Jackie McNamara ↑Tosh McKinlay
83′ ↓Gordon Durie ↑Scott Booth
Referee: Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (UAE)
Goals:
22′ Salahedine Bassir MAR
46′ Abdeljelil Hadda MAR
85′ Salahedine Bassir MAR
Match overview
Morocco exploited Scotland’s defensive frailties, Bassir striking twice either side of Hadda’s poacher’s finish. Burley’s dismissal early in the second half ended Scottish hopes of a fight-back, while Henri Michel’s side narrowly missed qualification despite finishing with four points.
Trivia
Scotland’s 25th World Cup fixture proved their heaviest finals defeat, and Burley’s red card was only the second issued to a Scottish player in tournament history. Bassir became the first Moroccan to score a World Cup brace.
