1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Italy - Moldova
3:0 (2:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 177 | 29 March 1997 | Trieste / Nereo Rocco | 01:00 | 26000 |
- Paolo MALDINI (ITA) 24',
- Gianfranco ZOLA (ITA) 44',
- Christian VIERI (ITA) 49'
Goals scored
Italy
- Angelo PERUZZI (GK)
- Ciro FERRARA
- Paolo MALDINI
- Dino BAGGIO
- Alessandro NESTA (-32')
- Alessandro COSTACURTA
- Angelo DI LIVIO (-75')
- Roberto DI MATTEO
- Christian VIERI (-67')
- Demetrio ALBERTINI
- Gianfranco ZOLA
Line-up
- Francesco TOLDO
- Christian PANUCCI
- Fabio CANNAVARO (+32')
- Diego FUSER
- Stefano ERANIO (+75')
- Filippo INZAGHI
- Michele PADOVANO (+67')
Substitute(s)
Moldova
- Denis ROMANENCO (GK)
- Oleg FISTICAN
- Vasile TOLOCONNICOV
- Ivan TESTEMITANU
- Vitali CULIBABA
- Marin SPINU (-49')
- Alexander CURTIANU
- Oleg SHISHENIN
- Serghei IEPUREANU
- Vladimir GAIDAMASCIUC (-61')
- Serghei CLESCENCO
Line-up
- Eugen IVANOV
- Serghei ROGACIOV
- Sergei SECOU
- Alexandr SUHAREV (+49')
- Iurie MITEREV
- Boris CEBOTARI (+61')
- Radu REBEJA
Substitute(s)
- Demetrio ALBERTINI (ITA) 35'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Gilles VEISSIERE (FRA) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |
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