Date: 14-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: SAINT ETIENNE
Running time: 97 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english
My rating: **
Notes: Mihajlovic,Stojkovic,Mijatovic, Mahdavikia,Bagheri,Daei
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 14 June 1998, 17:30
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 30,600
Meteo: Partly cloudy, 23 °C
YUGOSLAVIA
Ivica Kralj
Branko Brnović
Goran Djorović
Siniša Mihajlović
Zoran Mirković
Slaviša Jokanović
Vladimir Jugović
Željko Petrović
Dragan Stojković (c)
Pedrag Mijatović
Savo Milošević
Coach: Slobodan Santrač (YUG)
43′ Dragan Stojković
61′ Željko Petrović
50′ ↓Branko Brnović ↑Dejan Stanković
58′ ↓Savo Milošević ↑Perica Ogjnenovic
68′ ↓Dragan Stojković ↑Darko Kovačević
IRAN
Nima Nakisa
Mohamed Khakpour
Nader Mohammadkhani (c)
Mehdi Pashazadeh
Javad Zarincheh
Karim Bagheri
Hamid Estili
Mehrdad Minavand
Khodadad Azizi
Ali Daei
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Coach: Jalil Talebi (IRN)
67′ ↓Hamid Estili ↑Alireza Mansourian
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (PER)
Goals:
75′ Siniša Mihajlović YUG
Match overview
Iran’s compact defence frustrated Yugoslavia until Mihajlović bent a trademark left-footed free-kick beyond Nakisa fifteen minutes from time. Earlier, Azizi spurned Iran’s best opportunity when clean through on Kralj. Substitutions injected fresh energy into Yugoslavia’s attack, and Santrač’s side ultimately claimed the points despite a bruising midfield contest.
Trivia
The match was played on Slobodan Santrač’s 52nd birthday. Iran’s appearance ended a 20-year absence from the finals, while Mihajlović’s decisive goal became one of three direct free-kicks he scored for club and country in 1998.
