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  • June 18th 1998 (21:00)
    Saint-Denis, Stade de France
    FRANCE - SAUDI ARABIA
    4-0 (1-0)
    
         GOALS             36'  1-0  Thierry Henry (assist - Bixente Lizarazu)
                           69'  2-0  David Trezeguet (assist - Lilian Thuram)
                           77'  3-0  Thierry Henry (assist - Fabien Barthez)
                           85'  4-0  Bixente Lizarazu (assist - Youri Djorkaeff)
    
    
         REFEREE           Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
         LINESMEN          Luis Torres Zuniga (Costa Rica)
                           Elias Salinas Rostran (Honduras)
         4TH OFFICIAL      Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
    
         YELLOW CARDS       7'  Mohammed Al-Jahani (KSA)
                           36'  Laurent Blanc (FRA)
                           50'  Bixente Lizarazu (FRA)
                           82'  Sami Al-Jaber (KSA)
    
         RED CARDS         19'  Mohammed Al-Khlaiwi (KSA)
                           71'  Zinedine Zidane (FRA)
    
         ATTENDANCE        80,000
    
    
    
    
         FRANCE                              AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
         16 GK Fabien Barthez                 26   28 Jun 1971   AS Monaco
          3 DF Bixente Lizarazu               28   09 Dec 1969   Bayern Munich (GER)
          5 DF Laurent Blanc                  32   19 Nov 1965   Olympique Marseille
          8 DF Marcel Desailly                29   07 Sep 1968   AC Milan (ITA)
         15 DF Lilian Thuram                  26   01 Jan 1972   Parma (ITA)
          7 MD Didier Deschamps (c)           29   15 Oct 1968   Juventus (ITA)
         10 MD Zinedine Zidane                25   23 Jun 1972   Juventus (ITA)
         13 MD Bernard Diomede          (-58) 24   23 Jan 1974   AJ Auxerre
         14 MD Alain Boghossian               27   27 Oct 1970   Sampdoria (ITA)
         12 FW Thierry Henry            (-79) 20   17 Aug 1977   AS Monaco
         21 FW Christophe Dugarry       (-30) 26   24 Mar 1972   Olympique Marseille
    
         Substitutes
          6 MD Youri Djorkaeff          (+58) 30   09 Mar 1968   Internazionale (ITA)
         11 MD Robert Pires             (+79) 24   29 Oct 1973   FC Metz
         20 FW David Trezeguet          (+30) 20   15 Oct 1977   AS Monaco
    
         Coach: Aime Jacquet                  56   27 Nov 1941
    
    
    
         SAUDI ARABIA                        AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Mohammed Al-Deayea             25   02 Aug 1972   Al-Taie
          2 DF Mohammed Al-Jahani       (-75) 23   28 Sep 1974   Al-Ahli
          3 DF Mohammed Al-Khlaiwi            26   01 Sep 1971   Al-Ittihad
          4 DF Abdullah Zebermawi             24   15 Nov 1973   Al-Ahli
         13 DF Hussain Sulimani               21   21 Jan 1977   Al-Ahli
          6 MD Fuad Amin (c)                  25   13 Oct 1972   Al-Shabab
          7 MD Ibrahim Al-Shahrani            23   21 Jul 1974   Al-Ahli
         16 MD Khamis Al-Owairan              24   08 Sep 1973   Al-Helal
         20 MD Hamzah Saleh                   31   19 Apr 1967   Al-Ahli
          9 FW Sami Al-Jaber                  25   11 Dec 1972   Al-Helal
         10 FW Saeed Owairan            (-33) 30   19 Aug 1967   Al-Shabab
    
         Substitutes
         12 MD Ibrahim Al-Harbi    (-65)(+33) 22   10 Jul 1975   Al-Nasser
         14 MD Khalid Al-Muwallid       (+65) 26   23 Nov 1971   Al-Ahli
         17 FW Ahmed Al-Dosari          (+75) 21   25 Oct 1976   Al-Helal
    
         Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira (BRA) 55   27 Feb 1943
    
    
    
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