November
16, 1977
England
2-Italy 0
World
Cup Qualifying-Group 2
Venue: London - The Empire Stadium
Wembley
Attendance: 92,500
Referee: Karoly Palotai (Hungary)
Goalscorers: (England): Kevin Keegan
11', Trevor Brooking 80'
(Italy): None
Lineups:
England:
1-Raymond
Neal Clemence (Liverpool Football Club)
[33 / 0]
2-Philip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club) [9 / 0]
3-Trevor John Cherry (Leeds United Association Football Club) [15 / 0]
2-Philip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club) [9 / 0]
3-Trevor John Cherry (Leeds United Association Football Club) [15 / 0]
4-Raymond
Colin Wilkins (Chelsea Football Club-London) [10 / 0]
5-David Vernon Watson (Manchester City Football Club) [28 / 0]
5-David Vernon Watson (Manchester City Football Club) [28 / 0]
6-Emlyn
Walter Hughes (Liverpool Football Club)
[50 / 1]
7-Kevin Joseph Keegan (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / West Germany) [34 / 8] (16-Trevor John Francis (Birmingham City Football Club) [7 / 1] 85th)
8-Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club) [1 / 0]
9-Robert Dennis Latchford (Everton Football Club-Liverpool) [1 / 0] (15-James ‘Stuart’ Pearson (Manchester United Football Club) [13 / 4] 75th)
10-Trevor David Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London) [19 / 1]
11-Peter Simon Barnes (Manchester City Football Club) [1 / 0]
7-Kevin Joseph Keegan (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / West Germany) [34 / 8] (16-Trevor John Francis (Birmingham City Football Club) [7 / 1] 85th)
8-Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club) [1 / 0]
9-Robert Dennis Latchford (Everton Football Club-Liverpool) [1 / 0] (15-James ‘Stuart’ Pearson (Manchester United Football Club) [13 / 4] 75th)
10-Trevor David Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London) [19 / 1]
11-Peter Simon Barnes (Manchester City Football Club) [1 / 0]
Coach:
Ronald Greenwood
Booked:
Kevin Keegan 41’
Other
Subs:
Peter
Leslie Shilton (Nottingham Forest Football Club)
William
‘Billy’ Bonds (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Brian
Ernest Talbot (Ipswich Town Football Club)
Team
Captain: Emlyn Walter Hughes
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral
Uniform
Colors: White Shirts, Blue
Shorts, White Socks
Italy:
1-Dino
Zoff (Juventus Football
Club-Torino) [60 / 0]
2-Marco
Tardelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)
[14 / 0]
3-Claudio Gentile (Juventus Football Club-Torino) [11 / 1]
4-Romeo
Benetti (Juventus Football Club-Torino) [36 / 1]
5-Roberto
Mozzini (Torino Calcio 1906) [6 / 0]
6-Giacinto
Facchetti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) [94 / 3] (13-Antonello Cuccureddu (Juventus Football
Club-Torino) [5
/ 0] 85th)
7-Franco
Causio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) [31 / 1]
8-Renato Zaccarelli (Torino Calcio 1906) [11 / 1]
9-Francesco Graziani (Torino Calcio 1906) [19 / 9] (15-Claudio Sala (Torino Calcio 1906) [12 / 9] 46th)
10-Giancarlo Antognoni (Associazione Calcio
Fiorentina-Firenze) [24 / 5]
11-Roberto
Bettega (Juventus Football Club-Torino) [13 / 13]
Coach:
Enzo Bearzot
Booked:
Romeo Benetti 31’, Gentile 42’
Other
Subs:
Luciano
Castellini (Torino Calcio 1906)
Fabio
Capello (Associazione Calcio Milan)
Paolino Pulici (Torino Calcio 1906)
Team
Captain: Giacinto Facchetti
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer:
Uniform
Colors: Blue Shirts, White
Shorts , Blue Socks
Notes:
-Match
number 514 for England and number 347 for Italy.
-This
was the 13th meeting between the nations.
-The
previous match between the nations, as well as the previous match on Italian
soil and Italy’s previous victory, was the first leg of this World Cup
Qualifier at Roma’s Stadio Olimpico on November 17, 1976 that Italy won 2 to 0.
