Football World Cup 2002 / Group G

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Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico Mexico  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 07th
 2. ItalyItaly Italy  3  1  1  1 004: 300  +1 04th
 3. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  3  1  0  2 002: 300  −1 03
 4th EcuadorEcuador Ecuador  3  1  0  2 002: 400  −2 03

Group G of the Football World Cup 2002 :

Croatia - Mexico 0: 1 (0: 0)

Croatia Mexico
CroatiaCroatia
1st matchday
June 3, 2002 at 3:30 p.m. in Niigata ( Niigata Big Swan Stadium )
Spectators: 32,239
Referee: Jun Lu ( People's Republic of China ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Match report
MexicoMexico


Stipe Pletikosa - Josip Šimunić , Robert Kovač , Boris Živković - Niko Kovač , Zvonimir Soldo , Stjepan Tomas , Robert Jarni - Robert Prosinečki (46th Milan Rapaić ) - Davor Šuker (64th Daniel Šarić ), Alen Bokšić (67th Mario Stanić ) Coach: Mirko Jozić(C)Captain of the crew
 Óscar Pérez Rojas - Salvador Carmona , Rafael Márquez , Manuel Vidrio - Gerardo Torrado - Sigifredo Mercado , Braulio Luna , Gabriel Caballero , Ramón Morales - Jared Borgetti (68th Luis Hernández ), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (79th Francisco Palencia ) Coach: Javier Aguirre(C)Captain of the crew
Penalty kick 0: 1 Blanco (61st penalty)
Red cards Živković (59.)
Player of the Match: Braulio Luna (Mexico)

Italy - Ecuador 2: 0 (2: 0)

Italy Ecuador
ItalyItaly
1st matchday
June 3, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. in Sapporo ( Sapporo Dome )
Spectators: 31,081
Referee: Brian Hall ( United States ) United StatesUnited States 
Match report
EcuadorEcuador


Gianluigi Buffon - Christian Panucci , Fabio Cannavaro , Alessandro Nesta , Paolo Maldini - Gianluca Zambrotta , Luigi Di Biagio (69th Gennaro Gattuso ), Damiano Tommasi , Cristiano Doni (65th Angelo Di Livio ) - Francesco Totti (74th Alessandro Del Piero ) - Christian Vieri coach: Giovanni Trapattoni(C)Captain of the crew
 José Cevallos - Ulises de la Cruz , Augusto Porozo , Iván Hurtado , Raúl Guerrón - Edison Méndez , Alfonso Obregón , Edwin Tenorio (59th Walter Ayoví ), Cléber Chalá (85th Nicolás Asencio ) - Álex Aguinaga (46th Carlos Tenorio ) - Agustín Delgado Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez(C)Captain of the crew
goal1-0 Vieri (7th)
goal2-0 Vieri (27th)
yellow cards Cannavaro (81st) yellow cards Porozo (14th), de la Cruz (49th), Chalá (54th)
Player of the Match: Christian Vieri (Italy)

Italy - Croatia 1: 2 (0: 0)

Italy Croatia
ItalyItaly
2nd matchday
June 8, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. in Kashima ( Ibaraki Kashima Stadium )
Spectators: 36,472
Referee: Graham Poll ( England ) EnglandEngland 
Match report
CroatiaCroatia


Gianluigi Buffon - Christian Panucci , Fabio Cannavaro , Alessandro Nesta (23rd Marco Materazzi ), Paolo Maldini - Gianluca Zambrotta , Cristiano Zanetti , Damiano Tommasi , Cristiano Doni (79th Filippo Inzaghi ) - Francesco Totti - Christian Vieri Trainer: Giovanni Trapattoni(C)Captain of the crew
 Stipe Pletikosa - Josip Šimunić , Robert Kovač , Stjepan Tomas - Daniel Šarić , Zvonimir Soldo (63rd Jurica Vranješ ), Niko Kovač , Robert Jarni - Milan Rapaić (79th Dario Šimić ), Davor Vugrinec (57th Ivica Olić ) - Alen Bokšić Coach: Mirko Jozić(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Vieri (55th)
goal1: 1 Olić (73.)
goal1: 2 Rapaic (76.)
yellow cards Vieri (51.) yellow cards R. Kovač (39.)
Player of the Match: Milan Rapaić (Croatia)

