FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997

First stage

Japan - Paraguay

3:3 (2:2)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
31	23 June 1997	17:30	Kuantan / Darul Makmur	5000

Match Officials

Referee Abderrahim EL ARJOUN (MAR)	Assistant Referee 1 Claro PALOMO (PHI)
	Assistant Referee 2 Masoud ENAYAT (IRN)

Goals scored

Cesar CACERES (PAR) 17',
Shinji JOJO (JPN) 31',
Paulo DA SILVA (PAR) 38',
Nozomi HIROYAMA (JPN) 45',
Atsushi YANAGISAWA (JPN) 62',
Juan SAMUDIO (PAR) 67'

Japan

Line-up

[18]
Yuta MINAMI (GK)
[4]
Kazuyuki TODA
[5]
Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO (C)
[6]
Shinji JOJO
[7]
Tomokazu MYOJIN
[8]
Nozomi HIROYAMA
[10]
Atsushi YANAGISAWA (-73')
[12]
Satoshi YAMAGUCHI
[13]
Harutaka ONO
[15]
Yuichiro NAGAI
[16]
Shunsuke NAKAMURA

Substitute(s)

[1]
Kiyomitsu KOBARI
[2]
Kai MIKURIYA
[3]
Masaharu NISHI
[9]
Kenji FUKUDA (+73')
[11]
Yoshiteru YAMASHITA
[14]
Masahiro KOGA
[17]
Michiyasu OSADA

Coach

Masakuni YAMAMOTO (JPN)

Paraguay

Line-up

[1]
Justo VILLAR (GK)(C)
[2]
Diosnel BURGOS
[3]
Gustavo CANETE (-70')
[4]
Paulo DA SILVA
[5]
Hernan FLORENTIN
[6]
Marcos TIOZZO
[7]
Raul ROMAN
[8]
Cristian ESQUIVEL
[10]
Miguel DOMINGUEZ (-35')
[11]
Cesar CACERES (-64')
[17]
Juan SAMUDIO

Substitute(s)

[9]
Cesar RAMIREZ
[12]
Jose FERNANDEZ
[13]
Mariano VILLAMAYOR
[14]
Gustavo FLORENTIN (+35')
[15]
Gustavo MORINIGO
[16]
Tomas GONZALEZ (+70')
[18]
Alberto MELGAREJO (+64')

Coach

Carlos ESPINOLA (PAR)

Cautions

Cristian ESQUIVEL (PAR) 30'
, Gustavo CANETE (PAR) 35'
, Hernan FLORENTIN (PAR) 65'

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution