Russia v Tunisia
Wednesday 5th June 2002 7.30 BST, Kobe
Russia 2 Tunisia 0
Titov 59, Karpin (pen) 64
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Missed most of the 1st half!!! The 2nd half was nice on the eye though and the Tunisians tried really hard but had no luck/skill in front of goal. The Russians' first goal was a bit of a daisy cutter, but still - it went in. Penalty? I'm not sure about that - but curly Karpin made no mistake. Peter Prendergast was rather inconsistent. The Tunisians tried to get a penalty, but the player down was booked (as per new FIFA rules) for diving. The same player tried it again a little later. No penalty - but no booking either. I wish they'd get their acts together.
Rivalto was fined £5.180 for his cheating. Wow, that's going to hurt him, isn't it!! He says he has no regrets. Hopefully one of the Chinese or Costas will get him! :) |
Teams
Russia: Ruslan Nigmatullin, Yuri Kovtun, Yuri Nikiforov, Andrei Solomatin, Igor Semshov (Dmitri Kokhlov 45), Viktor Onopko, Valery Karpin, Yegor Titov, Vladimir Beschastnykh (Dmitry Sychyov 55), Ruslan Pimenov, Marat Izmailov (Dmitri Alenichev 78).
Booked: Semshov, Alenichev.
Tunisia: Ali Boumnijel, Khaled Badra (Ali Zitouni 83), Mohamed Mkacher, Ziad Jaziri, Hatem Trabelsi, Hassene Gabsi (Zoubeir Beya 67), Adel Sellimi (Imed Mhadhebi 67), Raouf Bouzaiene, Riadh Bouazizi, Radhi Jaidi, Slim Ben Achour.
Booked: Gabsi, Jaziri.
Attendance: 30,957
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica).
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