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  • June 14th 1998 (14:30)
    Toulouse, Stade Municipal
    ARGENTINA - JAPAN
    1-0 (1-0)
    
         GOALS             28'  1-0  Gabriel Batistuta
    
    
         REFEREE           Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
         LINESMEN          Marc van den Broeck (Belgium)
                           Eddie Foley (Ireland)
         4TH OFFICIAL      Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
    
         YELLOW CARDS      26'  Masami Ihara (JPN)
                           67'  Eisuke Nakanishi (JPN)
                          +90'  Takashi Hirano (JPN)
    
         RED CARDS         -
    
         ATTENDANCE        33,400
    
    
    
    
         ARGENTINA                          AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Carlos Roa                    28   15 Aug 1969   Real Mallorca (SPA)
          2 DF Roberto Ayala                 25   14 Apr 1973   Napoli (ITA)
          6 DF Roberto Sensini         (-73) 31   12 Oct 1966   Parma (ITA)
         14 DF Nelson Vivas                  28   18 Oct 1969   Lugano (SWI)
         22 DF Javier Zanetti                24   10 Aug 1973   Internazionale (ITA)
          5 MD Matias Almeyda                24   21 Dec 1973   Lazio (ITA)
          8 MD Diego Simeone (c)             28   28 Apr 1970   Internazionale (ITA)
         11 MD Juan Veron                    23   09 Mar 1975   Sampdoria (ITA)
          7 FW Claudio Lopez           (-62) 23   17 Jul 1974   Valencia (SPA)
          9 FW Gabriel Batistuta             29   01 Feb 1969   AC Fiorentina (ITA)
         10 FW Ariel Ortega                  24   04 Mar 1974   Valencia (SPA)
    
         Substitutes
          3 DF Jose Chamot             (+73) 29   17 May 1969   Lazio (ITA)
         18 FW Abel Balbo              (+62) 32   01 Jun 1966   AS Roma (ITA)
    
         Coach: Daniel Passarella            45   25 May 1953
    
    
    
         JAPAN                              AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
         20 GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi          22   15 Aug 1975   Yokohama Marinos
          2 DF Akira Narahashi               26   26 Nov 1971   Kashima Antlers
          3 DF Naoki Soma              (-84) 26   19 Jul 1971   Kashima Antlers
          4 DF Masami Ihara (c)              30   18 Sep 1967   Yokohama Marinos
         17 DF Yutaka Akita                  27   06 Aug 1970   Kashima Antlers
         19 DF Eisuke Nakanishi              24   23 Jun 1973   JEF United Ichihara
          6 MD Motohiro Yamaguchi            29   29 Jan 1969   Yokohama Flugels
          8 MD Hidetoshi Nakata              21   22 Jan 1977   Bellmare Hiratsuka
         10 MD Hiroshi Nanami                25   28 Nov 1972   Jubilo Iwata
          9 FW Masashi Nakayama        (-65) 30   23 Sep 1967   Jubilo Iwata
         18 FW Shoji Jo                      22   17 Jun 1975   Yokohama Marinos
    
         Substitutes
         22 MD Takashi Hirano          (+84) 23   15 Jul 1974   Nagoya Grampus Eight
         12 FW Wagner Lopes            (+65) 29   29 Jan 1969   Bellmare Hiratsuka
    
         Coach: Takeshi Okada                41   25 Aug 1956
    
    
    
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