Date: 30-06-1998
Stage: 1/8 final
Place: BORDEAUX
Running time: 112 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/ english/russian/romanian
My rating: **
Notes: Boban,Suker,Asanovic,Jarni, Petrescu,Hagi,Moldovan
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 30 June 1998, 16:30
Parc de Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance: 34,700
Meteo: Partly cloudy, 24 °C
CROATIA
Dražen Ladić
Slaven Bilić
Dario Simić
Igor Štimac
Aljoša Asanović
Zvonimir Boban (c)
Robert Jarni
Krunoslav Jurčić
Mario Stanić
Davor Šuker
Goran Vlaović
Coach: Miroslav Blažević (CRO)
27′ Zvonimir Boban
70′ Slaven Bilić
76′ ↓Goran Vlaović ↑Petar Krpan
82′ ↓Mario Stanić ↑Igor Tudor
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 (ROM)
44′ Gheorghe Popescu
70′ Dan Petrescu
82′ Adrian Ilie
56′ ↓Gheorghe Hagi ↑Gheorghe Craioveanu
60′ ↓Gabriel Popescu ↑Horațiu Niculescu
75′ ↓Dan Petrescu ↑Lucian Marinescu
Referee: Javier Castrilli (ARG)
Goals:
45′ Davor Šuker (p) CRO
Match overview
A crisply taken Davor Šuker penalty on the stroke of half-time settled a cagey contest. Romania’s famed creativity was stifled by Croatia’s disciplined midfield, while Zvonimir Boban’s leadership guided the tournament debutants into a historic quarter-final.
Trivia
Šuker’s strike was the second of six goals that secured him the Golden Boot; each came in a different match, a feat matched by only three players in World-Cup history.
