Monday, June 15, 1998
Argentina struggle against Japan
Gabriel Batistuta scored the only goal of the match as World Cup favourites Argentina laboured to brush aside debutants Japan in their opening Group H match yesterday. The Argentines started slowly and cautiously with Japan doing more attacking in the opening quarter of an hour.
BMFC go down to Bangladesh club in semis
Bangladesh champions Mukti Joddha defeated Bengal Mumbai Football Club 2-0 in the semi-final of the McDowell Cup football tournament at the Salt Lake Stadium yesterday. The contest was over in the first 15 minutes itself, courtesy BMFC goalkeeper Arvind Kumar, who did duty for JCT last year, after conceding a disastrous second goal.
Belgium frustrate Dutch with rock-solid defence
Again, those Belgians were too modest and again, the great expectations of the Dutch were out of place. The age-old rivals finished their World Cup opener with a goalless draw which only the Belgians could love. Belgian goalie Filip de Wilde parried everything thrown at him and when he was beaten, defender Eric Deflandre cleared two balls off the line.
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