FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997

Semi-finals

Republic of Ireland - Argentina

0:1 (0:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
50	02 July 1997	16:30	Kuching / Sarawak	14976

Match Officials

Referee KIM Young Joo (KOR)	Assistant Referee 1 Sankar KOMALEESWARAN (IND)
	Assistant Referee 2 Achmat SALIE (RSA)

Goals scored

Bernardo ROMEO (ARG) 55'

Republic of Ireland

Line-up

[1]
Derek O CONNOR (GK)
[2]
David WORRALL
[3]
Robert RYAN
[4]
Colin HAWKINS
[7]
Niall INMAN (-83')
[9]
Michael CUMMINS
[10]
Thomas MORGAN (C)
[11]
Damien DUFF
[13]
Alan KIRBY
[14]
Neale FENN (-73')
[18]
Trevor MOLLOY (-57')

Substitute(s)

[5]
Aidan LYNCH
[6]
Stephen MURPHY (+57')
[8]
John BURNS
[12]
David WHITTLE
[15]
Glenn CROWE (+83')
[16]
Paul WHELAN
[17]
Desmond BAKER (+73')

Coach

Brian KERR (IRL)

Argentina

Line-up

[1]
Leonardo FRANCO (GK)
[4]
Juan SERRIZUELA
[5]
Esteban CAMBIASSO
[6]
Diego MARKIC
[7]
Diego QUINTANA (-61')
[8]
Juan RIQUELME (C) (-45' HT)
[9]
Bernardo ROMEO
[10]
Pablo AIMAR (-73')
[13]
Fabian CUBERO
[14]
Diego PLACENTE
[18]
Lionel SCALONI

Substitute(s)

[2]
Leandro CUFRE
[3]
Walter SAMUEL
[11]
Pablo RODRIGUEZ (+45' HT)
[12]
Cristian MUNOZ
[15]
Martin PEREZLINDO
[16]
Nicolas DIEZ (+73')
[17]
Sebastian ROMERO (+61')

Coach

Jose PEKERMAN (ARG)

Cautions

Bernardo ROMEO (ARG) 30'
, Juan SERRIZUELA (ARG) 47'
, Neale FENN (IRL) 59'

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