Date: 22-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: TOULOUSE
Running time: 108 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english/rumanian
My rating: ***
Notes: Petrescu,Hagi,Ilie,Moldovan Ince,Shearer,Sheringham,Scholes
MATCH SUMMARY
Monday, 22 June 1998, 21:00
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Attendance: 36,500
Meteo: Clear, mild, 22 °C
ROMANIA
Bogdan Stelea
Liviu Ciobotariu
Iulian Filipescu
Dan Petrescu
Gheorghe Popescu
Constantin Gâlcă
Gheorghe Hagi (c)
Dorinel Munteanu
Gabriel Popescu
Adrian Ilie
Viorel Moldovan
Coach: Anghel Iordănescu (ROU)
4′ Gheorghe Hagi
45′ Gheorghe Popescu
79′ Liviu Ciobotariu
88′ Iulian Filipescu
72′ ↓Gheorghe Hagi ↑Ovidiu Stîngă
84′ ↓Ovidiu Stîngă ↑Lucian Marinescu
86′ ↓Viorel Moldovan ↑Marius Lăcătuș
ENGLAND
David Seaman
Tony Adams
Sol Campbell
Graeme Le Saux
Gary Neville
Darren Anderton
David Batty
Paul Ince
Paul Scholes
Alan Shearer (c)
Teddy Sheringham
Coach: Glenn Hoddle (ENG)
32′ ↓Paul Ince ↑David Beckham
72′ ↓Teddy Sheringham ↑Michael Owen
Referee: Marc Batta (FRA)
Goals:
47′ Viorel Moldovan ROU
81′ Michael Owen ENG
90′ Dan Petrescu ROU
Match overview
Romania struck early in each half, Moldovan prodding past Seaman before Petrescu’s late burst restored the lead after Owen’s leveller. England’s reshaped midfield failed to match Hagi’s guile, leaving the Three Lions needing victory over Colombia to progress.
Trivia
Michael Owen, 18, became England’s youngest World-Cup scorer. Petrescu’s winner-against his Chelsea team-mate Seaman-was celebrated with a mock golf swing, referencing shared training-ground banter between the pair.
