UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final 1998

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Match review

Chelsea’s breakthrough came when Gianfranco Zola was introduced after 70 minutes. Zola had been left out of the starting line-up due to a groin strain, but he made an immediate impact. Racing on to Dennis Wise’s defence-splitting pass, he unleashed a spectacular shot that flew straight into the top corner. Chelsea were later reduced to 10 men with the dismissal of Dan Petrescu after 84 minutes, but Stuttgart failed to exploit their numerical advantage, and they too finished with ten men when Gerhard Poschner was sent off in injury time.

[edit] Players and Officials

Chelsea Blue shirts/Blue shorts/White socks	1 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes)	VfB Stuttgart White shirts/White shorts/Red socks
Manager: Gianluca Vialli Team: de Goey (GK) Granville Leboeuf Duberry Clarke Petrescu Poyet sub 80 Wise Di Matteo Flo sub 71 Vialli Substitutes: Hitchcock (GK, not used) Myers (not used) Hughes (not used) Newton on 80 Charvet (not used) Morris (not used) Zola on 71 Scorer: Gianfranco Zola (71)	Half-time: 0-0 Competition: Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Date: 19.45 GMT Wednesday May 13, 1998 Venue: Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 30,216 Referee: S Braschi (Italy) Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named subsititutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.	Manager: Joachim Löw Team: Wohlfahrt (GK) Schneider sub 75 Berthold Poschner Yakin Soldo Hagner sub 79 Haber sub 75 Balakov Bobic Akpoborie Substitutes: Endress on 75 Ristic on 79 Djordjevic on 75 Ziegler (not used) Becker (not used) Lisztes (not used) Stojkovski (not used) Scorers: None