June 8th 2002 (6:00pm)                          Ibaraki, Ibaraki Kashima Stadium

     ITALY - CROATIA             1-2 (0-0)

      Goals             54'56   1-0   Christian Vieri (assist – Cristiano Doni)
                        72'04   1-1   Ivica Olic (assist – Robert Jarni)
                        75'56   1-2   Milan Rapaic (assist – Nico Kovac)


      Referee           Graham Poll (England)   5
      Linesmen          Philip Sharp (England)
                        Jens Larsen (Denmark)
      4th official      William Mattus Vega (Costa Rica)

      Yellow cards      38'30   Robert Kovac (foul on Francesco Totti)
                        50'05   Christian Vieri (protesting)

      Attendance        36,472

      Playtime          First half     47'14
                        Second half    49'43
                        Total          96'57

      Quality           6,5
      Intensity         8  
      Excitement        8  



      ITALY (formation 4-4-2)             CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Gianluigi Buffon                 Juventus                  24     28   6,5
       2 Christian Panucci                AS Roma                   29     26   6,5
      13 Alessandro Nesta          (-24)  Lazio                     26     46   6,5
       5 Fabio Cannavaro                  Parma                     28     60   6  
       3 Paolo Maldini (c)                AC Milan                  33    124   5,5
      19 Gianluca Zambrotta               Juventus                  25     25   7  
      17 Damiano Tommasi                  AS Roma                   28     16   5  
       6 Cristiano Zanetti                Internazionale            25      6   6  
      11 Cristiano Doni            (-79)  Atalanta                  29      5   6  
      10 Francesco Totti                  AS Roma                   25     31   6  
      21 Christian Vieri                  Internazionale            28     26   6,5

      Substitutes
      23 Marco Materazzi           (+24)  Internazionale            28      8   5  
       9 Filippo Inzaghi           (+79)  AC Milan                  28     39   -  

      Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni                                       Average  6,04



      CROATIA (formation 4-4-2)           CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Stipe Pletikosa                  Hajduk Split              23     20   6,5
      15 Daniel Saric                     Panathinaikos             29     27   6  
       3 Josip Simunic                    Hertha BSC                24      7   7  
      21 Robert Kovac                     Bayern München            28     21   6  
      17 Robert Jarni (c)                 Panathinaikos             33     80   6,5
      14 Zvonimir Soldo            (-63)  VfB Stuttgart             34     61   6  
       4 Stjepan Tomas                    Vicenza                   27     19   6  
      10 Nico Kovac                       Bayern München            30     22   6,5
       5 Milan Rapaic              (-79)  Fenerbahce                28     26   7  
       7 Davor Vugrinec            (-57)  Lecce                     27     23   6,5
      11 Alen Boksic                      Middlesbrough             32     38   6  

      Substitutes
      18 Ivica Olic                (+57)  NK Zagreb                 23      5   7  
      16 Jurica Vranjes            (+63)  Bayer Leverkusen          22      8   6,5
      20 Dario Simic               (+79)  Internazionale            26     49   -  

      Coach: Mirko Jozic                                               Average  6,42



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