2002 FIFA World Cup Group G explained

Group G of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place on 13 June 2002. Mexico won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Italy. Croatia and Ecuador failed to advance.

Standings

Mexico advanced to play United States (runner-up of Group D) in the round of 16.
Italy advanced to play South Korea (winner of Group D) in the round of 16.

Matches

All times local (UTC+9)

Croatia vs Mexico


GK	1
CB	6
CB	3	Josip Šimunić
CB	21	Robert Kovač
RM	10	Niko Kovač
CM	14
CM	4	Stjepan Tomas
LM	17	Robert Jarni
AM	8
CF	9	Davor Šuker (c)
CF	11
Substitutions:
MF	5
DF	15
MF	13
Manager:
Mirko Jozić


GK	1	Óscar Pérez
CB	5	Manuel Vidrio
CB	4	Rafael Márquez (c)
CB	16	Salvador Carmona
DM	6	Gerardo Torrado
RM	13	Sigifredo Mercado
CM	19	Gabriel Caballero
CM	11	Braulio Luna
LM	7	Ramón Morales
CF	10
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	15
FW	17
Manager:
Javier Aguirre

Man of the Match:
Braulio Luna (Mexico)

Assistant referees:
Komaleeswaran Sankar (India)
Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia)
Fourth official:
Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Italy vs Ecuador


GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon
RB	2	Christian Panucci
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta
CB	5
LB	3	Paolo Maldini (c)
RM	19	Gianluca Zambrotta
CM	14
CM	17	Damiano Tommasi
LM	11
AM	10
CF	21	Christian Vieri
Substitutions:
MF	16
MF	8
FW	7
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni


GK	1	José Cevallos
RB	4
CB	3	Iván Hurtado
CB	2
LB	6	Raúl Guerrón
RM	19	Édison Méndez
CM	20
CM	5	Alfonso Obregón
LM	16
AM	10	Álex Aguinaga (c)
CF	11	Agustín Delgado
Substitutions:
FW	18
DF	15
MF	7
Manager:
Hernán Gómez

Man of the Match:
Christian Vieri (Italy)

Assistant referees:
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Philip Sharp (England)
Fourth official:
Terje Hauge (Norway)

Italy vs Croatia


GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon
RB	2	Christian Panucci
CB	13
CB	5	Fabio Cannavaro
LB	3	Paolo Maldini (c)
RM	19	Gianluca Zambrotta
CM	17	Damiano Tommasi
CM	6	Cristiano Zanetti
LM	11
SS	10	Francesco Totti
CF	21
Substitutions:
DF	23
FW	9
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni


GK	1	Stipe Pletikosa
SW	21
CB	3	Josip Šimunić
CB	4	Stjepan Tomas
RWB	15	Daniel Šarić
LWB	17	Robert Jarni (c)
CM	14
CM	10	Niko Kovač
AM	7
AM	5
CF	11	Alen Bokšić
Substitutions:
FW	18
MF	16
DF	20
Manager:
Mirko Jozić

Man of the Match:
Milan Rapaić (Croatia)

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Fourth official:
William Mattus (Costa Rica)

Mexico vs Ecuador


GK	1	Óscar Pérez
CB	5	Manuel Vidrio
CB	4	Rafael Márquez (c)
CB	16	Salvador Carmona
DM	6
RM	21	Jesús Arellano
CM	18
CM	11	Braulio Luna
LM	7	Ramón Morales
CF	10
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	15
MF	19
MF	13
Manager:
Javier Aguirre


GK	1
RB	4	Ulises de la Cruz
CB	3	Iván Hurtado (c)
CB	2	Augusto Poroso
LB	6
RM	19	Édison Méndez
CM	5
CM	20
LM	16	Cléver Chalá
CF	9
CF	11
Substitutions:
DF	15
FW	18
MF	10
Manager:
Hernán Gómez

Man of the Match:
Gerardo Torrado (Mexico)

Assistant referees:
Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia)
Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
Fourth official:
Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Mexico vs Italy


GK	1
CB	5	Manuel Vidrio
CB	4	Rafael Márquez (c)
CB	16	Salvador Carmona
DM	6	Gerardo Torrado
RM	21
CM	18
CM	11	Braulio Luna
LM	7
CF	10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	3
MF	19
FW	17
Manager:
Javier Aguirre


GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon
CB	5
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta
CB	3	Paolo Maldini (c)
RM	19
CM	17	Damiano Tommasi
CM	6	Cristiano Zanetti
LM	2
AM	10
CF	9
CF	21	Christian Vieri
Substitutions:
FW	20
DF	4
FW	7
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni

Man of the Match:
Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico)

Assistant referees:
Jorge Oliveira (Brazil)
Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Malaysia)
Fourth official:
Terje Hauge (Norway)

Ecuador vs Croatia


GK	1	José Cevallos
RB	4	Ulises de la Cruz
CB	3	Iván Hurtado (c)
CB	2	Augusto Poroso
LB	6	Raúl Guerrón
RM	19	Édison Méndez
CM	5
CM	15	Marlon Ayoví
LM	16
CF	18
CF	11	Agustín Delgado
Substitutions:
MF	10
FW	9
Manager:
Hernán Gómez


GK	1	Stipe Pletikosa
SW	21	Robert Kovač
CB	3
CB	20
RWB	15
LWB	17	Robert Jarni (c)
CM	4
CM	10
CM	5	Milan Rapaić
CF	18	Ivica Olić
CF	11	Alen Bokšić
Substitutions:
FW	7
MF	16
MF	13
Manager:
Mirko Jozić

Man of the Match:
Édison Méndez (Ecuador)

Assistant referees:
Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Mark Shield (Australia)

External links

Results