June 4th 2002 (3:30pm)                        Gwangju, Gwangju World Cup Stadium

CHINA - COSTA RICA             0-2 (0-0)

      Goals             60'11   0-1   Ronald Gomez
                        64'02   0-2   Mauricio Wright (assist - Ronald Gomez)


      Referee           Kyros Vassaras (Greece)   5,5
      Linesmen          Carlos Matos (Portugal)
                        Jaap Pool (Holland)
      4th official      Anders Frisk (Sweden)

      Yellow cards      14'36   Luis Alberto Morin (foul on Yang Cheng)
                        16'30   Mauricio Solis (foul on Sun Jihai)
                        59'43   Li Tie (foul on Hernan Medford)
                        71'41   Xu Yunlong (foul on Gilberto Martinez)
                        76'24   Li Xiaopeng (protesting)
                        78'11   Ronald Gomez (foul on Wu Chengying)
                        84'46   Walter Centeno (foul on Yu Genwei)

      Attendance        27,217

      Playtime          First half     46'56
                        Second half    47'58
                        Total          94'54

      Quality           5  
      Intensity         5,5
      Excitement        4,5



      CHINA (formation 4-4-2)             CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
      22 Jiang Jin                        Tianjin Taida             33     54   7  
      21 Xu Yunlong                       Beijing Guoan             23     16   5,5
       5 Fan Zhiyi                 (-74)  Shanghai Shenhua          32    106   5,5
      14 Li Weifeng                       Shenzhen Pingan           23     50   6,5
       4 Wu Chengying                     Shanghai Shenhua          27     49   6  
       7 Sun Jihai                 (-26)  Manchester City           24     59   6  
      18 Li Xiaopeng                      Shandong Luneng           26     28   6  
       8 Li Tie                           Lioaning Bodao            25     69   5  
       9 Ma Mingyu (c)                    Sichuan Dahe              29     88   5,5
      20 Yang Cheng                (-66)  Eintracht Frankfurt       28     27   5,5
      10 Hao Haidong                      Dalian Shide              31     92   5,5

      Substitutes
      16 Qu Bo                     (+26)  Qingdao Beer              20     18   5  
      12 Su Maozhen                (+66)  Shandong Luneng           30     50   5  
      11 Yu Genwei                 (+74)  Tianjin Taida             28     14   -  

      Coach: Velibor Milutinovic                                       Average  5,69



      COSTA RICA (formation 3-5-2)        CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Erick Lonnis (c)                 Deportivo Saprissa        36     76   6  
       3 Luis Alberto Marin               Alajuelense               27     77   6  
       4 Mauricio Wright                  Herediano                 31     43   6,5
       5 Gilberto Martinez                Deportivo Saprissa        22     29   6  
      15 Harold Wallace            (-70)  Alajuelense               26     58   7  
       7 Rolando Fonseca           (-57)  Alajuelense               27     82   5  
      10 Walter Centeno                   Deportivo Saprissa        27     50   6  
       8 Mauricio Solis                   Alajuelense               29     86   6  
      22 Carlos Castro                    Alajuelense               23     25   6  
       9 Paulo Wanchope            (-80)  Manchester City           25     50   5,5
      11 Ronald Gomez                     OFI Kreta                 28     55   7  

      Substitutes
      17 Hernan Medford            (+57)  Deportivo Saprissa        34     89   6  
      16 Steven Bryce              (+70)  Alajuelense               24     33   6,5
       6 Wilmer Lopez              (+80)  Alajuelense               30     70   -  

      Coach: Alexandre Guimaraes                                       Average  6,12



* Numbers in blue are points set by us after
  performance in the match (0=worst, 10=best).