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
Ever Hernández historical goal against Mexico to qualify El Salvador to the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Hernández scored 13 goals for the El Salvador national football team from 1976 to 1985. He has represented his country in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. After his career, Hernández moved to the United States in 1991 to become a car salesman in Los Angeles. He is married and has three children. Ever Hernández Ever Francisco Hernández (born December 11, 1958 in Santiago de María) is a retired football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.