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France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the World Cup on home soil. As of 2024, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil.
The two countries' next World Cup meeting was in a quarterfinal in Stuttgart of the subsequent tournament in 2006, where a goal from Henry off a Zidane free kick was the match's only goal. France went on to return to the final, where they lost to Italy on penalties.
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The Republic of Ireland have appeared in the Men's FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 1990, 1994, and 2002. They have always advanced from the group stage but have never advanced beyond the quarter-finals. Their first appearance was in Italy at the 1990 Men's FIFA World Cup.
Jun 10, 1998 · All the results of the games played in the 1998 World Cup with goals scored, extratime and penalties information.
Jun 18, 2019 · I’ll remember it for a very personal reason. It’s hard to believe that it is 25 years today since Ireland played and beat Italy in their opening match of the World Cup in USA 1994, a day...
Jun 30, 2020 · Thirty years ago to the day, the Republic of Ireland faced Italy in the World Cup quarter-finals in Rome. Brendan Crossan takes a trip down memory lane with two of Ireland's Italia 90 heroes...
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Jan 3, 2023 · Yet another brace of goals from 35 year old Tony Cascarino gave the Irish a 1-2 away win against Lithuania in Vilnius. With one more Group 8 match remaining this effectively secured a play-off spot for the Republic for qualification for the 1998 World Cup Finals.
