Date: 12-07-1998
Stage: final
Place: SAINT-DENIS
Running time: 120 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/french/ portuguese/english
My rating: ***
Notes: Zidane,Deschamps,Vieira,Barthez,Thuram Ronaldo,Dunga,Cafu,Rivaldo,Bebeto
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 12 July 1998, 21:00
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,000
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)
68′ Marcel Desailly
57′ ↓Christian Karembeu ↑Patrick Vieira
66′ ↓Stéphane Guivarc’h ↑Christophe Dugarry
75′ ↓Zinédine Zidane ↑Alain Boghossian
BRAZIL
Cláudio Taffarel
Cafú
Roberto Carlos
Aldair
Júnior Baiano
César Sampaio
Dunga (c)
Leonardo
Rivaldo
Bebeto
Ronaldo
Coach: Mário Zagallo (BRA)
68′ Dunga
45′ ↓Leonardo ↑Denílson
75′ ↓Bebeto ↑Edmundo
Referee: Said Belqola (MAR)
Goals:
27′ Zinédine Zidane FRA
45+1′ Zinédine Zidane FRA
90+2′ Emmanuel Petit FRA
Match overview
Zidane’s two headers from corners stunned Brazil before halftime. Despite Desailly’s red card, France controlled the final and sealed it with Petit’s stoppage-time strike, lifting their first World Cup on home soil.
Trivia
Zidane became the first Frenchman to score twice in a World Cup final. Petit’s goal was the 171st and last of the tournament-setting a record at the time.
