Argentina 1 vs. Japan 0 in the 1998 World Cup

Information about the 1st Round Group H game played in the 1998 Soccer World Cup between the National Teams of Japan and Argentina with details about goals, starters and reserves, substitutions, cards and more.

Game played in the 1998 World Cup, 1st Round Group H

Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998

Argentina

1 - 0

Japan

Goals:

28'

Gabriel Batistuta

Players

Argentina
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Carlos Roa
DF	2.	Roberto Ayala
DF	6.	Roberto Sensini 72'
DF	14.	Nelson Vivas
DF	22.	Javier Zanetti
MF	5.	Matias Almeyda
MF	8.	Diego Simeone (C)
MF	11.	Juan Veron
FW	7.	Claudio Lopez 61'
FW	9.	Gabriel Batistuta
FW	10.	Ariel Ortega
		Entered
DF	3.	Jose Chamot 72'
FW	18.	Abel Balbo 61'
		Other Reserves
GK	12.	German Burgos
GK	17.	Pablo Cavallero
DF	4.	Mauricio Pineda
DF	13.	Pablo Paz
MF	15.	Leonardo Astrada
MF	16.	Sergio Berti
MF	20.	Marcelo Gallardo
FW	19.	Hernan Crespo
FW	21.	Marcelo Delgado
	Coach: Daniel Passarella

Japan
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	20.	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
DF	2.	Akira Narahashi
DF	3.	Naoki Soma 84'
DF	4.	Masami Ihara (C)
DF	17.	Yutaka Akita
DF	19.	Eisuke Nakanishi
MF	6.	Motohiro Yamaguchi
MF	8.	Hidetoshi Nakata
MF	10.	Hiroshi Nanami
FW	9.	Masashi Nakayama 65'
FW	18.	Shoji Jo
		Entered
MF	22.	Takashi Hirano 84'
FW	12.	Wagner Lopes 65'
		Other Reserves
GK	1.	Nobuyuki Kojima
GK	21.	Seigo Narazaki
DF	5.	Norio Omura
DF	13.	Toshihiro Hattori
DF	16.	Toshihide Saito
MF	7.	Teruyoshi Ito
MF	11.	Shinji Ono
MF	15.	Hiroaki Morishima
FW	14.	Masayuki Okano
	Coach: Takeshi Okada

Abbreviations and Notes:
Pos = Position. It shows the player's natural position but not necessarily the one he played in this particular game
Positions: GK: Goalkeeper / DF: Defender / MF: Midfielder / FW: Forward
Je. = Jersey number / (C) = Captain / HT: at half-time

Cards

National Team	Player	Card and Minutes
Japan	Masami Ihara	26' yellow card
Japan	Eisuke Nakanishi	67' yellow card
Japan	Takashi Hirano	90'+2' yellow card

Substitutions

Argentina
Minute 61		Abel Balbo	replaced	Claudio Lopez
Minute 72		Jose Chamot	replaced	Roberto Sensini
Japan
Minute 65		Wagner Lopes	replaced	Masashi Nakayama
Minute 84		Takashi Hirano	replaced	Naoki Soma