2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan ™
Group matches
Croatia - Mexico
0:1 (0:0)
Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 9 | 03 June 2002 | 15:30 | Niigata / Niigata Stadium Big Swan | 32239 |
Match Officials
Referee LU Jun (CHN) | Assistant Referee 1 Sankar KOMALEESWARAN (IND) | |
Fourth Official Falla NDOYE (SEN) | Assistant Referee 2 Taoufik ADJENGUI (TUN) | |
- Cuauhtemoc BLANCO (MEX) 60' Penalty goal
Goals scored
Croatia
- Stipe PLETIKOSA (GK)
- Josip SIMUNIC
- Stjepan TOMAS
- Boris ZIVKOVIC
- Robert PROSINECKI (-46')
- Davor SUKER (C) (-64')
- Niko KOVAC
- Alen BOKSIC (-67')
- Zvonimir SOLDO
- Robert JARNI
- Robert KOVAC
Line-up
- Tomislav BUTINA (GK)
- Vladimir VASILJ (GK)
- Anthony SERIC
- Milan RAPAIC (+46')
- Davor VUGRINEC
- Mario STANIC (+67')
- Daniel SARIC (+64')
- Jurica VRANJES
- Ivica OLIC
- Goran VLAOVIC
- Dario SIMIC
- Bosko BALABAN
Substitute(s)
Coach
Mirko JOZIC (CRO)Mexico
- Oscar PEREZ (GK)
- Rafael MARQUEZ (C)
- Manuel VIDRIO
- Gerardo TORRADO
- Ramon MORALES
- Jared BORGETTI (-68')
- Cuauhtemoc BLANCO (-79')
- Braulio LUNA
- Sigifredo MERCADO
- Salvador CARMONA
- Gabriel CABALLERO
Line-up
- Oswaldo SANCHEZ (GK)
- Jorge CAMPOS (GK)
- Francisco GABRIEL DE ANDA
- Rafael GARCIA
- Alberto GARCIA ASPE
- German VILLA
- Luis HERNANDEZ (+68')
- Francisco PALENCIA (+79')
- Joahan RODRIGUEZ
- Melvin BROWN
- Jesus ARELLANO
- Alberto RODRIGUEZ
Substitute(s)
Coach
Javier AGUIRRE (MEX)Cautions
- Boris ZIVKOVIC (CRO) 59'
Expulsions
| Croatia (CRO) | Statistics | Mexico (MEX) |
| 8 | Shots | 7 |
| 4 | Shots on goal | 4 |
| 16 | Fouls Committed | 18 |
| 11 | Corner kicks | 3 |
| 0 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 1 / 1 |
| 8 | Offsides | 1 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Cautions | 0 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 1 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 38% | Possession (%) | 62% |
| 0 | Actual playing time | 0 |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Stipe PLETIKOSA | GK | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Josip SIMUNIC | D | 90 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Stjepan TOMAS | D | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 6 | Boris ZIVKOVIC | D | 59 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Robert PROSINECKI | M | 46 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Davor SUKER | F | 64 | 0/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 10 | Niko KOVAC | M | 90 | 5 | 8 | |||||||
| 11 | Alen BOKSIC | F | 67 | 2 | ||||||||
| 14 | Zvonimir SOLDO | M | 90 | 3/4 | 2 | |||||||
| 17 | Robert JARNI | D | 90 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 21 | Robert KOVAC | D | 90 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Milan RAPAIC | M | 44 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 13 | Mario STANIC | M | 23 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | Daniel SARIC | D | 26 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 4/8 | 16 | 18 | 1 | |||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oscar PEREZ | GK | 90 | |||||||||
| 4 | Rafael MARQUEZ | M | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Manuel VIDRIO | D | 90 | |||||||||
| 6 | Gerardo TORRADO | M | 90 | 1/3 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Ramon MORALES | M | 90 | 1/1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 9 | Jared BORGETTI | F | 68 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 10 | Cuauhtemoc BLANCO | F | 79 | 1 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | Braulio LUNA | M | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 13 | Sigifredo MERCADO | M | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 16 | Salvador CARMONA | D | 90 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 19 | Gabriel CABALLERO | M | 90 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Luis HERNANDEZ | F | 22 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | Francisco PALENCIA | F | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 4/7 | 1/1 | 18 | 16 | |||||||
| 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 |