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Compendium to the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Part 5 Semifinals and Finals

Compendium to the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Part 5 Semifinals and Finals



1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Matches:



Semifinals:

December 19, 1997 (Riyadh, Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0)

December 19, 1997 (Riyadh, Australia 1-Uruguay 0)


Third Place:

December 21, 1997 (Riyadh, Czech Republic 1-Uruguay 0)


Final:

December 21, 1997 (Riyadh, Brazil 6-Australia 0)



Date: December 19, 1997

Competition: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup-Semifinals

Result: Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria)

Linesmen: Paul Smith (New Zealand), Vladimir Fernandez (El Salvador)

Kick-off time: 15:15  

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): Romario 53, Ronaldo 82

(Czech Republic): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (53rd minute, Brazil): From the middle, Dunga passed to Juninho who crossed for Romario to score from the edge of the box.

2:0 (82nd minute, Brazil): From the middle, Dunga sent a long cross on left side touchline to Denilson. He sent a low cross for Ronaldo to score.

Lineups:

Brazil:

1- Nelson de Jesus Silva �Dida�(Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)

2- Evangelista Moraes Cafu�  (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) 

3-�Aldair� Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)           

4- Raimundo Ferreira Ramos J�nior J�niorBaiano� (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) (14- Marcelo Gon�alves Costa Lopes (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 68th)

6- Roberto Carlos da Silva (Real Madrid Club de F�tbol / Spain)

5-
 Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri  Dunga (Jubilo Iwata / Japan)

19- Osvaldo Giroldo JuniorJuninho Paulista� (Club Atl�tico de Madrid / Spain) 

11-�Rom�rio� de Souza Faria (Valencia Club de F�tbol / Spain)

10- Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

 (18- Denilson De Oliveira (S�o Paulo Futebol Clube- S�o Paulo) 46th)

8- Flavioda Concei��o (Real Club Deportivo de La Coru�a / Spain) (16- Carlos C�sar Sampaio Campos (Yokohama Flugels / Japan)  88th)

9- Luis Nazario De Lima �Ronaldo�(Internazionale Football Club -Milano / Italy)


Coach: Jorge Mario Lobo Zagallo

Booked: Junior Baiano 21, Cafu 24, Aldair 34, Carlos Dunga 78

Other Substitutes:

7- Jos� Roberto da Gama de Oliveira Bebeto� (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube-Belo Horizonte)   

12- Rog�rio M�cke Ceni (S�o Paulo Futebol Clube- S�o Paulo

13- Jos� Marcelo Ferreira �Z� Maria�  (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

15- Jos� Roberto da Silva Junior �Z� Roberto� (Real Madrid Club de F�tbol / Spain)

20- Rivaldo Vito Borba Ferreira  (F�tbol Club Barcelona / Spain) 

21- �Rodrigo Fabri� (Associa��o Portuguesa de Desportos � S�o Paulo)


Team Captain:
 Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri  Dunga

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks


Czech Republic:

1- Pavel Srnicek (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

5- Michal Hornak (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

6- Zdenek Svoboda (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

12- Karel Rada (Trabzonspor Kul�b� / Turkey)

13- Petr Vlcek  (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

15- Eduard Lasota (Sportovni KlubSlavia Praha) (8- Karel Poborsky (Manchester United Football Club / England) 81st)

7- Jiri Nemec  (Fu�ball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)

17- Vladimir Smicer (Racing Club de Lens / France)

9- Pavel Kuka (1. Fu�ball- Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

4- Pavel Nedved (Societ� Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy) (2- Ivo Ulich (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 73rd)

11- Radek Bejbl (Club Atl�tico de Madrid / Spain) (3- Lubos Kozel (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 89th)


Coach: Dusan Uhrin

Booked: Pavel Nedved 7, Petr Vlcek 64, Jiri Nemec 68  

Other Substitutes:

10- Horst Siegl (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

14 - Radek Sloncik (Fotbal Club Ban�k Ostrava)

16- Vratislav Lokvenc (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

18- Milan Fukal (Jablonec 97 Fotbalovy Klub)

19- Martin Frydek (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany)

20- Ladislav Maier (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec)


Team Captain: Jiri Nemec

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks







Photo From: FIFA Report- 1997 Ar�bia Saudita

(December 19, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0)


Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 113, June 1998

(December 19, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0)


Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czech Republic squad, December 19, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0)





Date: December 19, 1997

Competition: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup-Semifinals

Result: Australia 1-Uruguay 0 (after Overtime, Match ended after Golden Goal in the 92nd minute)

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Linesmen: Jacques Poudevigne (France), Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman)

Kick-off time: 19:00

Goalscorers:

(Australia): Harry Kewell 92

(Uruguay): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (92nd minute, Australia): Harry Kewell scored from a long range shot from outside of box.

Lineups:

Australia:

1-Mark Bosnich (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)   

4-Milan Ivanovic (Adelaide City)

5-Alexander Tobin (Adelaide City)

21-Kevin Muscat (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)

14-Tony Vidmar (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)

3-Stan Lazaridis (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)

6-Ned Zelic (Association de La Jeunesse Auxerroise / France)

10-Aurelio Vidmar (Club Deportivo Tenerife / Spain) (15-Josip Skoko (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split / Croatia) 81st)

8-Craig Foster (Portsmouth Football Club / England)

11-Harry Kewell (Leeds United Football Club / England)  

9-Mark Viduka (Nogometni Klub Croatia Zagreb/ Croatia)

         

Coach: Terry Venables (England)

Booked: Kevin Muscat 29

Other Substitutes:
20-Zeljko Kalac (Sydney United)