41.   Even in the first half, the only good scoring chances came from Wales, as Earnshaw sidefooted a through pass to Giggs in the ninth minute.

42.   Francisco Gomez opened the scoring in the ninth minute on a diving header off a pass from Chris Klein, who had two assists.

43.   He dribbled past four defenders gave Kuwait the lead in the ninth minute and scored off a corner kick a minute before halftime to double the advantage.

44.   His compatriot, Joergen Pettersson, also connected in the ninth minute before Leverkusen players Erik Meijer and Markus Feldhoff staked the visitors to a lead with their goals.

45.   Home captain Santi Aragon surprised the Catalan side in the ninth minute, unleashing a fierce shot home from the edge of the area.

46.   In the first half, Leonardo opened the scoring in the ninth minute when he rushed in to covert a free ball in the penalty area.

47.   In the ninth minute, Elvir Baljic almost scored after surprising the Austrian defense, but tall goalkeeper Wohlfahrt stretched to ward off the shot.

48.   In the ninth minute, Slovenia missed its first scoring opportunity when Gliha passed to midfielder Matjaz Florjancic.

49.   In the ninth minute, Vieri headed just wide and half an hour later his rising drive at Barthez took a good punching save to deflect the ball.

50.   In the ninth minute, Moriero shook off his marker Lizarazu and crossed into the goalmouth where Vieri headed just wide.