1.   Six other players could miss the final if cautioned again.

2.   At the Helsinki Games he narrowly missed the final because of an injury.

3.   Colombian midfielder Jorge Bolanos will miss the final after collecting his second yellow card against Peru.

4.   Defender Alessandro Costacurta will miss the final because of a yellow card against Bulgaria, his second of the elimination stage.

5.   He ended up missing three times and missing the final by one spot.

6.   The American pair of Tom Bohrer and Pat Manning finished fourth and missed the final by three seconds.

7.   Pity Blanc will miss the final after being expelled here for pushing Croat defender Slaven Bilic in the face.

8.   Also in the preliminaries, Russian world butterfly record holder Denis Prankatov missed the finals for the second time this week.

9.   Both teams have seven players in danger of missing the final if they receive another yellow card.

10.   Blanc, however, will miss the final after being expelled for pushing Croat defender Slaven Bilic in the face.