1998 FIFA World Cup France ™

Group matches

Argentina - Japan

1:0 (1:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
13	14 June 1998	14:30	Toulouse / Stade Municipal	33500

Match Officials

Referee Mario VAN DER ENDE (NED)	Assistant Referee 1 Marc VAN DEN BROECK (BEL)
Fourth Official Ryszard WOJCIK (POL)	Assistant Referee 2 Eddie FOLEY (IRL)

Goals scored

Gabriel BATISTUTA (ARG) 28'

Argentina

Line-up

[1]
Carlos ROA (GK)
[2]
Roberto AYALA
[5]
Matias ALMEYDA
[6]
Roberto SENSINI (-72')
[7]
Claudio LOPEZ (-61')
[8]
Diego SIMEONE (C)
[9]
Gabriel BATISTUTA
[10]
Ariel ORTEGA
[11]
Juan VERON
[14]
Nelson VIVAS
[22]
Javier ZANETTI

Substitute(s)

[3]
Jose CHAMOT (+72')
[4]
Mauricio PINEDA
[12]
German BURGOS
[13]
Pablo PAZ
[15]
Leonardo ASTRADA
[16]
Sergio BERTI
[17]
Pablo CAVALLERO
[18]
Abel BALBO (+61')
[19]
Hernan CRESPO
[20]
Marcelo GALLARDO
[21]
Marcelo DELGADO

Coach

Daniel PASSARELLA (ARG)

Japan

Line-up

[20]
Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI (GK)
[2]
Akira NARAHASHI
[3]
Naoki SOMA (-84')
[4]
Masami IHARA (C)
[6]
Motohiro YAMAGUCHI
[8]
Hidetoshi NAKATA
[9]
Masashi NAKAYAMA (-65')
[10]
Hiroshi NANAMI
[17]
Yutaka AKITA
[18]
Shoji JO
[19]
Eisuke NAKANISHI

Substitute(s)

[1]
Nobuyuki KOJIMA
[5]
Norio OMURA
[7]
Teruyoshi ITO
[11]
Shinji ONO
[12]
Wagner LOPES (+65')
[13]
Toshihiro HATTORI
[14]
Masayuki OKANO
[15]
Hiroaki MORISHIMA
[16]
Toshihide SAITO
[21]
Seigo NARAZAKI
[22]
Takashi HIRANO (+84')

Coach

Takeshi OKADA (JPN)

Cautions

Masami IHARA (JPN) 26'
, Eisuke NAKANISHI (JPN) 67'
, Takashi HIRANO (JPN) 90'+2

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