The " World Cup Classics" mode allows the player to play fifteen classic FIFA World Cup matches. At the end of a drawn game the player can choose to finish the match as a draw, play extra time with the golden goal rule, or take part in a penalty shootout.Īs in FIFA 98, national squads can be customised to reflect the actual tournament's players by including players from a reserves pool in the "customise" option. It is also possible to play friendly matches between any of the teams that are included in the game. At the end of the "World Cup" game mode, captions show the winner of the Golden Boot for most goals scored during the tournament and winner of the FIFA Fair Play Award, two awards which are given in the real World Cup. At the end of each match, a caption shows the man of the match award, and if applicable a clean sheet caption. The game was released prior to the actual World Cup, therefore results between CPU teams are not based on results from the actual tournament. As in the real tournament, group games do not go to extra time or a penalty shootout but knockout matches do. Each match takes place in a recreation of the venue it was played in the actual tournament. The main feature of the game is the World Cup tournament itself, where the player may use either the actual groups used in the finals, or groups composed of a random selection of the 40 included teams. In-game screenshot of a match between Argentina and Brazil