World Cup 1998
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