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This is an archive article published on July 2, 1998

Total recall / Day 20

Pre-Quarter Final: Argentina 2 England 2Argentina win 4-3 on penaltiesGoals: Argentina: Batistuta 5 pen, Zanetti 46. England: Shearer 10 p...

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Pre-Quarter Final: Argentina 2 England 2

Argentina win 4-3 on penalties

Goals: Argentina: Batistuta 5 pen, Zanetti 46. England: Shearer 10 pen, Owen 16.

Bookings: Argentina: Juan Veron 44, Diego Simeone 47, Matias Almeyda 74, Carlos Roa 120. England: D. Seaman 5, Paul Ince 10.

Sendings off: England: Beckham 47.

90 minutes in 30 words: An Argentine penalty, an English penalty, a blistering Owen goal, a sublime Argentine free kick, half-time. Beckham sent off for dissent, England hold-on until penalties. Batty misses. It8217;s over.

Boy done good: Michael Owen might have scored one of the most magnificent goals of the tournament, but after England went down to 10 men, it was England8217;s defenders who earned the real honours 8212; and no one did better than Sol Campbell who not only had a magnificent game in defence, but so nearly won it for England with a disallowed goal.

Two left feet: Beckham for his foolish lash-out at Diego Simeone that resulted in his sending off.

Magic moment:Simple. Michael Owen8217;s goal. He ran rings round the Argentine defence before blasting it from 20 yards out.

Mr Sitter: Paul Scholes missed in front of the goal in the 39th Shiver the timbers: No timbers tickled but Lopez had a heart-stoppingly close chance only tipped away by Seaman.

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Cheered: The Argentinians by their fans after the end of the match.

Jeered: The referee, on numerous occasions by the English fans.

Turning point: David Beckham8217;s sending off.

Ref-er-ee: This Dane will go down as anything but Great in English football history.

Terrace talk: England: Beckham, you dolt !

Argentina: Don8217;t cry for yourself, England.

Pre-Quarter Final: Croatia 1 Romania 0

Goals: Suker 45.

Bookings: Romania: Popescu 44, Petrescu 70, Ilie 82. Croatia: Boban 27, Bilic 71.

90 minutes in 30 words: Romania with their equalised haircuts failed to provide a proper male blonding experience, giving a lacklustre performance in the heat of Bordeaux. Croatia capitalised on it, and go onto face Germany in the quarter-finals.

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Boy done good: Suker ran well, played the ball early, and when it was ordered to be retaken, was cool enough to score twice with the same penalty.

Two left feet: Petrescu danced on the ball briefly before falling over, and then being substituted.

Magic moment: Stelea8217;s reflex save from Boban8217;s last-minute shot kept the score at 1-0.

Mr Sitter: Petrescu shot straight at Ladic in the 61st minute when he had all the goal to aim at.

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Shiver the timbers: The side of the net was the closest the timbers saw to action, a shot by Craioveanu smacking into it in the 85th minute.

Cheered: Craioveanu tackling Bilic four yards from the goal mouth to seal the match in the 87th.

Jeered: Another ridiculous use of the stretcher rule when a horribly injured Bilic was carted off 8212; only to saunter back on the pitch a few seconds later.

Turning point: With chances at a premium, Mr Castrilli8217;s decision to rewad Asanovic8217;s dubious tumble with a penalty proveddecisive.

Ref-er-ee! The penalty says it all, really.

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Terrace talk: Romania: quot;This is what happens when our team hits the bottle.quot;

Croatia: quot;Not our best performance, but we8217;re saving it for the final.quot;

 

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