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  • June 24th 1998 (21:00)
    Toulouse, Stade Municipal
    NIGERIA - PARAGUAY
    1-3 (1-1)
    
         GOALS              1'  0-1  Celso Ayala (assist - Francisco Arce)
                           11'  1-1  Wilson Oruma
                           59'  1-2  Miguel Benitez (assist - Carlos Paredes)
                           86'  1-3  Jose Cardozo (assist - Aristides Rojas)
    
    
         REFEREE           Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
         LINESMEN          Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman)
                           Mikael Nilsson (Sweden)
         4TH OFFICIAL      Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
    
         YELLOW CARDS      25'  Augustine Eguavoen (NGR)
                           38'  Benedict Iroha (NGR)
    
         RED CARDS         -
    
         ATTENDANCE        33,500
    
    
    
    
         NIGERIA                          AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Peter Rufai (c)             34   24 Aug 1963   Deportivo La Coruņa (SPA)
          6 DF Taribo West                 24   26 Mar 1974   Internazionale (ITA)
         17 DF Augustine Eguavoen          32   19 Aug 1965   Torpedo Moscow (RUS)
         19 DF Benedict Iroha              28   29 Nov 1969   Elche (SPA)
         11 MD Garba Lawal                 24   22 May 1974   Roda Kerkrade (NED)
         13 MD Tijani Babangida            24   25 Sep 1973   Ajax (NED)
         15 MD Sunday Oliseh         (-46) 23   14 Sep 1974   Ajax (NED)
         18 MD Wilson Oruma          (-68) 21   30 Dec 1976   Lens (FRA)
          4 FW Nwankwo Kanu                21   01 Aug 1976   Internazionale (ITA)
          9 FW Rashidi Yekini              34   23 Oct 1963   FC Zürich (SWI)
         16 FW Uche Okafor                 30   08 Aug 1967   Kansas City Wizards (USA)
    
         Substitutes
         21 DF Godwin Okpara         (+46) 25   20 Sep 1972   Strasbourg (FRA)
          7 FW Finidi George         (+68) 27   15 Apr 1971   Real Betis (SPA)
    
         Coach: Bora Milutinovic (YUG)     53   07 Sep 1944
    
    
    
         PARAGUAY                         AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Jose Luis Chilavert (c)     32   27 Jul 1965   Velez Sarsfield (ARG)
          2 DF Francisco Arce              27   02 Apr 1971   Palmeiras (BRA)
          4 DF Carlos Gamarra              27   17 Feb 1971   Corinthians (BRA)
          5 DF Celso Ayala                 27   20 Aug 1970   River Plate (ARG)
         11 DF Pedro Sarabia               22   05 Jul 1975   River Plate (ARG)
         20 DF Denis Caniza          (-54) 23   29 Aug 1974   Olimpia Asuncion
         13 MD Carlos Paredes              21   16 Jul 1976   Olimpia Asuncion
         16 MD Julio Enciso                23   05 Aug 1974   Internacional (BRA)
          9 FW Jose Cardozo                27   19 Mar 1971   Toluca (MEX)
         15 FW Miguel Benitez        (-67) 28   19 May 1970   Espaņol (SPA)
         17 FW Hugo Brizuela         (-77) 29   08 Feb 1969   Argentinos Juniors (ARG)
    
         Substitutes
         10 MD Roberto Acuņa         (+67) 26   25 Mar 1972   Real Zaragoza (SPA)
          7 FW Juan Yegros           (+54) 27   31 Jan 1971   Cruz Azul (MEX)
          8 FW Aristides Rojas       (+77) 29   12 Aug 1968   Union Santa Fe (ARG)
    
         Coach: Paulo C. Carpeggiani (BRA) 49   07 Feb 1949
    
    
    
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