June 9th 2002 (8:30pm)                  Yokohama, Yokohama International Stadium

     JAPAN - RUSSIA             1-0 (0-0)

      Goal              50'03   1-0   Junichi Inamoto (assist – Atsushi Yanagisawa)


      Referee           Markus Merk (Germany)   6
      Linesmen          Heiner Müller (Germany)
                        Evzen Amler (Czech Republic)
      4th official      Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

      Yellow cards      12'41   Ruslan Pimenov (foul on Noaki Matsuda)
                        15'42   Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (foul on Ruslan Pimenov)
                        37'39   Andrei Solomatin (foul on Atsushi Yanagisawa)
                        41'06   Koji Nakata (foul on Valeri Karpin)
                        59'16   Yuri Nikiforov (protesting)
                        90'11   Masashi Nakayama (foul on Viktor Onopko)



      Attendance        66,108

      Playtime          First half     46'56
                        Second half    46'45
                        Total          93'41

      Quality           6  
      Intensity         6,5
      Excitement        6  



      JAPAN (formation 3-5-2)             CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Seigo Narazaki                   Nagoya Grampus Eight      26     20   7  
       3 Noaki Matsuda                    Yokohama Flügels Marinos  25     30   6  
      17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)           Gamba Osaka               25     12   6,5
      16 Koji Nakata                      Kashima Antlers           22     28   7  
      20 Tomokazu Myojin                  Kashiwa Reysol            24     21   6  
       7 Hidetoshi Nakata                 Parma                     25     44   6,5
      21 Kazuyuki Toda                    Shimizu S-Pulse           24     16   6  
       5 Junichi Inamoto           (-85)  Arsenal                   22     31   7  
      18 Shinji Ono                (-75)  Feyenoord                 22     28   5,5
      13 Atsushi Yanagisawa               Kashima Antlers           25     27   5,5
      11 Takayuki Suzuki           (-72)  Kashima Antlers           25     17   6  

      Substitutes
      10 Masashi Nakayama          (+72)  Jubilo Iwata              34     49   6  
       6 Toshihiro Hattori         (+75)  Jubilo Iwata              28     39   -  
      15 Takashi Fukunishi         (+85)  Jubilo Iwata              25      6   -  

      Coach: Philippe Troussier                                        Average  6,25



      RUSSIA (formation 4-4-2)            CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Ruslan Nigmatullin               Verona                    27     22   6  
       5 Andriy Solomatin                 Lokomotiv Moscow          26      7   6,5
       3 Yuri Nikiforov                   PSV Eindhoven             31     58   6  
       7 Viktor Onopko (c)                Real Oviedo               32     99   6,5
       2 Yuri Kovtun                      Spartak Moscow            32     46   6  
       8 Valeri Karpin                    Celta Vigo                33     71   6  
       4 Aleksei Smertin           (-57)  Girondins Bordeaux        27     26   5,5
       9 Yegor Titov                      Spartak Moscow            26     32   6,5
       6 Igor Semshov                     Torpedo Moscow            24      4   6  
      20 Marat Izmailov            (-52)  Lokomotiv Moscow          19     10   5,5
      19 Ruslan Pimenov            (-HT)  Lokomotiv Moscow          20      3   5  

      Substitutes
      22 Dimitri Sichev            (+HT)  Spartak Moscow            18      5   6  
      21 Dimitri Chochlov          (+52)  Real Sociedad             26     41   7  
      11 Vladimir Bestschastnykh   (+57)  Spartak Moscow            28     66   5,5

      Coach: Oleg Romantsev                                            Average  6,00



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