Date: 08-07-1998
Stage: semi-final
Place: SAINT-DENIS
Running time: 116 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english/french/spanish/italian
My rating: ****
Notes: Thuram,Suker
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 08 July 1998, 21:00
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 76,000
Meteo: Clear, 21 °C
FRANCE
Fabien Barthez
Lilian Thuram
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Bixente Lizarazu
Didier Deschamps (c)
Christian Karembeu
Emmanuel Petit
Zinédine Zidane
Youri Djorkaeff
Stéphane Guivarc’h
Coach: Aimé Jacquet (FRA)
76′ Laurent Blanc
57′ ↓Christian Karembeu ↑Patrick Vieira
74′ ↓Stéphane Guivarc’h ↑Christophe Dugarry
78′ ↓Youri Djorkaeff ↑Alain Boghossian
CROATIA
Dražen Ladić
Slaven Bilić
Igor Štimac
Dario Šimić
Robert Jarni
Zvonimir Boban (c)
Zvonimir Soldo
Aljoša Asanović
Mario Stanić
Davor Šuker
Goran Vlaović
Coach: Miroslav Blažević (CRO)
35′ Zvonimir Boban
67′ ↓Mario Stanić ↑Robert Prosinečki
81′ ↓Zvonimir Soldo ↑Ardian Kozniku
Referee: José García-Aranda (ESP)
Goals:
46′ Davor Šuker CRO
47′ Lilian Thuram FRA
70′ Lilian Thuram FRA
Match overview
Šuker gave Croatia a shock lead just after the break, but Thuram responded instantly and later swept in a second to send Les Bleus to their first final. Blanc’s red card-the first in his career-forced France to hold on late.
Trivia
Thuram’s brace were the only two goals he ever scored for France-both in this match. He was later named man of the match and included in the Team of the Tournament.
