Date: 12-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: MARSEILLE
Running time: 106 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 25fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : italian/french/spanish/english
My rating: ***
Notes: Deschamps,Henry,Zidane,Djorkaeff, McCarthy,Masinga
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 12 June 1998, 21:00
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 55,000
Meteo: Clear, warm, 23 °C
FRANCE
Fabien Barthez
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Bixente Lizarazu
Lilian Thuram
Didier Deschamps (c)
Youri Djorkaeff
Emmanuel Petit
Zinédine Zidane
Stéphane Guivarc’h
Thierry Henry
Coach: Aimé Jacquet (FRA)
27′ Emmanuel Petit
53′ Didier Deschamps
75′ Zinédine Zidane
26′ ↓Stéphane Guivarc’h ↑Christophe Dugarry
74′ ↓Emmanuel Petit ↑Alain Boghossian
83′ ↓Youri Djorkaeff ↑David Trézéguet
SOUTH AFRICA
Hans Vonk
Pierre Issa
Willem Jackson
Themba Mnguni
David Nyathi
Mark Fish
Lucas Radebe (c)
Quinton Fortune
Brendan Augustine
Phil Masinga
Benni McCarthy
Coach: Philippe Troussier (FRA)
37′ Willem Jackson
57′ ↓Brendan Augustine ↑Helman Mkhalele
89′ ↓Benni McCarthy ↑Shaun Bartlett
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (BRA)
Goals:
34′ Christophe Dugarry FRA
77′ Pierre Issa own goal FRA
90′ Thierry Henry FRA
Match overview
Hosts France began their campaign solidly: Dugarry’s header settled initial nerves, Issa’s own goal doubled the lead and Henry’s late breakaway sealed it despite South Africa’s spirited resistance.
Trivia
Henry’s strike was his first at a World Cup and came just four minutes after his debut on the finals stage.
