Date: 06-06-2002
Stage: first round
Place: BUSAN
Running time: 120 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian/german
My rating: ***
Notes: Trezeguet,Henry,Vieira,Thuram,Desailly, Recoba,Montero,Abreu
MATCH SUMMARY
Thursday, 6 June 2002, 20:30
Busan Asiad Stadium, Busan
Attendance: 38,289
Meteo: Humid, warm, 26°C
FRANCE
Fabien Barthez
Marcel Desailly (c)
Frank Leboeuf
Bixente Lizarazu
Lilian Thuram
Johann Micoud
Emmanuel Petit
Patrick Vieira
Thierry Henry
David Trézéguet
Sylvain Wiltord
Coach: Roger Lemerre (FRA)
25′ Thierry Henry
45′ Emmanuel Petit
16′ ↓Frank Leboeuf ↑Vincent Candela
81′ ↓David Trézéguet ↑Djibril Cissé
90′ ↓Sylvain Wiltord ↑Christophe Dugarry
URUGUAY
Fabian Carini
Alejandro Lembo
Gonzalo Sorondo
Paolo Montero (c)
Dario Rodriguez
Pablo Garcia
Marcelo Romero
Gustavo Varela
Sebastián Abreu
Alvaro Recoba
Dario Silva
Coach: Víctor Púa (URU)
11′ Pablo Garcia
45′ Marcelo Romero
45′ Sebastián Abreu
47′ Dario Silva
60′ ↓Dario Silva ↑Federico Magallanes
71′ ↓Marcelo Romero ↑Gonzalo De Los Santos
73′ ↓Dario Rodriguez ↑Gianni Guigou
Referee: Felipe Ramos (MEX)
Goals:
None
Match overview
France’s World Cup campaign hit a new low with a goalless draw against Uruguay, leaving the defending champions in serious danger of elimination. Henry’s early dismissal for a reckless challenge left France playing with ten men for most of the match. Despite Uruguay’s numerical advantage, both teams struggled to create clear scoring opportunities.
Trivia
This result meant France became the first defending World Cup champions to fail to score in their opening two matches since Italy in 1950. The performance added to the growing pressure on coach Roger Lemerre.
