Date: 04-07-1998
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: LYON
Running time: 110 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/croatian/english
My rating: ***
Notes: Boban,Suker,Jarni,Asanovic,Vlaovic, Matthaus,Klinsmann,Bierhoff,Hassler
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 04 July 1998, 21:00
Stade Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 39,100
Meteo: Clear, 22 °C
CROATIA
Dražen Ladić
Slaven Bilić
Igor Štimac
Dario Šimić
Robert Jarni
Zvonimir Soldo
Zvonimir Boban (c)
Aljoša Asanović
Mario Stanić
Davor Šuker
Goran Vlaović
Coach: Miroslav Blažević (CRO)
55′ Igor Štimac
70′ ↓Mario Stanić ↑Robert Prosinečki
81′ ↓Goran Vlaović ↑Ardian Kozniku
GERMANY
Andreas Köpke (c)
Markus Babbel
Thomas Linke
Jens Jeremies
Christian Wörns
Thomas Häßler
Jörg Heinrich
Michael Tarnat
Andreas Möller
Oliver Bierhoff
Jürgen Klinsmann
Coach: Berti Vogts (GER)
40′ Christian Wörns
52′ ↓Thomas Linke ↑Dietmar Hamann
74′ ↓Jörg Heinrich ↑Ulf Kirsten
Referee: José García-Aranda (ESP)
Goals:
45+1′ Robert Jarni CRO
80′ Goran Vlaović CRO
85′ Davor Šuker CRO
Match overview
Croatia stunned Germany with a clinical display, taking full advantage of Wörns’ first-half dismissal. Jarni’s opener was followed by two ruthless late strikes to send the debutants into the semi-finals.
Trivia
This was Germany’s heaviest World Cup defeat since 1958. Šuker’s goal made him the tournament’s top scorer at the time.
