Football World Cup 1998 / Group H

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Group H games of the 1998 World Cup

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina  3  3  0  0 007-000  +7 09
 2. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  3  2  0  1 004: 200  +2 06th
 3. JamaicaJamaica Jamaica  3  1  0  2 003: 900  −6 03
 4th Japan 1870Japan Japan  3  0  0  3 001: 400  −3 00

Argentina - Japan 1: 0 (1: 0)

Argentina Japan
ArgentinaArgentina
1st matchday
June 14, 1998 at 2:30 p.m. in Toulouse ( Stadium Municipal )
Spectators: 33,500
Referee: Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands ) NetherlandsNetherlands 
Match report
JapanJapan


Carlos Roa - Nelson Vivas , Roberto Ayala , Roberto Néstor Sensini (72nd José Chamot ) - Javier Zanetti , Juan Sebastián Verón , Matías Almeyda , Diego Simeone - Ariel Ortega - Gabriel Batistuta , Claudio López (61st Abel Balbo ) Trainer: Daniel Passarella(C)Captain of the crew
 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Eisuke Nakanishi , Masami Ihara , Yutaka Akita - Akira Narahashi , Motohiro Yamaguchi , Hiroshi Nanami , Naoki Sōma (84th Takashi Hirano ) - Hidetoshi Nakata - Masashi Nakayama (65th Wagner Lopes ), Shōji Jō trainer: Takeshi Jō(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Batistuta (28th)
yellow cards Ihara, Nakanishi, Hirano

Jamaica - Croatia 1: 3 (1: 1)

Jamaica Croatia
JamaicaJamaica
1st matchday
June 14, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Lens ( Stade Félix Bollaert )
Spectators: 38,100
Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira ( Portugal ) PortugalPortugal 
Match report
CroatiaCroatia


Warren Barrett - Frank Sinclair , Onandi Lowe , Ian Goodison - Peter Cargill (69th Darryl Powell ) - Robert Earle (74th Andy Williams ), Theodore Whitmore , Fitzroy Simpson , Ricardo Gardner - Deon Burton , Paul Hall Trainer: Rene Simoes(C)Captain of the crew
 Dražen Ladić - Slaven Bilić , Zvonimir Soldo , Igor Štimac - Dario Šimić (72nd Goran Vlaović ), Robert Prosinečki , Aljoša Asanović , Robert Jarni - Zvonimir Boban - Mario Stanić , Davor Šuker Coach: Miroslav Blažević(C)Captain of the crew

goal 1: 1 Earle (45th) 		goal0: 1 Stanić (27.)

goal1: 2 Prosinečki (53.)
goal1: 3 Šuker (69.)
yellow cards Burton yellow cards Soldo, Simić

Japan - Croatia 0: 1 (0: 0)

Japan Croatia
JapanJapan
2nd matchday
June 20, 1998 at 2:30 p.m. in Nantes ( Stade Louis-Fonteneau )
Spectators: 35,500
Referee: Ramesh Ramadhan ( Trinidad and Tobago ) Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago 
Match report
CroatiaCroatia


Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Eisuke Nakanishi , Masami Ihara , Yutaka Akita - Akira Narahashi (79th Hiroaki Morishima ), Motohiro Yamaguchi , Hiroshi Nanami (83. Wagner Lopes ), Naoki Sōma - Hidetoshi Nakata - Masashi Nakayama (61. Masayuki Okano ), Shoji Jo Trainer: Takeshi Okada(C)Captain of the crew
 Dražen Ladić - Slaven Bilić , Zvonimir Soldo , Igor Štimac (46th Goran Vlaović ) - Dario Šimić , Krunoslav Jurčić , Aljoša Asanović , Robert Jarni - Robert Prosinečki (67th Silvio Marić ) - Mario Stanić (88th Igor Tudor ), Davor Šuker Coach: Miroslav Blažević(C)Captain of the crew
goal 0: 1 Šuker (77.)
yellow cards Nakanishi (2nd, blocked), Akita, Nanami yellow cards Stanić, Prosinečki

