June 11th 2002 (8:30pm)                 Yokohama, Yokohama International Stadium

     SAUDI ARABIA - REP. OF IRELAND             0-3 (0-1)

      Goals              6'34   0-1   Robbie Keane (assist – Gary Kelly)
                        60'58   0-2   Gary Breen (assist – Steve Staunton)
                        86'36   0-3   Damien Duff (assist – Matt Holland)


      Referee           Falla Ndoye (Senegal)   7
      Linesmen          Maciej Wierbowski (Poland)
                        Frederic Arnault (France)
      4th official      Lu Jun (China)

      Yellow cards      60'24   Nawaf Al-Temyat (foul on Kevin Kilbane)
                        69'38   Steve Staunton (timewasting)

      Attendance        65,320

      Playtime          First half     47'12
                        Second half    48'05
                        Total          95'17

      Quality           5  
      Intensity         5,5
      Excitement        5  



      SAUDI ARABIA (formation 5-4-1)      CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Mohammed Al-Deayea (c)           Al-Hilal                  29    172   4  
       2 Mohammed Al-Jahni         (-79)  Al-Ahli                   26     77   6  
       3 Redag Tukar                      Al-Shabab                 27     10   5  
       6 Fouzi Al-Shehri                  Al-Ahli                   22      2   5  
       4 Abdullah Zubromawi        (-68)  Al-Hilal                  28    121   6  
      13 Hussein Suleimani                Al-Ahli                   25     42   6  
       7 Ibrahim Al-Shahrani              Al-Ahli                   27     58   6  
      16 Khamis Al-Dossari                Al-Ittihad                28     82   5,5
      18 Nawaf Al-Temyat                  Al-Hilal                  25     52   6,5
      14 Abdel Aziz Al-Khathran    (-67)  Al-Shabab                 28      7   6  
      20 Al-Hassan Al-Yami                Al-Ittihad                29     20   5,5

      Substitutes
      10 Mohammed Al-Shalhoub      (+67)  Al-Hilal                  21     20   6  
      15 Abdullah Al-Dossari       (+68)  Al-Hilal                  24     22   5  
      12 Ahmed Al-Dokhi            (+79)  Al-Hilal                  25     52   -  

      Coach: Nasser Al-Johar                                           Average  5,58



      REP. OF IRELAND (formation 4-4-2)   CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Shay Given                       Newcastle United          26     42   6  
       2 Steve Finnan                     Fulham                    26     18   5,5
      14 Gary Breen                       Coventry City             28     45   6,5
       5 Steve Staunton (c)               Aston Villa               33    101   6,5
       3 Ian Harte                 (-HT)  Leeds United              24     43   5  
      18 Gary Kelly                (-80)  Leeds United              27     49   5,5
      12 Mark Kinsella             (-89)  Charlton Athletic         29     31   6  
       8 Matt Holland                     Ipswich Town              28     22   6  
      11 Kevin Kilbane                    Sunderland                25     36   5  
      10 Robbie Keane                     Leeds United              21     36   6  
       9 Damien Duff                      Blackburn Rovers          23     28   6  

      Substitutes
      17 Niall Quinn               (+HT)  Sunderland                35     90   5,5
       7 Jason McAteer             (+80)  Sunderland                30     49   -  
      22 Lee Carsley               (+89)  Everton                   28     19   -  

      Coach: Mick McCarthy                                             Average  5,79



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