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
El Salvador at the FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup on two occasions in 1970 and 1982. 16 players have been fielded three times each for El Salvador, making them record World Cup players for their country. El Salvador's only FIFA World cup goal was scored in one of the biggest-ever defeats in World Cup history, their 1-10 against Hungary in 1982. The goalscorer was Luis Ramírez Zapata. El Salvador at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of El Salvador's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to