1998 FIFA World Cup Final penalties after Italy's Luigi Di Biagio struck his penalty onto the crossbar. In the semi-finals, France faced tournament surprise Croatia. After a goal-less first half, Croatia took the lead in the first minute of the second half through Davor Šuker, his fifth goal of the tournament. France responded immediately with Lilian Thuram scoring his first international goal. Thuram then added a second twenty minutes from time to send France to their first ever World Cup final. The match ended in controversy however when Laurent Blanc was sent off after a skirmish with Croatia's Slaven Bilić. Bilić had sunk down to
Togo at the FIFA World Cup three of Togo's matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006, making them record World Cup players for their country: The only goal for Togo at a FIFA World Cup was scored by Mohamed Kader in their 1-2 defeat against South Korea Togo at the FIFA World Cup Togo have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2006. Head coach: Otto Pfister 2006 FIFA World Cup Group G Mohamed Kader got the opening goal of the match and Togo's first ever goal at the World Cup Final's in the 31st minute when he controlled a