1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ - FIFA.com

1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries

First stage

Spain - Malta

4:0 (2:0)

Match	Date	Venue / Stadium	Time	Attendance
169	12 February 1997	Alicante / Jose Rico Perez	01:00	28000

Goals scored

Pep GUARDIOLA (ESP) 25',
ALFONSO (ESP) 40',
ALFONSO (ESP) 47',
PIZZI (ESP) 89'

Spain

Line-up

[1]
Andoni ZUBIZARRETA (GK)
[2]
Alvarez ARMANDO
[3]
ARANZABAL
[4]
ABELARDO
[5]
Miguel Angel NADAL
[6]
Fernando HIERRO (-45')
[7]
Javier MANJARIN
[8]
LUIS ENRIQUE
[9]
Pep GUARDIOLA (-73')
[10]
RAUL (-45')
[11]
ALFONSO

Substitute(s)

[12]
SERGI
[13]
Santiago CANIZARES
[14]
Rafael ALKORTA
[15]
Julen GUERRERO (+73')
[16]
PIZZI (+45')
[17]
KIKO
[18]
Roberto RIOS (+45')

Malta

Line-up

[1]
Richard Reginald CINI (GK)
[2]
Lawrence ATTARD
[3]
Richard BUHAGIAR (-84')
[4]
Silvio VELLA
[5]
Jeffrey CHETCUTI
[6]
Ivan ZAMMIT (-77')
[7]
Gilbert AGIUS (-64')
[8]
Hubert SUDA
[9]
Noel TURNER
[10]
Joe BRINCAT
[11]
Antoine ZAHRA

Substitute(s)

[12]
Ernest BARRY
[13]
Nicholas SALIBA
[14]
Joseph GALEA (+84')
[15]
Dennis CAUCHI
[16]
David CAMILLERI (+77')
[17]
David CARABOTT (+64')
[18]
Stefan SULTANA

Cautions

Joe BRINCAT (MLT) 19'
, Ivan ZAMMIT (MLT) 51'
, Antoine ZAHRA (MLT) 88'
, Silvio VELLA (MLT) 90'

Sent off

Match Officials

Referee Stephen LODGE (ENG)

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:	minutesPlayed
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