Gianluca PAGLIUCA

ITALIA 2:2 CILE (1:1) 11.06.98 Bordeaux, Stade Lescure (31000)

Gianluca Pagliuca, Paolo Maldini (c), Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, Alessandro Costacurta, Angelo Di Livio (60 Enrico Chiesa), Dino Baggio, Demetrio Albertini, Roberto Di Matteo (56 Luigi Di Biagio), Roberto Baggio, Christian Vieri (70 Filippo Inzaghi)
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ITALIA 3:0 CAMERUN (1:0) 17.06.98 Montpellier, Stade de la Mosson (35000)
Gianluca Pagliuca, Paolo Maldini (c), Alessandro Costacurta, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, Francesco Moriero (83 Angelo Di Livio), Demetrio Albertini (62 Roberto Di Matteo), Dino Baggio, Luigi Di Biagio, Christian Vieri, Roberto Baggio (65 Alessandro Del Piero)
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ITALIA 2:1 AUSTRIA (0:0) 23.06.98 St. Denis, Stade de France (80000)
Gianluca Pagliuca, Alessandro Nesta (4 Giuseppe Bergomi), Alessandro Costacurta, Fabio Cannavaro, Paolo Maldini (c), Francesco Moriero, Dino Baggio, Luigi Di Biagio, Gianluca Pessotto, Christian Vieri (60 Filippo Inzaghi), Alessandro Del Piero (72 Roberto Baggio)
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ITALIA 1:0 NORVEGIA (1:0) 27.06.98 Marseilles, Stade Vélodrome (60000)
Gianluca Pagliuca, Alessandro Costacurta, Giuseppe Bergomi, Paolo Maldini (c), Fabio Cannavaro, Demetrio Albertini (72 Gianluca Pessotto), Dino Baggio, Luigi Di Biagio, Francesco Moriero (63 Angelo Di Livio), Alessandro Del Piero (77 Enrico Chiesa), Christian Vieri
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ITALIA 0:0 FRANCIA (Francia vinta 4-3 ai cali di rigore) 03.07.98 St. Denis (78000)
Gianluca Pagliuca, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Maldini (c), Giuseppe Bergomi, Fabio Cannavaro, Dino Baggio (53 Demetrio Albertini), Gianluca Pessotto (90 Angelo Di Livio), Luigi Di Biagio, Francesco Moriero, Alessandro Del Piero (67 Roberto Baggio), Christian Vieri

Gianluca Pagliuca  became the first goalkeeper to be sent off in a World Cup match, when he was dismissed for handling outside his area against Norway at the 1994 tournament in the USA. However, he returned after suspension to feature from the quarter-finals onwards with his team losing to Brazil in a penalty shootout. Despite the loss, Pagliuca became the first ever goalkeeper to save a penalty from a shootout in a World Cup final, denying Marcio Santos his shot.

After the 1994 World Cup, he moved from Sampdoria to Internazionale from a then world record fee for a goalkeeper of £7 million. However, Pagliuca's international career was halted by the emergence of Juventus goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi, and it would be 3 years before he returned to the Italy squad. Pagliuca would have taken part the World Cup that summer only as a back-up but for an arm injury to Peruzzi just prior to the tournament.