Date: 26-06-1998
Stage: first round
Place: LYON
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 30fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : japanese/italian
My rating: ***
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 26 June 1998, 15:00
Stade De Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 43,500
Meteo: Warm, sunny, 26°C
JAPAN
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Yutaka Akita
Masami Ihara
Akira Narahashi
Norio Omura
Naoki Soma
Hidetoshi Nakata
Hiroshi Nanami
Motohiro Yamaguchi
Shoji Jo
Mashshi Nakayama
Coach: Takeshi Okada (JPN)
45′ Motohiro Yamaguchi
59′ ↓Norio Omura ↑Takashi Hirano
59′ ↓Shoji Jo ↑Wagner Lopes
79′ ↓Hiroshi Nanami ↑Shinji Ono
JAMAICA
Aaron Lawrence
Christopher Dawes
Ian Goodison
Stephen Malcolm
Frank Sinclair
Marcus Gayle
Ricardo Gardner
Fitzroy Simpson
Theo Whitmore
Paul Hall
Onandi Lowe
Coach: Rene Simoes (JAM)
45′ Stephen Malcolm
60′ Christopher Dawes
72′ ↓Paul Hall ↑Walter Boyd
80′ ↓Marcus Gayle ↑Deon Burton
90′ ↓Fitzroy Simpson ↑Robbie Earle
Referee: Günther Benkö (AUT)
Goals:
39′ Theo Whitmore JAM
54′ Theo Whitmore JAM
74′ Mashshi Nakayama JPN
Match overview
Jamaica claimed their first and only World Cup victory with a memorable 2-1 triumph over Japan in Lyon. Theo Whitmore was the hero with two well-taken goals that put the Reggae Boyz in control, before Mashshi Nakayama pulled one back for Japan. Despite the late scare, Jamaica held on for a historic victory.
Trivia
This match marked Jamaica’s debut World Cup victory, with Theo Whitmore becoming the first Jamaican player to score multiple goals in a World Cup match. The victory gave Jamaica their first points of the tournament, though both teams were already eliminated from progression to the knockout stage.
