Date: 13-06-2002
Stage: first round
Place: SEOUL
Running time: 110 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: master copy
Commentary: italian
My rating: *
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Thursday, 13 June 2002, 15:30
World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 43,605
Meteo: Sunny, mild, 24 °C
TURKEY
Rüştü Reçber
Bülent Korkmaz
Emre Aşık
Fatih Akyel
Umit Davala
Emre Belözoğlu
Hakan Ünsal
Hasan Şaş
Tugay Kerimoğlu
Yıldıray Baştürk
Hakan Şükür (c)
Coach: Şenol Güneş (TUR)
19′ Emre Aşık
30′ Emre Belözoğlu
81′ Hasan Şaş
35′ ↓Rüştü Reçber ↑Omer Çatkıç
70′ ↓Yıldıray Baştürk ↑Ilhan Mansiz
84′ ↓Tugay Kerimoğlu ↑Tayfur Havutçu
CHINA
Jiang JIN (c)
WU Cheng Ying
YANG Pu
DU Wei
LI Weifeng
XU Yun Long
ZHAO Jun Zhe
LI Tie
LI Xiao Peng
YANG Chen
HAO Hai Dong
Coach: Bora Milutinović (YUG)
45′ YANG Pu
58′ ZHAO Jun Zhe
62′ LI Weifeng
46′ ↓WU Cheng Ying ↑SHAO Jia Yi
73′ ↓YANG Chen ↑SHAO Jia Yi
73′ ↓HAO Hai Dong ↑SHAO Jia Yi
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (COL)
Goals:
6′ Hasan Şaş TUR
9′ Bülent Korkmaz TUR
85′ Umit Davala TUR
Match overview
Turkey secured a solid 3-0 win over China, taking an early lead and controlling the match throughout. Şaş’s goal sparked the victory, sealing progression in the group.
Trivia
China suffered a rare sending-off through Shao Jiayi, significantly hampering their performance in the first World Cup appearance.
