- England earned its 5th consecutive victory
England vs Italy international football match reportManaged 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 |
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 Comments
England vs Italy post-match head-to-head | England matches Previous match: Next match: Italy matches Previous match: 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification Italy vs Poland 3-0 Naples, Wednesday 30 April 1997 Next match: 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) 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) |