Faroes - Spain 2-6. 1998 World cup qualifiers. Two great goals against Zubizarreta

Strenghened by Todi Jónsson's return to the side after the absence of their best player against Slovakia four days previously, the Faroes showed a very good performance for most of the game. But in the last twenty minutes they were tired and let down after the always reliable Óli Johannesen put the ball into his own net. Spanish team of stars then cruised to a tennis score.

But the game is still mostly remembered for Todi Jónsson masterpiece - his elegant little chip over Nadal in the first half and the classy equalizer straight after the break past Andoni Zubizarreta, then rated by many as the best goalkeeper in the world.

The veteran of three World cups was also beaten in injury time by the substitute striker Uni Arge, political journalist by his main occupation, to the final score 6-2.

World cup-98 qualifying match. Faroes 2 - Spain 6

September 4, 1996. Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroes

Referee: Philippe Leduc (France).

0-1: Luis Enrique Martínez 37
1-1: Todi Jónsson 46
1-2: Alfonso Pérez Muñoz 63
1-3: Óli Johannesen 70
1-4: Alfonso Pérez Muñoz 83
1-5: Fernando Ruiz Hierro 85
1-6: Alfonso Pérez Muñoz 86
2-6: Uni Arge 90

Faroes:
1. Jens Martin Knudsen, captain, 1967, GÍ Gøta
2. Óli Johannesen, 1972, B36 Tórshavn
3. Jens Kristian Hansen, 1971, B36 Tórshavn
4. Allan Joensen, 1974, KÍ Klaksvík
5. Øssur Hansen, 1971, B68 Toftir
6. Allan Mørkøre, 1971, KÍ Klaksvík
7. Julian Johnsson, 1975, B36 Tórshavn
8. Henning Jarnskor, 1972, GÍ Gøta
9. Jan Allan Müller, 1969, Esbjerg BK, Denmark
(12. Uni Arge, 1971, HB Tórshavn, 74)
10. Todi Jónsson, 1972, Lyngby BK, Denmark
11. John Petersen, 1972, GÍ Gøta
(17. Símun Eliasen, 1974, ÍF Fuglafjørður, 90)
Coach: Allan Simonsen

Spain:
1. Andoni Zubizarreta, FC Valencia
2. Alberto Belsué, Real Zaragoza
3. Agustín Aránzabal, Real Sociedad San Sebastian
(16. Julen Guerrero López, Athletic Bilbao, 72)
4. Rafael Alkorta, Real Madrid
(14. Abelardo Fernández, FC Barcelona, 46)
5. Miguel Ángel Nadal, FC Barcelona
6. Fernando Ruiz Hierro, Real Madrid
7. Josep Guardiola, FC Barcelona
8. Luis Enrique Martínez, FC Barcelona
9. Juan Antonio Pizzi, FC Barcelona
(12. Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, Real Betis Seville, 59)
10. Francisco Miguel Narváez 'Kiko', Atletico Madrid
11. Sergi Barjuán, FC Barcelona
Coach: Javier Clemente

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[RomanBelvedere]

Sorry, how did Faroe score 2 goals on Spain??

[Farerets]

@RomanBelvedere Well, They are shown in this video - just watch and see! ;-) Оба гола показаны в клипе - вот так и забили, как нечего делать! ;-)

[RomanBelvedere]

@Farerets

Yeah, I must say - Very good performance from Faroes.

Не ожидал))

[Farerets]

@RomanBelvedere That was an average performance - one of the better ones was 1-0 against Russia by Faroese U21! Can also be found among my videos ;-)

[RomanBelvedere]

@Farerets Haha, that was more of a WTF performance by Russia ;-)

[Farerets]

@RomanBelvedere It is always easy to judge when one has never seen the game - I was there and the Faroese victory was fully deserved (fyi Faroes U21 have 8 points in the qualifying group with two not that difficukt games yet to play).¨The Russians were about to take lives of two or three Faroese players in the second half, so angry and desperate they were - but still they lost - against 1200 Faroese guys (never mentioning football players) at the age 17-21 to choose from for one national team!

[proLFCfan]

@RomanBelvedere what kind of question is that?

[SvartMagic]

@Farerets Don't call it average.. It was an amazing performance..

[MadeOfCrazyWood]

1:31 banna gott spalt :o

2:36 blow job???

[MadeOfCrazyWood]

1:31 banna gott spalt :o

[punkpoetry]

Zubizarreta was past his prime in 1998, and eve in his prime he wasn't anything like the world's best

[Maxhard123]

Føroyar hevur skorða tvey mál í móti heims besta lið. Tað kunnu vit verða stoltir av... xD