Ecuador v Croatia, 13 June 2002

Kick-Off: 20:30 Local (12:30 BST) Assistant referees: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) Roland Van Nylen (Belgium) Fourth official: Mark Shield (Australia) Man of the Match: Édison Méndez (Ecuador) Ecuador secured an unlikely victory to send the semi-finalists of France '98 tumbling out of the World Cup. With Italy drawing against Mexico in the other Group G game, victory would have taken Croatia through to the second round. But they turned in a sluggish performance against a side who had lost their opening two games and Ecuador fully deserved their win.