Date: 25-06-2000
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: BRUGGE
Running time: 126 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 25fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Zidane,Henry,Djorkaeff, Raul,Mendieta,Guardiola
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 25 June 2000, 20:45
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 26,614
Meteo: Clear, mild, 18 °C
FRANCE
Fabien Barthez
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Bixente Lizarazu
Lilian Thuram
Didier Deschamps (c)
Youri Djorkaeff
Patrick Vieira
Zinédine Zidane
Christophe Dugarry
Thierry Henry
Coach: Roger Lemerre (FRA)
60′ Didier Deschamps
81′ ↓Christophe Dugarry ↑Nicolas Anelka
SPAIN
Cañizares
Abelardo (c)
Aranzábal
Míchel Salgado
Paco
Guardiola
Helguera
Gaizka Mendieta
Alfonso
Munitis
Raúl
Coach: Jose Antonio Camacho (ESP)
55′ Alfonso
61′ Guardiola
64′ Míchel Salgado
71′ Paco
46′ ↓Alfonso ↑Gerard
57′ ↓Gaizka Mendieta ↑Ismael Urzáiz
73′ ↓Gerard ↑Joseba Etxeberria
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)
Goals:
32′ Zinédine Zidane FRA
37′ Gaizka Mendieta (p) ESP
44′ Youri Djorkaeff FRA
Match overview
France edged a tense Bruges quarter-final. Zidane’s arcing free-kick opened the scoring before Mendieta’s spot-kick levelled matters. Djorkaeff restored the lead on the stroke of half-time and, though Barthez conceded a late penalty, Raúl fired high, allowing Les Bleus to reach the semis despite Spanish pressure.
Trivia
Didier Deschamps earned his 100th cap, becoming only the second Frenchman to reach that mark. Raúl’s missed penalty was the first he failed to convert in senior football and proved decisive; Spain exited without ever having beaten France in a competitive match.
