Date: 24-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: BORDEAUX
Running time: 116 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 24 June 1998, 16:00
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance: 31,800
Meteo: Partly cloudy, 24 °C
SOUTH AFRICA
Hans Vonk
Pierre Issa
Willem Jackson
David Nyathi
Mark Fish
Lucas Radebe (c)
Quinton Fortune
Helman Mkhalele
John Moshoeu
Shaun Bartlett
Benni McCarthy
Coach: Philippe Troussier (RSA)
38′ Quinton Fortune
65′ Lucas Radebe
46′ ↓Benni McCarthy ↑Jerry Sikhosana
46′ ↓Willem Jackson ↑Delron Buckley
66′ ↓Quinton Fortune ↑Theophilis Khumalo
SAUDI ARABIA
Mohammad Al-Deayea
Mohammed Al-Jahani
Hussein Sulaimani
Yousuf Al-Thunayan (c)
Khamis Al-Dosari
Nawaf Al-Temyat
Fuad Anwar
Hamzah Saleh
Abdullah Zubromawi
Sami Al-Jaber
Fahad Al-Mehallel
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira (KSA)
31′ Khamis Al-Dosari
64′ ↓Fahad Al-Mehallel ↑Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
81′ ↓Yousuf Al-Thunayan ↑Ibrahim Al-Harbi
Referee: Márcio Sánchez Yanten (CHI)
Goals:
18′ Shaun Bartlett RSA
45′ Sami Al-Jaber (p) KSA
74′ Yousuf Al-Thunayan (p) KSA
90′ Shaun Bartlett (p) RSA
Match overview
Three penalties lit up an open, must-win clash. Bartlett’s early strike was cancelled by Al-Jaber’s spot-kick before veteran Al-Thunayan edged Saudi ahead. In a frantic finale Bartlett converted a last-gasp penalty to earn Bafana Bafana a share of the points, though both teams bowed out.
Trivia
With two goals Shaun Bartlett became South Africa’s all-time World-Cup top scorer; each of the match’s penalties was awarded for hand-ball.
