Italy vs Northern Ireland international football match report| Date, kick-off time: | Wednesday, 22 January 1997, 20:45 (UTC+01:00) | | National teams, score: | - 2:0 | | Competition: | International Friendly | | Referee: | Lutz Fröhlich, Berlin / | | Attendance, venue: | 30 886, Stadio La Favorita, Palermo  | | Goals: | 1:0 (9') Gianfranco Zola, 2:0 (88') Alessandro Del Piero |
| Managed by technical commissioner Cesare Maldini | | Player | Caps | Age | Club | | Angelo Peruzzi | 12 | 26 | Juventus FC, Torino | Angelo Di Livio  79' | 10 | 30 | Juventus FC, Torino |  79' Stefano Eranio | 19 | 30 | Milan AC, Milano | | Alessandro Costacurta 72' | 41 | 30 | Milan AC, Milano | | 72' Fabio Cannavaro | 1 | 23 | Parma AC, Parma | | Ciro Ferrara | 36 | 29 | Juventus FC, Torino | Paolo Maldini  | 75 | 28 | Milan AC, Milano | | Amedeo Carboni | 17 | 31 | AS Roma SpA, Roma | | Dino Baggio | 34 | 25 | Parma AC, Parma | | Demetrio Albertini | 41 | 25 | Milan AC, Milano | | Roberto Di Matteo 58' | 19 | 26 | Chelsea FC, London | | 58' Diego Fuser | 9 | 28 | SS Lazio SpA, Roma | | Pierluigi Casiraghi 58' | 38 | 27 | SS Lazio SpA, Roma | | 58' Fabrizio Ravanelli | 15 | 28 | Middlesbrough FC, Middlesbrough | | Gianfranco Zola 62' | 27 | 30 | Chelsea FC, London | | 62' Alessandro Del Piero | 12 | 22 | Juventus FC, Torino |
| Managed by team manager Bryan Hamilton | | Player | Caps | Age | Club | | Tommy Wright | 25 | 33 | Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford | | Danny Griffin | 3 | 19 | St Johnstone FC, Perth | | Barry Hunter | 10 | 28 | Reading FC, Reading | | Gerry Taggart | 38 | 26 | Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton | | Nigel Worthington | 65 | 35 | Stoke City FC, Stoke on Trent | | Jon McCarthy 81' | 2 | 26 | Port Vale FC, Stoke-on-Trent | | 81' Robbie Dennison | 18 | 32 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton | | Steve Lomas | 17 | 23 | Manchester City FC, Manchester | | Steve Morrow | 23 | 26 | Arsenal FC, London | | Kevin Horlock | 5 | 24 | Swindon Town FC, Swindon | | Michael Hughes 69' | 36 | 25 | West Ham United FC, London | | 69' Keith Rowland | 12 | 25 | West Ham United FC, London | | James Quinn 59' | 3 | 22 | Blackpool FC, Blackpool | | 59' George O'Boyle | 9 | 29 | St Johnstone FC, Perth |
Match stats | National team | Players | Average caps | Average age | Clubs | Goals | Cautions | Expulsions | | Italy | 16 | 25.375 | 27.903 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Northern Ireland | 14 | 19.000 | 26.962 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Historical data sources  L’Unità (Rome), №19, 23.01.1997; L’Unità - Archivio storico Comments
Italy vs Northern Ireland post-match head-to-head | Italy matches Previous match: Next match: 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification England vs Italy 0-1 London, Wednesday 12 February 1997 Northern Ireland matches Previous match: Next match: Italy top scorers 1. Gigi Riva (1967 - 1973) - 35 goals
2. Giuseppe Meazza (1930 - 1938) - 33 goals
3. Silvio Piola (1935 - 1946) - 30 goals
... Gianfranco Zola (1995 - 1997) - 8 goals
... Alessandro Del Piero (1995 - 1997) - 4 goals
(correct as of January 22, 1997) Brief match report Wed. 22 Jan 1997
Stadio La Favorita, Palermo
Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland
Goals: Zola 9, Del Piero 88
Italy: Peruzzi, Di Livio (Eranio 79), Costacurta (Cannavaro 72), Ferrara, Maldini (c), Carboni, Baggio, Albertini, Di Matteo (Fuser 58), Casiraghi (Ravanelli 58), Zola (Del Piero 62). Managed by Maldini.
Northern Ireland: Wright, Griffin, Hunter, Taggart, Worthington (c), McCarthy (Dennison 81), Lomas, Morrow, Horlock, Hughes (Rowland 69), Quinn (O'Boyle 59). Managed by Hamilton.
Att: 30 886
Ref: Fröhlich (Germany) |
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