1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Christian Vieri scored his fifth goal of the finals and the only one of the game in the 18th minute with exquisite precision, bursting on to Luigi Di Biagio's pass 40 yards from goal. Norway had their moments but failed to finish as Gianluca Pagliuca made some brilliant saves.[1]

27 June 1998

16:30 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	1–0	Norway
Vieri 18'	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Italy

Norway

GK 12 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi CB 4 Fabio Cannavaro CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)  89' RM 17 Francesco Moriero  38'  63' CM 9 Demetrio Albertini  72' CM 14 Luigi Di Biagio  84' LM 11 Dino Baggio SS 10 Alessandro Del Piero  77' CF 21 Christian Vieri Substitutes: MF 15 Angelo Di Livio  63' DF 7 Gianluca Pessotto  72' FW 20 Enrico Chiesa  77' Manager: Cesare Maldini

GK 1 Frode Grodås (c) RB 4 Henning Berg CB 15 Dan Eggen CB 3 Ronny Johnsen LB 5 Stig Inge Bjørnebye RM 17 Håvard Flo  35'  73' CM 7 Erik Mykland  54' CM 10 Kjetil Rekdal  62' CM 8 Øyvind Leonhardsen  13' LM 21 Vidar Riseth CF 9 Tore André Flo Substitutes: MF 22 Roar Strand  13'  39' MF 6 Ståle Solbakken  39' FW 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær  73' Manager: Egil Olsen

Just three minutes after Slobodan Komljenović scored the equalizer, Predrag Mijatović missed a penalty kick as, after deciding not to hit it to the sides due to Edwin van der Sar's reach,[2] the ball hit the crossbar, prompting him to describe it as the worst moment in his career.[3] Edgar Davids scored the winning goal for the Netherlands in overtime; Davids, suffering a cramp, had asked to be substituted moments before but Guus Hiddink asked him to stay in the field.[4] An apparent scuffle between Van der Sar and Winston Bogarde in the celebration was explained by Van der Sar as an instinctive overreaction from being unintentionally choked by Pierre van Hooijdonk.[5]

29 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Netherlands	2–1	FR Yugoslavia
Bergkamp 38' Davids 90+2'	Report	Komljenović 48'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Netherlands

Yugoslavia

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 Jaap Stam CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 5 Arthur Numan DM 16 Edgar Davids CM 10 Clarence Seedorf RW 7 Ronald de Boer CM 11 Phillip Cocu LW 14 Marc Overmars CF 8 Dennis Bergkamp Manager: Guus Hiddink

GK 1 Ivica Kralj RB 2 Zoran Mirković  52' CB 13 Slobodan Komljenović CB 11 Siniša Mihajlović  78' LB 3 Goran Đorović  73' DM 4 Slaviša Jokanović RM 10 Dragan Stojković (c)  38'  57' CM 6 Branko Brnović CM 16 Željko Petrović LM 7 Vladimir Jugović CF 9 Predrag Mijatović Substitutes: MF 8 Dejan Savićević  57' DF 14 Niša Saveljić  78' Manager: Slobodan Santrač

Croatia's winning penalty goal had to be retaken. Šuker scored both times to extend Croatia's debut World Cup run to the quarter-finals.[6]

30 June 1998

16:30 CET (UTC+1)

Romania	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Šuker 45+2' (pen.)

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Romania

Croatia

GK 12 Bogdan Stelea SW 6 Gheorghe Popescu  43' CB 18 Iulian Filipescu CB 13 Liviu Ciobotariu RWB 2 Dan Petrescu  70'  76' LWB 8 Dorinel Munteanu DM 5 Constantin Gâlcă CM 16 Gabriel Popescu  61' AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c)  56' SS 11 Adrian Ilie  81' CF 9 Viorel Moldovan Substitutes: FW 21 Gheorghe Craioveanu  56' MF 14 Radu Niculescu  61' MF 15 Lucian Marinescu  76' Manager: Anghel Iordănescu

GK 1 Dražen Ladić SW 4 Igor Štimac CB 20 Dario Šimić CB 6 Slaven Bilić  70' RWB 13 Mario Stanić  83' LWB 17 Robert Jarni DM 21 Krunoslav Jurčić CM 7 Aljoša Asanović CM 10 Zvonimir Boban (c)  27' CF 19 Goran Vlaović  76' CF 9 Davor Šuker Substitutes: FW 2 Petar Krpan  76' DF 15 Igor Tudor  83' Manager: Miroslav Blažević

Argentina decided to use their change kit, feeling that it had granted them luck in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between the two sides.[7] All four goals were scored in the first half, making it the first match in the tournament with as many goals scored before half-time.[8] With the score tied at 2–2, David Beckham retaliated after being fouled by Diego Simeone and was sent off. Beckham's teammate Michael Owen subsequently described Beckham's act as "childish and unnecessary", although Owen also said that the burnings of effigies of Beckham were undeserved.[9] In the subsequent penalty shoot-out, Argentina went first. David Seaman saved Argentina's second penalty from Hernán Crespo to give England the advantage, but that was immediately cancelled when Carlos Roa saved from Paul Ince. The tie ended with another Roa save, from David Batty. Batty said it was the first penalty he had ever taken.[10] England had also exited on penalties in the recent UEFA Euro 1996.

30 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Argentina	2–2 (a.e.t.)	England
Batistuta 5' (pen.) Zanetti 45+1'	Report	Shearer 9' (pen.) Owen 16'
Penalties
Berti Crespo Verón Gallardo Ayala	4–3	Shearer Ince Merson Owen Batty

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Argentina

England

GK 1 Carlos Roa  120' RB 22 Javier Zanetti CB 14 Nelson Vivas CB 2 Roberto Ayala LB 3 José Chamot DM 5 Matías Almeyda  73' CM 8 Diego Simeone (c)  47'  91' CM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón  44' AM 10 Ariel Ortega SS 7 Claudio López  68' CF 9 Gabriel Batistuta  68' Substitutes: FW 19 Hernán Crespo  68' MF 20 Marcelo Gallardo  68' MF 16 Sergio Berti  91' Manager: Daniel Passarella

GK 1 David Seaman  5' CB 12 Gary Neville CB 5 Tony Adams CB 2 Sol Campbell RWB 14 Darren Anderton  97' CM 7 David Beckham  47' CM 4 Paul Ince  10' LWB 3 Graeme Le Saux  71' AM 16 Paul Scholes  78' CF 20 Michael Owen CF 9 Alan Shearer (c) Substitutes: DF 6 Gareth Southgate  71' MF 15 Paul Merson  78' MF 8 David Batty  97' Manager: Glenn Hoddle