Date: 05-06-2002
Stage: first round
Place: KOBE
Running time: 115 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : spanish/english/italian
My rating: **
Notes: Onopko,Karpin,Beschastnykh
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 5 June 2002, 15:30
Wing Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 30,957
Meteo: Warm, humid, 27°C
RUSSIA
Ruslan Nigmatullin
Yuri Kovtun
Youri Nikiforov
Viktor Onopko (c)
Andrei Solomatin
Marat Izmailov
Valery Karpin
Igor Semshov
Yegor Titov
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Ruslan Pimenov
Coach: Oleg Romantsev (RUS)
27′ Igor Semshov
88′ Dmitri Alenichev
46′ ↓Igor Semshov ↑Dmitri Khokhlov
55′ ↓Vladimir Beschastnykh ↑Dmitry Sychev
78′ ↓Marat Izmailov ↑Dmitri Alenichev
TUNISIA
Ali Boumnijel
Hatem Trabelsi
Raouf Bouzaiene
Mohamed Mkacher
Khaled Badra
Radhi Jaidi
Selim Ben Achour
Riadh Bouazizi
Hassen Gabsi
Zied Jaziri
Adel Sellimi (c)
Coach: Ammar Souayah (TUN)
50′ Hassen Gabsi
75′ Zied Jaziri
67′ ↓Hassen Gabsi ↑Zoubeir Baya
67′ ↓Adel Sellimi ↑Imed Mhedhebi
84′ ↓Khaled Badra ↑Ali Zitouni
Referee: Peter Prendegast (JAM)
Goals:
59′ Yegor Titov (RUS)
64′ Valery Karpin (p) (RUS)
Match overview
Russia secured their first World Cup victory since 1986 with a controlled second-half performance against Tunisia. Titov’s composed finish after the hour mark opened the scoring before Karpin converted a penalty to seal the victory. The triumph provided crucial points in Group H for Oleg Romantsev’s side.
Trivia
Russia’s victory marked their first World Cup win since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The team had previously competed as the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1992 and made their debut as Russia in 1994.
