Date: 14-06-2002
Stage: first round
Place: DAEJEON
Running time: 100 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 60fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish
My rating: **
Notes: Olisadebe, Donovan,Reyna
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 14 June 2002, 20:30
Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon
Attendance: 26,482
Meteo: Clear, warm, 28 °C
POLAND
Radoslaw Majdan
Arkadiusz Głowacki
Marek Koźmiński
Tomasz Kłos
Maciej Murawski
Jacek Zieliński (c)
Jacek Krzynówek
Paweł Kryszałowicz
Cezary Kucharski
Emmanuel Olisadebe
Maciej Żurawski
Coach: Jerzy Engel (POL)
44′ Radoslaw Majdan
46′ Marek Koźmiński
63′ Cezary Kucharski
86′ Emmanuel Olisadebe
65′ ↓Cezary Kucharski ↑Marcin Żewłakow
86′ ↓Emmanuel Olisadebe ↑Pawel Sibik
89′ ↓Tomasz Kłos ↑Tomasz Wałdoch
U.S.A.
Brad Friedel
Jeff Agoos
Eddie Pope
Anthony Sanneh
Landon Donovan
Frankie Hejduk
John O’Brien
Claudio Reyna (c)
Earnie Stewart
Clint Mathis
Brian McBride
Coach: Bruce Arena (USA)
72′ Frankie Hejduk
36′ ↓Jeff Agoos ↑DaMarcus Beasley
58′ ↓Brian McBride ↑Joe-Max Moore
68′ ↓Earnie Stewart ↑Cobi Jones
Referee: Lu Jun (CHN)
Goals:
3′ Emmanuel Olisadebe POL
5′ Paweł Kryszałowicz POL
66′ Marcin Żewłakow POL
83′ Landon Donovan USA
Match overview
Poland made an explosive start with Olisadebe and Kryszałowicz scoring within the first five minutes, leaving the USA shell-shocked. Poland continued to dominate possession and created several opportunities, eventually extending their lead through Żurawski. The USA responded late, with Donovan pulling one back, but Poland comfortably managed the closing stages to claim a landmark 3-1 victory that strengthened their campaign and inadvertently secured USA’s progression due to other results.
Trivia
This match featured an extraordinary four early cards to Poland in the first half-an unusually physical start. Olisadebe’s opener also marked Poland’s fastest goal at that tournament. For the USA, Donovan’s late goal was a bittersweet personal highlight in an otherwise disappointing performance.
