Date: 11-07-1998
Stage: third place final
Place: PARIS
Running time: 99 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 25fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : spanish/greek/italian
My rating: ***
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 11 July 1998, 21:00
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,000
Meteo: Clear, 20 °C
CROATIA
Dražen Ladić
Slaven Bilić
Igor Štimac
Dario Šimić
Robert Jarni
Zvonimir Soldo
Zvonimir Boban (c)
Aljoša Asanović
Robert Prosinečki
Davor Šuker
Goran Vlaović
Coach: Miroslav Blažević (CRO)
32′ Dario Šimić
66′ ↓Goran Vlaović ↑Ardian Kozniku
75′ ↓Aljoša Asanović ↑Mario Stanić
NETHERLANDS
Edwin van der Sar
Frank de Boer (c)
Arthur Numan
Michael Reiziger
Jaap Stam
Phillip Cocu
Wim Jonk
Marc Overmars
Boudewijn Zenden
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Ronald de Boer
Coach: Guus Hiddink (NED)
55′ Jaap Stam
57′ ↓Boudewijn Zenden ↑Clarence Seedorf
76′ ↓Frank de Boer ↑Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Referee: José María García-Aranda (ESP)
Goals:
13′ Robert Prosinečki CRO
21′ Boudewijn Zenden NED
35′ Davor Šuker CRO
Match overview
In a free-flowing contest for third place, Croatia took bronze thanks to first-half strikes from Prosinečki and Golden Boot winner Šuker. Zenden equalised briefly, but the debutants ended their dream run in style.
Trivia
Šuker’s sixth goal of the tournament secured him the Golden Boot. Croatia’s third-place finish remains their best World Cup result before 2018.
