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England National Football Team Match No. 748

Romania 2 England 1 [0-0]

Monday, 22 June 1998

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records Romania Pre-Match England Pre-Match

 

Match Summary
Status: World Cup 1998 Final Tournament Group G, First phase, Game thirty-two.
Venue: Stade Municipal, Toulouse, France, capacity 37,000 seated;
Attendance: 33,500
Goals: Romania - Viorel Moldovan, 47th min.
England - Michael Owen, 79th min.
Romania - Dan Petrescu, 90th min.
Cautions: Romania - Gheorghe Hagi, 4th min., foul;
Romania - Gheorghe Popescu, 45th min. +1, foul;
Romania - Liviu Ciobotariu, 78th min., foul;
Romania - Iulian Filipescu, 88th min., foul;
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(red)		 Referee - Marc Batta, France, FIFA-listed 1991;
Assistant Referees - Jacques Poudevigne, France & Aristidis Chris Soldatos, South Africa;
Fourth official - Said Belqola, Morocco;
Conditions: kickoff 9.00 p.m. local time, 8.00 p.m. BST.
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

Romania

England
Goal Attempts 14 22
Attempts on Target 4 5
Hit Bar/Post 1 1
Corner Kicks Won 3 3
Offside Calls Against 1 3
Fouls Conceded 13 13
Time of Possession N.K. N.K.
Statistics:

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Romania Team
Ranking: 22nd in FIFA ranking of 20 May 1998; 14th in Elo world ranking before this match and 10th after this match.
Colours: Yellow shirts with red side trim, yellow shorts with red side panels & red trim, yellow stockings with red tops. made by Adidas;
Coach: Anghel Iordănescu, 48, appointed 1993,
54th match.
Captain: Gheorghe Hagi

Romania Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
12-Stelea, Bogdan G. - - - - 49 0 1988-active
2- Petrescu, Dan V. - - - - 71 12 1989-2000
13-Ciobotariu, Liviu, sub off 81st min. - - - - 6 0 -
16-Popescu, Gabriel - - - - 13 1 -
5-Galca, Constantin - - - - 36 4 1993-active
6-Popescu, Gheorghe - - - - 80 14 1988-2003
18-Filipescu, Iulian S. - - - - 19 0 1996-2003
8-Munteanu, Dorinel - - - - 65 7 1991-active
9- Moldovan, Viorel D., sub off 86th min. - - - - 27 13 1993-active
10-Hagi, Gheorghe, sub off 72nd min. - - - - 112 33 1983-2000
11-Illie, Adrian B. - - - - 22 5 1993-active

Romania Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
19-Stanga, Ovidiu, sub on 72nd min. for Hagi - - - - 22 0 -
15-Marinescu, Lucian, sub on 81st min. for Ciobotariu - - - - 6 0 -
7-Lacatus, Marius M., sub on 86th min. for Moldovan - - - - 83 13 1984-1998
Formation:

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Substitutes
Not Used:		 1-Dumitru Stingaciu, 3-Christian Dulca, 4-Anton Dobos, 14-Radu Niculescu, 17-Ilie Dumitrescu, 20-Tibor Selymes, 21-Gheorghe Craioveanu, 22-Florin Prunea.

England Team
Ranking: 5th in FIFA ranking of 20 May 1998; 5th in Elo world ranking before this match and 8th after this match.
Colours: White shirts with navy blue collar and red/navy blue side panels, navy blue shorts with white and red trim, white stockings with navy blue tops.  The 1997 "home" uniform.
Coach: Glenn Hoddle, 40, appointed manager 2 May 1996, effective 30 June 1996;
22nd match, W 14 - D 4 - L 4 - F 32 - A 9.
Captain: Alan Shearer, 12th captaincy

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Seaman, David A. 19-Sep-1963 34 G Arsenal FC 42 0 1988-2002
2-Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18-Sep-1974 23 D Tottenham Hotspur FC 18 0 1996-active
3-Le Saux, Graeme P. 17-Oct-1968 29 D Chelsea FC 27 1 1994-2000
4-Ince, Paul E.C., sub off 32nd min. 21-Oct-1967 30 M Liverpool FC 41 2 1992-2000
5-Adams, Tony A. 10-Oct-1966 31 D Arsenal FC 53 4 1987-2000
12-Neville, Gary A. 18-Feb-1975 23 D Manchester United FC 28 0 1995-active
14-Anderton, Darren R. 03-Mar-1972 26 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 20 5 1994-2001
8-Batty, David 02-Dec-1968 29 M Newcastle United FC 33 0 1991-1999
9-Shearer, Alan 13-Aug-1970 27 F Newcastle United FC 41 19 1992-2000
10-Sheringham, Edward P., sub off 72nd min. 02-Apr-1966 32 F Manchester United FC 35 9 1993-2002
16-Scholes, Paul 16-Nov-1974 23 M Manchester United FC 9 4 1997-2004

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
7-Beckham, David R. J., sub on 32nd min. for Ince 02-May-1975 23 M Manchester United FC 16 0 1996-active
20- Owen, Michael J., sub on 72nd min. for Sheringham. 14-Dec-1979 18 F Liverpool FC 7 2 1998-active
Formation:

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Substitutes
Not Used:		 11-Steve McManaman, 12-Gary Neville, 13-Nigel Martyn, 15-Paul Merson, 17-Rob Lee, 18-Martin Keown, 19-Les Ferdinand, 21-Rio Ferdinand, 22-Tim Flowers.

Match Report

 

Romania's Dan Petrescu clinched a 90th minute winning goal to deliver a 2-1 victory over England in the World Cup group G clash on Monday.  Petrescu, who plays for Chelsea in the English Premiership, shrugged off a tackle by his London team mate Graeme Le Saux to push the ball past England goalkeeper David Seaman.

Earlier teenager Michael Owen had given England hope when he came off the substitutes' bench to score an equaliser for in the 83rd minute.

After the game, coach Glenn Hoddle held a relatively brief news conference at which he said his side should have "punished" Romania more.  He told journalists the team was disappointed by the defeat, but not the performance.

The 18-year-old Owen, in only his seventh appearance for England, rifled in his second goal when he shot home from close range after a scramble following a cross from Alan Shearer.  Romania had looked certain of going through when they took the lead with a 47th minute goal created by the quick-thinking of veteran midfielder Gheorghe Hagi and converted by striker Viorel Moldovan.  The goal left England floundering after an evenly-balanced first half.  It was Moldovan's 13th goal for his country.

A throw-in on the right flank was taken quickly and delivered to Hagi.  The 33-year-old, in his 112th international match for Romania, barely glanced over his shoulder as he flicked it over his marker Sol Campbell.  Moldovan, reacting faster than Tony Adams, chested the ball into space and then hit a rising right-foot shot wide of goalkeeper David Seaman's right hand.

The goal caught England cold immediately after the interval and left Romania with the relatively comfortable task of resisting their increasingly-desperate attacks.  England played well in the opening period when Hagi, after two early fouls, was cautioned. One effort by Paul Scholes, tightly marked by Constantin Galca, was cleared off the line by Gheorghe Popescu.  A hooked shot by Teddy Sheringham also went close, but Romania were more dangerous with Hagi pulling the strings deftly in midfield.  - BBC Sport.

 

Source Notes

CNN/SI - Soccer World Cup 1998
Official FIFA Match report
BBC Sport
RSSSF Archive

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