Japan vs. Croatia Match Report – Saturday June 20, 1998

FIFA World Cup (Group stage)

Japan

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Manager: Takeshi Okada

Croatia

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Manager: Miroslav Blažević

Saturday June 20, 1998, 14:30 (venue time)

FIFA World Cup (Group stage)

Japan vs. Croatia Historical Head-to-Head

Attendance: 35,500

Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau, Nantes

Officials:

Davor Šuker · 77’

Japan (3-5-2)
20	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
2	Akira Narahashi
3	Naoki Soma
4	Masami Ihara
6	Motohiro Yamaguchi
8	Hidetoshi Nakata
9	Masashi Nakayama
10	Hiroshi Nanami
17	Yutaka Akita
18	Shoji Jo
19	Eisuke Nakanishi
Bench
1	Nobuyuki Kojima
21	Seigo Narazaki
5	Norio Omura
7	Teruyoshi Ito
11	Shinji Ono
12	Wagner Lopes
13	Toshihiro Hattori
14	Masayuki Okano
15	Hiroaki Morishima
16	Toshihide Saito
22	Takashi Hirano

Croatia (5-3-2)
1	Dražen Ladić
4	Igor Štimac
6	Slaven Bilić
7	Aljoša Asanović
8	Robert Prosinečki
9	Davor Šuker
13	Mario Stanić
14	Zvonimir Soldo
17	Robert Jarni
20	Dario Šimić
21	Krunoslav Jurčić
Bench
12	Marjan Mrmić
22	Vladimir Vasilj
2	Petar Krpan
3	Anthony Šerić
5	Goran Jurić
10	Zvonimir Boban
11	Silvio Marić
15	Igor Tudor
16	Ardian Kozniku
18	Zoran Mamić
19	Goran Vlaović

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Match Summary

Japan

Croatia

Kick Off

26’
0:0

Robert Prosinečki

41’
0:0

Hiroshi Nanami

Half Time

46’
0:0

Goran Vlaović

for Igor Štimac

61’
0:0

Masayuki Okano

for Masashi Nakayama

67’
0:0

Silvio Marić

for Robert Prosinečki

70’
0:0

Eisuke Nakanishi

77’
0:1

Davor Šuker

Assist: Aljoša Asanović

79’
0:1

Hiroaki Morishima

for Akira Narahashi

83’
0:1

Mario Stanić

84’
0:1

Wagner Lopes

for Hiroshi Nanami

88’
0:1

Igor Tudor

for Mario Stanić

89’
0:1

Yutaka Akita

Team Stats

Japan	Croatia
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Japan Player Stats

Japan Player Stats Table
					Performance
Player	#	Pos	Age	Min	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	Sh	SoT	CrdY	CrdR	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	TklW	Int	OG	PKwon	PKcon
Masashi Nakayama	9	FW	30-270	60	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Masayuki Okano	14	FW,MF	25-330	30	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Shoji Jo	18	FW	23-003	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Hiroshi Nanami	10	MF	25-204	83	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Wagner Lopes	12	FW	29-142	7	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Hidetoshi Nakata	8	MF	21-149	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Motohiro Yamaguchi	6	DF,MF	29-142	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Naoki Soma	3	DF,MF	26-336	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Akira Narahashi	2	DF	26-206	78	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Hiroaki Morishima	15	FW,MF	26-051	12	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Eisuke Nakanishi	19	DF	24-362	90	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Masami Ihara	4	DF	30-275	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Yutaka Akita	17	DF	27-318	90	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	20	GK	22-309	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
14 Players				990	0	0	0	0			3	0							0

Japan Goalkeeper Stats

Japan Goalkeeper Stats Table
			Shot Stopping
Player	Age	Min	SoTA	GA	Saves	Save%
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	22-309	90		1

Croatia Player Stats

Croatia Player Stats Table
					Performance
Player	#	Pos	Age	Min	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	Sh	SoT	CrdY	CrdR	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	TklW	Int	OG	PKwon	PKcon
Davor Šuker	9	FW	30-170	90	1	0	0	0			0	0							0
Mario Stanić	13	FW,MF	26-071	87	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Igor Tudor	15	DF	20-065	3	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Aljoša Asanović	7	MF	32-188	90	0	1	0	0			0	0							0
Krunoslav Jurčić	21	DF,MF	28-206	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Robert Prosinečki	8	MF	29-159	66	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Silvio Marić	11	MF	23-092	24	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Robert Jarni	17	DF,FW	29-237	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Igor Štimac	4	DF	30-287	45	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Goran Vlaović	19	FW	25-317	45	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Zvonimir Soldo	14	DF,MF	30-230	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Slaven Bilić	6	DF	29-282	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Dario Šimić	20	DF	22-220	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Dražen Ladić	1	GK	35-170	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
14 Players				990	1	1	0	0			2	0							0

Croatia Goalkeeper Stats

Croatia Goalkeeper Stats Table
			Shot Stopping
Player	Age	Min	SoTA	GA	Saves	Save%
Dražen Ladić	35-170	90		0

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