Mexico - Ecuador 2: 1 (1: 1)

Mexico Ecuador
MexicoMexico
2nd matchday
June 9, 2002 at 3:30 p.m. in Rifu ( Miyagi Stadium )
Spectators: 45,610
Referee: Mourad Daami ( Tunisia ) TunisiaTunisia 
Match report
EcuadorEcuador


Óscar Pérez Rojas - Salvador Carmona , Rafael Márquez , Manuel Vidrio - Gerardo Torrado - Jesús Arellano , Braulio Luna , Johan Rodríguez (88th Gabriel Caballero ), Ramón Morales - Jared Borgetti (77th Luis Hernández ), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (90th Sigifredo Mercado) ) Coach: Javier Aguirre(C)Captain of the crew
 José Cevallos - Ulises de la Cruz , Augusto Porozo , Iván Hurtado , Raúl Guerrón - Edison Méndez , Alfonso Obregón (58th Álex Aguinaga ), Edwin Tenorio (35th Marlon Ayoví ), Cléber Chalá - Iván Kaviedes (53rd Carlos Tenorio ), Agustín Delgado Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez(C)Captain of the crew

goal1: 1 Borgetti (28th)
goal2: 1 Torrado (56th) 		goal 0: 1 Delgado (5th)
yellow cards Torrado (65.) yellow cards Kaviedes (15th), Cevallos (26th), Guerrón (49th), C. Tenorio (60th)
Player of the Match: Gerardo Torrado (Mexico)

Mexico - Italy 1: 1 (1: 0)

Mexico Italy
MexicoMexico
3rd matchday
June 13, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. in Ōita ( Ōita Stadium )
Spectators: 39,291
Referee: Carlos Simon ( Brazil ) BrazilBrazil 
Match report
ItalyItaly


Óscar Pérez Rojas - Salvador Carmona , Rafael Márquez , Manuel Vidrio - Gerardo Torrado - Jesús Arellano , Braulio Luna , Johan Rodríguez (76th Gabriel Caballero ), Ramón Morales (76th Rafael García ) - Jared Borgetti (80th Francisco Palencia ), Cuauhtémoc Blanco coach: Javier Aguirre(C)Captain of the crew
 Gianluigi Buffon - Christian Panucci (63rd Francesco Coco ), Fabio Cannavaro , Alessandro Nesta , Paolo Maldini - Gianluca Zambrotta , Cristiano Zanetti , Damiano Tommasi - Francesco Totti (78th Alessandro Del Piero ) - Filippo Inzaghi (56th Vincenzo Montella ), Christian Vieri coach: Giovanni Trapattoni(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Borgetti (35th)
goal 1: 1 Del Piero (85th)
yellow cards Arellano (2nd), Pérez (84th) yellow cards Cannavaro (5th), Panucci (9th), Totti (43rd), Zambrotta (55th), Montella (57th)
Player of the Match: Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico)

Ecuador - Croatia 1: 0 (0: 0)

Ecuador Croatia
EcuadorEcuador
3rd matchday
June 13, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. in Yokohama ( International Stadium Yokohama )
Spectators: 65,862
Referee: William Mattus ( Costa Rica ) Costa RicaCosta Rica 
Match report
CroatiaCroatia


José Cevallos - Ulises de la Cruz , Augusto Porozo , Iván Hurtado , Raúl Guerrón - Edison Méndez , Marlon Ayoví , Alfonso Obregón (40th Álex Aguinaga ), Cléber Chalá - Carlos Tenorio (76th Iván Kaviedes ), Agustín Delgado Trainer: Hernán Darío Gomez(C)Captain of the crew
 Stipe Pletikosa - Josip Šimunić , Robert Kovač , Stjepan Tomas - Dario Šimić (52nd Davor Vugrinec ), Daniel Šarić (68th Mario Stanić ), Niko Kovač (59th Jurica Vranješ ), Robert Jarni - Milan Rapaić - Ivica Olić , Alen Bokšić Coach: Mirko Jozić(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Méndez (48th)
yellow cards Chalá (86.) yellow cards Tomas (71st), Šimunić (90th + 2 ')
Player of the Match: Édison Méndez (Ecuador)