Date: 14-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: LENS
Running time: 97 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080p 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english
My rating: ***
Notes: Suker,Boban,Prosinecki
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 14 June 1998, 21:00
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 38,058
Meteo: Clear, mild, 19 °C
CROATIA
Dražen Ladić
Slaven Bilic
Dario Simić
Igor Stimac
Aljoša Asanović
Zvonimir Boban (c)
Robert Jarni
Robert Prosinecki
Zvonimir Soldo
Mario Stanić
Davor Suker
Coach: Miroslav Blažević (CRO)
5′ Zvonimir Soldo
59′ Dario Simić
72′ ↓Dario Simić ↑Goran Vlaović
JAMAICA
Warren Barrett (c)
Ian Goodison
Frank Sinclair
Peter Cargill
Robbie Earle
Ricardo Gardner
Fitzroy Simpson
Theo Whitmore
Paul Hall
Deon Burton
Onandi Lowe
Coach: René Simões (JAM)
62′ Deon Burton
68′ ↓Peter Cargill ↑Darryl Powell
72′ ↓Robbie Earle ↑Andrew Williams
81′ ↓Paul Hall ↑Walter Boyd
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (POR)
Goals:
27′ Mario Stanić CRO
45′ Robbie Earle JAM
53′ Robert Prosinecki CRO
68′ Davor Suker CRO
Match overview
Croatia’s World Cup debut produced an entertaining win. Stanić finished Stimac’s flick-on to open the scoring, but Jamaica levelled on the stroke of half-time through Earle’s powerful header. Prosinecki restored the lead with a curling shot and Šuker sealed matters on the break. Blažević’s men controlled midfield for long spells, while Jamaica’s pace troubled Croatia only sporadically.
Trivia
This was the first World Cup match featuring two debutant nations since 1974. Robbie Earle became Jamaica’s first World Cup scorer, while Robert Prosinecki became the only player to score in World Cups for two different countries, having netted for Yugoslavia in 1990.
