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England earned its 5th consecutive victory

England vs Italy international football match report

Date, kick-off time:	Wednesday, 4 June 1997, 19:30 (UTC+02:00)
National teams, score:	England - Italy 2:0
Competition:	Tournoi de France 1997
Referee:	Günter Benkö, Rauchwart / Austria
Attendance, venue:	25 000, Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau, Nantes
Goals:	1:0 (26') Ian Wright, 2:0 (43') Paul Scholes

England national football team line-up in match Nr.735

Managed by team manager Glenn Hoddle
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Tim Flowers	9	30	Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
Phil Neville	4	20	Manchester United FC, Manchester
Stuart Pearce	76	35	Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
Paul Ince 84'	31	29	FC Inter, Milano
Gareth Southgate	17	26	Aston Villa FC, Birmingham
Graeme Le Saux 46'	18	28	Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
46' Gary Neville	20	22	Manchester United FC, Manchester
David Beckham 34'	8	22	Manchester United FC, Manchester
Martin Keown	14	30	Arsenal FC, London
Ian Wright 76'	25	33	Arsenal FC, London
76' Andy Cole	2	25	Manchester United FC, Manchester
Teddy Sheringham 78'	26	31	Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
78' Paul Gascoigne 86'	49	30	Rangers FC, Glasgow
Paul Scholes 45'	2	22	Manchester United FC, Manchester

Italy national team line-up in match Nr.545

Managed by technical commissioner Cesare Maldini
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Angelo Peruzzi	17	27	Juventus FC, Torino
Angelo Di Livio 46'	15	30	Juventus FC, Torino
46' Giampiero Maini	1	25	Vicenza Calcio, Vicenza
Ciro Ferrara 46'	41	30	Juventus FC, Torino
46' Alessandro Nesta 87'	4	21	SS Lazio SpA, Roma
Alessandro Costacurta	46	31	Milan AC, Milano
Fabio Cannavaro 57'	6	23	Parma AC, Parma
Antonio Benarrivo	21	28	Parma AC, Parma
Roberto Di Matteo 17'	24	27	Chelsea FC, London
17' Diego Fuser	13	28	SS Lazio SpA, Roma
Demetrio Albertini	45	25	Milan AC, Milano
Dino Baggio	39	25	Parma AC, Parma
Pierluigi Casiraghi	40	28	SS Lazio SpA, Roma
Gianfranco Zola	32	30	Chelsea FC, London

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
England	14	21.500	27.788	8	2	4	0
Italy	14	24.571	27.527	6	0	2	0

Historical data sources

L’Unità (Rome), №-, 05.06.1997; L’Unità - Archivio storico

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England vs Italy post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
19	7	5	7	27 - 23	1.000
England v Italy match-by-match record

England matches

Previous match:

1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Poland vs England 0-2

Chorzów, Saturday 31 May 1997

Next match:

Tournoi de France 1997

France vs England 0-1

Montpellier, Saturday 7 June 1997

England international record

Italy matches

Previous match:

1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Italy vs Poland 3-0

Naples, Wednesday 30 April 1997

Next match:

Tournoi de France 1997

Brazil vs Italy 3-3

Lyon, Sunday 8 June 1997

Italy international results

England top scorers

1. Bobby Charlton (1958 - 1970) - 49 goals
2. Gary Lineker (1985 - 1992) - 48 goals
3. Jimmy Greaves (1959 - 1967) - 44 goals
... Ian Wright (1993 - 1997) - 7 goals
... Paul Scholes (1997) - 1 goal

(correct as of June 4, 1997)

England international goal scorers

Brief match report

Wed. 04 Jun 1997
Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau, Nantes
England 2-0 Italy
Goals: Wright 26, Scholes 43

England: Flowers, Phil Neville, Pearce, Ince (c), Southgate, Le Saux (Gary Neville 46), Beckham, Keown, Wright (Cole 76), Sheringham (Gascoigne 78), Scholes. Managed by Hoddle.
Booked: Beckham 34, Scholes 45, Ince 84, Gascoigne 86.

Italy: Peruzzi, Di Livio (Maini 46), Ferrara (Nesta 46), Costacurta (c), Cannavaro, Benarrivo, Di Matteo (Fuser 17), Albertini, Baggio, Casiraghi, Zola. Managed by Maldini.
Booked: Cannavaro 57, Nesta 87.

Att: 25 000
Ref: Benkö (Austria)