Goals: The Netherlands: Kluivert 12, Bergkamp 90. Argentina: Lopez 18.

Red Card: The Netherlands: Numan. Argentina: Ariel Ortega.

Yellow: The Netherlands: Jaap Stam. Argentina: Jose Chamot, Nestor Sensini, Ariel Ortega.

90 minutes in a nutshell: The game of the tournament? Three classy goals, two sendings off and classic controversy. With a minute to play, Stam took down Ortega for a clear penalty. Referee turned down the appeals, Ortega butted Edwin Van Der Sar and was sent packing, Frank De Boer sent a 50-yard ball in the general direction of Bergkamp and, three touches later, Daniel Passarella's men were off home. Quite interesting.

Boy done good: Bergkamp deftly set up Kluivert's superb opener and crafted a superb last-minute winner for himself. Enough.

Two left feet: Stam continues his one-man crusade to cheer up the minority in Britain who don't support Man U. A repertoire of defensivebuffoonery which included shirt-pulling, hacking, fouling and bumbling oafishness topped off with a crazed lunge at Ortega.

Magic moment: Bergkamp took down Frank De Boer's ranging pass with one touch, turned Roberto Ayala with another, and then walloped the ball across Carlos Roa and into the net with a third.

Mr Sitter: Kluivert stood in front of the Argentinian goal, six yards out, a cross sailing towards his head. Delicately, perfectly, uselessly, he padded it into Roa's arms.

Shiver the timbers: Vibrations all over the place. Wim Jonk hit a post with a half-volley when the match had barely started, Ortega smashed a superb 30-yard drive against the upright, and Gabriel Batistuta skipped clear past Frank De Boer's challenge only to hammer yet another shot against the post.

Turning point: Batistuta should have been taking a penalty with two minutes to go for a 2-1 lead. But Mr Carter's idiosyncratic interpretation of the game's laws allowed Bergkamp to have the pleasureof scoring the winner instead.

Ref-er-ee! Carter, the unstoppable card machine, didn't have much option but to send Arthur Numan off for his panicky tackle on Diego Simone, or when Ortega clocked Van Der Sar. But he kept his reputation for idiocy alive by chucking around a couple of yellow cards when there was no need.

Terrace talk : Argentina: "Aww. Decisions never go for us. No, honest. Wait, come back...";

The Netherlands: "Bitter about 1978? Us? No way! Mind you... yaaaayyyyy!"

Croatia 3 Germany 0

Goals: Croatia: Jarni 45, Vlaovic 80, Suker 85.

Red cards: Germany: Christian Woerns. Croatia: None.

Yellow cards: Germany: Heinrich. Croatia: Simic, Suker.

90 minutes in a nutshell: Euro '96 revisited a tough, often bad-tempered encounter with too much tension to make for a quarter-final classic. It nearly turned into a ruck when Christian Worns got sent off after 40 minutesbut with a late, first-half goal in the bag, Croatia slapped up the barricades before taking the mickey on the counter against a wilting, aged 10-man Germany.

Boy done good: Croatia's 'keeper Drazen Ladic (left). He made a rock-solid save from a bone-breaking Bierhoff volley early on in the second half and staved off the spectre of panic.

Two left feet: Michael Tarnat's `trusty' left peg kept Row Z busy during the first half.

Magic moment: Robert Jarni's belting, cliche-inducing strike from the left on the stroke of half time -- sweet as a nut and on the run from around 25-yards. Goran Vlaovic's corker (Croatia's second) was a carbon copy on the right.

Mr Sitter: Dietmar Hamann got his head onto a zippy Thomas Hassler first-half free kick with masses of net to hit-- but missed.

Shiver the timbers: With just over 12 minutes remaining and only one goal in it Hamman smacked a deflected free-kick onto an upright -- it was the nearest Germany got to cementing theirreputation as the comeback kings of France '98.

Turning point: The dismissal of Worns for a dangerous late tackle on Davor Suker after 40 minutes upset what had been a well-balanced and threatening German start.

Ref-er-ee! Mr Pedersen from Norway reached for his pocket when things got rough -- which they did in the first half. He still didn't spot Oliver Bierhoff elbowing Zvonimir Soldo.

Terrace talk: Croatia: "We've got picnic rugs for shirts -- eat our goals!" ;
Germany: "Red cards have ruined this tournament."