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1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries

First stage

Kuwait - Lebanon

2:0 (1:0)

Match	Date	Venue / Stadium	Time	Attendance
48	08 May 1997	Kuwait City / KUWAIT CITY	01:00	12000

Goals scored

Jasem AL HUWAIDI (KUW) 38',
Fawaz AL AHMAD (KUW) 79'

Kuwait

Line-up

[21]
Falah AL MAJIDI (GK)
[2]
Osama HUSSAIN
[3]
Jamal MUBARAK
[4]
Yousif AL DAKHI
[7]
Bader AL HALABEEJ (-84')
[11]
Abdullah SAIHAN
[12]
Fawaz AL AHMAD
[14]
Bashar ABDULAZIZ
[17]
Esam AL KANDARI
[19]
Hani AL SAQER (-85')
[20]
Jasem AL HUWAIDI (-60')

Substitute(s)

[1]
Husain AL MEKAIMI
[5]
Mohammad AL KHALEDI (+85')
[6]
Adel ALI (+84')
[8]
Abdulaziz AL HINDI
[9]
Ali AL HADYAH
[10]
Khaled FAIROUZ
[15]
Hamed AL SALEH (+60')

Lebanon

Line-up

[21]
Ali FAKIH (GK)
[2]
Korken YINKIBARIAN
[3]
Abbas CHAHROUR
[4]
Keyork KARAPETIAN
[5]
Ahmad NAAMANI
[6]
Jamal TAHA
[9]
Wael NAZHA (-50')
[10]
Moussa HJEIJ
[11]
Raed EL YAFI (-75')
[13]
Ibrahim EL HOSNI
[19]
Chadi KARNIB (-50')

Substitute(s)

[7]
Mohamad MESSELMANI (+75')
[12]
Abdulfattah SHEHAB (+50')
[14]
Wartan GHAZARIAN
[15]
Riad KOBEISSI
[16]
Khodr BERJAOUI
[17]
Zaher ANDARI
[20]
Babkin MELIKIAN (+50')

Cautions

Jasem AL HUWAIDI (KUW) 35'
, Bashar ABDULAZIZ (KUW) 43'
, Riad KOBEISSI (LIB) 67'

Sent off

Yousif AL DAKHI (KUW) 35',
Keyork KARAPETIAN (LIB) 35'

Match Officials

Referee Ali BUJSAIM (UAE)

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