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Suker can still come out a winner
Croatian striker in position to take goal-scoring title
Posted: Wednesday July 08, 1998 09:01 PM
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Suker's strike 28 seconds after the break made him one of the top scorers in the competition with five goals (AP) |
PARIS (Reuters) -- Croatia striker
Davor Suker can still come out of the World Cup a winner despite his side
losing 2-1 to France in
Wednesday's semifinal.
Suker's strike 28 seconds after the break made him joint top scorer in
the competition with five goals.
Gabriel Batistuta of Argentina and
Christian Vieri of Italy share the
top spot in the scoring charts with the Croat.
But with their teams out of the competition, they could be overtaken by
Suker if he can find the net in the 3rd place playoff with the Netherlands
on Saturday.
Suker said individual glory came second to team success.
"It's not important for me at the moment," said Suker, "The most
important thing is that we beat the Netherlands."
Suker said the key to his scoring success in the tournament has been the
service provided by the Croatian midfield.
"You can't score unless you get a chance," said Suker. "Today I got a
great ball from Aljosa [Asanovic] which really should count as half a goal.
My left foot just finished off the work," he added.
The only other player with any chance of becoming the number one scorer
in the tournament is Brazil's
Ronaldo.
He would need to score two in the final to overtake the current top trio,
providing Suker does not score.
The top scorer in the last five finals has scored six goals.
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