Argentina - Jamaica 5: 0 (1: 0)

Argentina Jamaica
ArgentinaArgentina
2nd matchday
June 21, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in Paris ( Parc des Princes )
Spectators: 45,500
Referee: Rune Pedersen ( Norway ) NorwayNorway 
Match report
JamaicaJamaica


Carlos Roa - Roberto Néstor Sensini (25th Nelson Vivas ), Roberto Ayala , José Chamot - Javier Zanetti , Juan Sebastián Verón , Matías Almeyda , Diego Simeone (80th Hector Pineda ) - Ariel Ortega - Gabriel Batistuta , Claudio López (75th Marcelo Gallardo ) Coach: Daniel Passarella(C)Captain of the crew
 Warren Barrett - Frank Sinclair , Christopher Dawes , Ian Goodison - Darryl Powell , Stephen Malcolm (62nd Walter Boyd ) - Theodore Whitmore (72nd Robert Earle ), Fitzroy Simpson , Ricardo Gardner - Deon Burton (46th Peter Cargill ), Paul Hall Trainer: Rene Simoes(C)Captain of the crew
goal1: 0 Ortega (31st)
goal2: 0 Ortega (55th)
goal3: 0 Batistuta (72nd)
goal4: 0 Batistuta (80th)
Penalty kick5: 0 Batistuta (83rd, penalty kick)
yellow cards Chamot
Yellow-red cards Powell (45th)

Japan - Jamaica 1: 2 (0: 1)

Japan Jamaica
JapanJapan
3rd matchday
June 26, 1998 at 4 p.m. in Lyon ( Stade Gerland )
Spectators: 39,100
Referee: Günter Benkö ( Austria ) AustriaAustria 
Match report
JamaicaJamaica


Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Norio Omura (59th Takashi Hirano ), Masami Ihara , Yutaka Akita - Akira Narahashi , Motohiro Yamaguchi , Hiroshi Nanami (79th Shinji Ono ), Naoki Sōma - Hidetoshi Nakata - Masashi Nakayama , Shōji Jō (59th Wagneres Lop ) Trainer: Takeshi Okada(C)Captain of the crew
 Aaron Lawrence - Frank Sinclair , Onandi Lowe , Ian Goodison - Stephen Malcolm , Christopher Dawes , Fitzroy Simpson (90th Robert Earle ), Ricardo Gardner - Theodore Whitmore - Marcus Gayle (80th Deon Burton ), Paul Hall (72nd Walter Boyd ) Trainer: Rene Simoes(C)Captain of the crew


goal 1: 2 Nakayama (74th) 		goal0-1 Whitmore (39th)
goal0-2 Whitmore (54th)
yellow cards Yamaguchi yellow cards Dawes, Malcolm

Argentina - Croatia 1: 0 (1: 0)

Argentina Croatia
ArgentinaArgentina
3rd matchday
June 26, 1998 at 4 p.m. in Bordeaux ( Stade Chaban-Delmas )
Spectators: 31,800
Referee: Said Belqola ( Morocco ) MoroccoMorocco 
Match report
CroatiaCroatia


Carlos Roa - Nelson Vivas , Roberto Ayala , Pablo Paz - Javier Zanetti (68th Diego Simeone ), Juan Sebastián Verón , Matías Almeyda , Hector Pineda - Ariel Ortega (53rd Claudio López ), Marcelo Gallardo (81st Sergio Berti ) - Gabriel Batistuta coach: Daniel Passarella(C)Captain of the crew
 Dražen Ladić - Slaven Bilić , Zvonimir Soldo , Dario Šimić - Silvio Marić (46th Goran Vlaović ), Robert Prosinečki (68th Igor Štimac ), Aljoša Asanović , Robert Jarni - Zvonimir Boban - Mario Stanić , Davor Šuker Coach: Miroslav Blažević(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Pineda (36th)
yellow cards Ayala, Vivas, Ortega yellow cards Boban, Bilić, Soldo (2nd / blocked), Jarni