June 3rd 2002 (3:30pm)                         Niigata, Niigata Big Swan Stadium

     CROATIA - MEXICO             0-1 (0-0)

      Goal              60'04   0-1   Cuauhtemoc Blanco (penalty)


      Referee           Lu Jun (China)   7
      Linesmen          Komaleeswaran Sankar (India)
                        Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia)
      4th official      Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

      Red card          59'10   Boris Zivkovic (foul on Cuauhtemoc Blanco)

      Attendance        32,239

      Playtime          First half     46'28
                        Second half    48'02
                        Total          94'30

      Quality           5  
      Intensity         5,5
      Excitement        5  



      CROATIA (formation 4-4-2)           CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Stipe Pletikosa                  Hajduk Split              23     19   6,5
       6 Boris Zivkovic                   Bayer Leverkusen          26     17   6  
       3 Josip Simunic                    Hertha BSC                24      6   6  
      21 Robert Kovac                     Bayern München            28     20   6  
      17 Robert Jarni (3rd c)             Panathinaikos             33     79   5  
      10 Nico Kovac                       Bayern München            30     21   6  
      14 Zvonimir Soldo                   VfB Stuttgart             34     60   6  
       8 Robert Prosinecki         (-HT)  Portsmouth                33     49   5  
       4 Stjepan Tomas                    Vicenza                   27     18   5  
      11 Alen Boksic (2nd c)       (-67)  Middlesbrough             32     37   4  
       9 Davor Suker (c)           (-64)  TSV 1860 München          34     69   4  

      Substitutes
       5 Milan Rapaic              (+HT)  Fenerbahce                28     25   6,5
      15 Daniel Saric              (+64)  Panathinaikos             29     26   5,5
      13 Mario Stanic              (+67)  Chelsea                   30     44   4  

      Coach: Mirko Jozic                                               Average  5,39



      MEXICO (formation 3-5-2)            CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Oscar Perez                      Cruz Azul                 29     33   7  
       5 Manuel Vidrio                    Pachuca                   29     28   6,5
       4 Rafael Marquez (c)               Monaco                    23     35   7  
      16 Salvador Carmona                 Toluca                    26     55   6  
      13 Sigifredo Mercado                Atlas                     33     19   6  
      19 Gabriel Caballero                Pachuca                   31      6   6  
      11 Braulio Luna                     Necaxa                    27     22   6,5
       6 Gerardo Torrado                  Sevilla                   23     28   6,5
       7 Carlos Morales                   Guadalajara               26     18   5,5
      10 Cuauhtemoc Blanco         (-79)  Real Valladolid           29     72   6,5
       9 Jared Borgetti            (-68)  Santos Laguna             28     29   6  

      Substitutes
      15 Luis Hernandez            (+68)  America                   32     83   6  
      17 Francisco Palencia        (+79)  Espanyol                  29     70   -  

      Coach: Javier Aguirre                                            Average  6,29



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