FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999

First stage

Costa Rica - Paraguay

1:3 (1:1)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
14	07 April 1999	19:00	Lagos / National	18000

Match Officials

Referee Jan WEGEREEF (NED)	Assistant Referee 1 Carlos HENRIQUES (RSA)
	Assistant Referee 2 Abdelmajid JEDDIOUI (MAR)

Goals scored

Roque SANTA CRUZ (PAR) 26',
Mauricio GARITA (CRC) 30',
Nelson VERA (PAR) 50',
Nelson CUEVAS (PAR) 66'

Costa Rica

Line-up

[18]
Greivin CRUZ (GK)
[2]
Mauricio GARITA (-60')
[3]
Pablo Cesar RODRIGUEZ
[4]
Allan MELENDEZ
[6]
Gilberto MARTINEZ
[7]
Mauricio ALPIZAR (C)
[8]
Esteban SANTANA
[10]
Minor DIAZ (-45' HT)
[11]
Danny FONSECA
[15]
Juan ESQUIVEL (-70')
[17]
Luis VENEGAS

Substitute(s)

[1]
Jairo VILLEGAS
[5]
Alexander CASTRO
[9]
Jose UGARTE (+45' HT)
[12]
Robert ARIAS (+60')
[13]
Alberto BRENES
[14]
Mario VIQUEZ (+70')
[16]
Winston PARKS

Coach

Carlos WATSON (CRC)

Paraguay

Line-up

[12]
Roberto BAGNOLI (GK)
[2]
Emilio MARTINEZ
[4]
Paulo DA SILVA (C)
[5]
Ruben MALDONADO
[6]
Ever GIMENEZ
[8]
Isidro CANDIA
[9]
Roque SANTA CRUZ (-75')
[10]
Francisco ESCOBAR
[13]
Nelson VERA (-79')
[16]
Jorge BRITEZ (-45' HT)
[17]
Walter FRETES

Substitute(s)

[1]
Christian FLORENTIN
[3]
Roberto BLANCO
[7]
Sergio FERNANDEZ (+75')
[11]
Nelson CUEVAS (+45' HT)
[14]
Elvis MARECOS (+79')
[15]
Salvador CABANAS
[18]
Miguel DOMINGUEZ

Coach

Mario JACQUET (UNK)

Cautions

Luis VENEGAS (CRC) 17'
, Francisco ESCOBAR (PAR) 23'
, Roque SANTA CRUZ (PAR) 33'
, Emilio MARTINEZ (PAR) 35'
, Walter FRETES (PAR) 42'
, Pablo Cesar RODRIGUEZ (CRC) 45'
, Elvis MARECOS (PAR) 88'

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