MUNDIALITO '98

13-18 January, 1998 - Arena do Lido - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

ITALY
Caleca, Feliziani, Fradella (gk), Mannino, Dettori, Rubei, Riscino, Roma, Rinaldi (gk), Zaffiro, Ceccaroni, Caracciolo; Coach: Alessandro Nuccorini.

USA
Sean Bowers (Detroit Rockers NPSL), Larry Julius (Harrisburg Heat NPSL), Matt Knowles (Philadelphia Kixx NPSL), Franklin McIntosh (St. Louis Ambush NPSL), Mark Moser (St. Louis Ambush NPSL), Victor Nogueira (Milwaukee Wave NPSL), Doug Neely (Anaheim Splash CISL), Jon Parry (Sacramento Knights CISL), Brett Philips (Portland Pride CISL), Thomas, Lee Tschantrel (Kansas City Attack NPSL), Wes Wade (Kansas City Attack NPSL), Rusty Troy (Dallas Sidekicks CISL); Coach: Keith Tozer

ARGENTINA
Guisande, Sanchez, Desilarmes, Carbone, Talaferro, Gonzalez, Parrila, Castanares, Giustozzi, Ferreira, Mandayo, Piamas; Coach: Fernando Larranaga

BELGIUM
Buve (gk), El Guir Y., Plompen, Claessen, Janssen, Gessner, Ghhys, Michiels, Cocco, Vergauwen, Beyers, Habran; Coach: Damien Knabben

13.1.1998

10.00 ARGENTINA - BELGIUM 5-1

( Goals: Planas, Tallaferro, Deslarmes, Sánchez,e Castañeras for Argentina; Beyers for Belgium)

19.00 ITALY - USA 1-2

( Goals: Zaffiro for Italy; Browers and Wade for USA)

14.1.1998

10.00 BRAZIL - BELGIUM 3-2

( Goals: Fininho (2) and Vander Carioca for Brazil; Claessen and Plompen for Belgium)

19.00 USA - ARGENTINA 4-4

15.1.1998

10.00 BRAZIL - ARGENTINA 3-1

( Goals: Joan, Anderson and Sandrinho for Brazil; Sánchez for Argetina)

19.00 ITALY - BELGIUM 5-1

( Goals: Rubei, Caleca (3), Mannino for Italy; Cocco for Belgium)

16.1.1998

10.00 BRAZIL - ITALY 4-2

( Goals: Choco, Marcio (p), Fininho (2) for Brazil; Caleca (2) for Italy)

19.00 BELGIUM - USA 4-5

17.1.1998

10.00 BRAZIL - USA 12-2

11.30 ARGENTINA - ITALY 1-0

MUNDIALITO '98 - Final Classific

N. Teams P W D L GM GS Pts
1. BRAZIL 4 4 0 0 22 7 12
2. ARGENTINA 4 2 1 1 11 8 7
3. USA 4 2 1 1 13 21 7
4. ITALY 4 1 0 3 8 8 3
5. BELGIUM 4 0 0 4 8 18 0

17.1.1998

FINAL MATCH

10.00 BRAZIL - ARGENTINA 2-0

Goals: 2nd half - Márcio (7min58) and Choco (19min54) for Brazil

BRAZIL - Bagé, Márcio, Lenísio, Sandrinho e Choco; Fininho, Anderson, Joan, André, Vander Carioca, Almir. Coach: Takão.

ARGENTINA - Javier Guisande, Esteban Gonzalez, Carlos Sánchez, Leandro Planas e Mariano Tallaferro; Diego Castañares, Pablo Parrila, Mario Carbune, Juan Ferreiro, Diego Giustozzi. Coach: Fernando Larrañaga.

Referees: Pedro Galan (E) and Carlos Servino (USA).

GOALSCORERS

6 goals: Fininho (BRAZIL)
5 goals: Gabriele Caleca (ITALY)
4 goals: Vander Carioca (BRAZIL); Welsey Wade e Mark Moser (USA).
3 goals: Mariano Tallafero e Carlos Sánchez (ARGENTINA); Sandrinho e Márcio (BRAZIL).

Matches: 11
Total Goals: 64
Media: 5,8

The Winner:
BRAZIL

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil 1998 Winner: BRAZIL