1998 FIFA World Cup France ™

Group matches

Nigeria - Paraguay

1:3 (1:1)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
39	24 June 1998	21:00	Toulouse / Stade Municipal	33500

Match Officials

Referee Pirom ANPRASERT (THA)	Assistant Referee 1 Mohamed AL MUSAWI (OMA)
Fourth Official Masayoshi OKADA (JPN)	Assistant Referee 2 Mikael NILSSON (SWE)

Goals scored

Celso AYALA (PAR) 1',
Wilson ORUMA (NGA) 11',
Miguel BENITEZ (PAR) 58',
Jose CARDOZO (PAR) 86'

Nigeria

Line-up

[1]
Peter RUFAI (GK)
[4]
Nwankwo KANU
[6]
Taribo WEST
[9]
Rasheed YEKINI
[11]
Garba LAWAL
[13]
Tijani BABANGIDA
[15]
Sunday OLISEH (-46' HT)
[16]
Uche OKAFOR
[17]
Augustine EGUAVOEN
[18]
Wilson ORUMA (-68')
[19]
Ben IROHA

Substitute(s)

[2]
Mobi OPARAKU
[3]
Celestine BABAYARO
[5]
Uche OKECHUKWU
[7]
Finidi GEORGE (+68')
[8]
Mutiu ADEPOJU
[10]
Jay Jay OKOCHA
[12]
Willy OKPARA
[14]
Daniel AMOKACHI
[20]
Victor IKPEBA
[21]
Godwin OKPARA (+46' HT)
[22]
Abiodun BARUWA

Coach

Bora MILUTINOVIC (SRB)

Paraguay

Line-up

[1]
Jose Luis CHILAVERT (GK)(C)
[2]
Francisco ARCE
[4]
Carlos GAMARRA
[5]
Celso AYALA
[9]
Jose CARDOZO
[11]
Pedro SARABIA
[13]
Carlos PAREDES
[15]
Miguel BENITEZ (-67')
[16]
Julio Cesar ENCISO
[17]
Hugo BRIZUELA (-77')
[20]
Denis CANIZA (-55')

Substitute(s)

[3]
Catalino RIVAROLA
[6]
Edgar AGUILERA
[7]
Julio Cesar YEGROS (+55')
[8]
Aristides ROJAS (+77')
[10]
Roberto ACUNA (+67')
[12]
Danilo ACEVAL
[14]
Ricardo ROJAS
[18]
Cesar RAMIREZ
[19]
Carlos MORALES
[21]
Jorge CAMPOS
[22]
Ruben RUIZ DIAZ

Coach

CARPEGIANI (BRA)

Cautions

Augustine EGUAVOEN (NGA) 25'
, Ben IROHA (NGA) 38'

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