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  • June 28th 1998 (21:00)
    Saint-Denis, Stade de France
    NIGERIA - DENMARK
    1-4 (0-2)
    
         GOALS              3'  0-1  Peter Møller (assist - Michael Laudrup)
                           12'  0-2  Brian Laudrup
                           60'  0-3  Ebbe Sand (assist - Michael Laudrup)
                           76'  0-4  Thomas Helveg (assist - Martin Jørgensen)
                           78'  1-4  Tijani Babangida (assist - Finidi George)
    
    
         REFEREE           Urs Meier (Switzerland)
         LINESMEN          Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait)
                           Fernando Tresaco Garcia (Spain)
         4TH OFFICIAL      Abdulrahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
    
         YELLOW CARDS      24'  Marc Rieper (DEN)
                           49'  Augustine Okocha (NGR)
    
         RED CARDS         -
    
         ATTENDANCE        77,000
    
    
    
    
         NIGERIA                           AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Peter Rufai                  34   24 Aug 1963   Dep. La Coruña (SPA)
          3 DF Celestine Babayaro           19   29 Aug 1978   Chelsea (ENG)
          5 DF Uche Okechukwu (c)           30   27 Sep 1967   Fenerbahce (TUR)
          6 DF Taribo West                  24   26 Mar 1974   Internazionale (ITA)
          8 MD Mutiu Adepoju                27   22 Dec 1970   Real Sociedad (SPA)
         10 MD Augustine Okocha             24   14 Aug 1973   Fenerbahce (TUR)
         11 MD Garba Lawal            (-73) 24   22 May 1974   Roda Kerkrade (NED)
         15 MD Sunday Oliseh                23   14 Sep 1974   Ajax (NED)
          4 FW Nwankwo Kanu           (-65) 21   01 Aug 1976   Internazionale (ITA)
          7 FW Finidi George                27   15 Apr 1971   Real Betis (SPA)
         20 FW Victor Ikpeba                25   12 Jun 1973   AS Monaco (FRA)
    
         Substitutes
         13 MD Tijani Babangida       (+73) 24   25 Sep 1973   Ajax (NED)
          9 FW Rashidi Yekini         (+65) 34   23 Oct 1963   FC Zürich (SWI)
    
         Coach: Bora Milutinovic (YUG)      53   07 Sep 1944
    
    
    
         DENMARK                           AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Peter Schmeichel             34   18 Nov 1963   Manchester United (ENG)
          3 DF Marc Rieper                  30   05 Jun 1968   Glasgow Celtic (SCO)
          4 DF Jes Høgh                     32   07 May 1966   Fenerbahce (TUR)
          5 DF Jan Heintze                  34   17 Aug 1963   Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
          6 DF Thomas Helveg                27   24 Jun 1971   Udinese (ITA)
         12 DF Søren Colding                25   02 Sep 1972   Brøndby
          7 MD Allan Nielsen                27   13 Mar 1971   Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
         10 MD Michael Laudrup (c)    (-84) 34   15 Jun 1964   Ajax (NED)
         21 MD Martin Jørgensen             22   06 Oct 1975   Udinese (ITA)
         11 FW Brian Laudrup          (-78) 29   22 Feb 1969   Glasgow Rangers (SCO)
         18 FW Peter Møller           (-59) 26   23 Mar 1972   PSV Eindhoven (NED)
    
         Substitutes
          8 MD Per Frandsen           (+84) 28   06 Feb 1970   Bolton Wanderers (ENG)
         14 MD Morten Wieghorst       (+78) 27   25 Feb 1971   Glasgow Celtic (SCO)
         19 FW Ebbe Sand              (+59) 25   19 Jul 1972   Brøndby
    
         Coach: Bo Johansson (SWE)          55   28 Nov 1942
    
    
    
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