England
players: Clemence, Hughes, Keegan, Cherry, Brooking, Shilton and Pearson and Italy players: Zoff,
Cuccureddu,
Tardelli,
Benetti,
Gentile, Facchetti, Causio, Capello, Graziani, Antognoni, Castellini, Mozzini,
Zaccarelli and Bettega were present that day (on the
field and/or the substitutes bench).
Keegan
captained England and Facchetti Captained Italy for that match.
Antognoni
and Bettega scored for Italy.
Enzo
Bearzot managed Italy with Fulvio Bernardini acting as Technical Director.
-The
previous match between the nations at the same venue, as Italy’s previous away
victory, was a Friendly November 14, 1973 that Italy won 1 to 0.
England
players: Shilton and Hughes and
Italy players: Zoff, Benetti, Facchetti, Causio, Capello,
Castellini, and Pulici were present that day (on the field and/or the
substitutes bench).
Facchetti
Captained Italy for that match.
Fabio
Capello scored his most famous for Italy.
-England’s
previous win as well as the previous match at a neutral venue, was during USA Bicentenary Cup at New York City’s
Yankees Stadium, on May 28, 1976 that England won 3 to 2.
England
players: Neal, Wilkins, Brooking and Cherry and Italy players: Zoff,
Benetti,
Zaccarelli,
Facchetti,
Causio, Sala, Capello, Graziani, Antognoni, Pulici, Castellini
and
Bettega were present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Graziani
scored both of Italy’s goals.
Giacinto
Facchetti captained Italy for that match.
-The next match between the nations as well as the
next match on Italian soil and next Italy victory, was a UEFA European
Championship Finals match at Torino’s Stadio Comunale on June 15, 1980 that
Italy won 1 to 0.
England
players: Shilton, Neal, Watson, Wilkins, Keegan, Coppell, Clemence, Hughes and Brooking and
Italy players: Zoff,
Gentile, Benetti, Causio,
Tardelli,
Graziani, Antognoni, Bettega and Zaccarelli were present that day (on the field
and/or the substitutes bench).
Marco
Tardelli scored Italy’s winning goal.
Romeo
Benetti and Marco Tardelli were booked in that match.
Both
Managers were still in their respective posts.
Keegan
captained England and Zoff captained Italy for that match.
-The
next match between the nations in the same venue would be a Friendly on
November 15, 1989, that ended in a scoreless tie.
England
goalkeeper Peter Shilton would play that match.
Shilton
would also be England’s goalkeeper when the two sides met on July 7, 1990 at
Bari’s San Nicola Stadium for World Cup 1990’s Third Place match. This would be
his last ever England appearance.
-The
next World Cup Qualifier between the nations in the same venue would be on
February 12, 1997, that Italy won 1 to 0.
-The
next England victory would be during ‘Le Tournoi’ Tournament at Nantes, France
that England would win 2 to 0.
-On
May 19, 1977, Liverpool’s Emlyn Hughes was named as Footballer of the Year. He
passed away on November 9, 2004, aged 57.
-Ron
Greenwood had been appointed caretaker Manager of England just a few months
earlier after Don Revie was dismissed for breach of contract.
The
England National Team were on their tour of South America, where Don Revie was
supposedly away supervising World Cup qualifying group opponents Finland.
However it was discovered by Daily Mail that he was in fact negotiating with
officials from the United Arab Emirates.
A
ten-year ban on was imposed on Revie that was eventually overturned by the high
court.
Photo
From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978
(Dino Zoff making a save from Dave Watson) |
-Enzo
Bearzot had been appointed as Italy’s sole selector that Fall after managing
with Technical Director Fulvio Bernardini for two years.
-The
other two teams in this World Cup qualifying group were Finland and Luxembourg.
-England
had to win this match therefore they dominated with Italy playing a defensive
game.
Italy
with a better goal difference, knew that even with a loss they just had to beat
Luxembourg for their final qualifier on December 3rd to qualify for
the World Cup.
They
won that match 3 to 0 and won the group on goal difference.
-England
failed to qualify for a World Cup for the second successive time.
The
next time they would fail to qualify for a World Cup would be for the 1994
World Cup.
-This
turned out to be Giacinto Facchetti’s last match for Italy. Incidentally he was
the only Internazionale Milano player left in Italy squad, which was a rarity.
He
was substituted by Cuccurreddu due to a pulled muscle.
He
passed away on September 4, 2006
-Kevin
Keegan had just joined West Germany’s SV Hamburg that season and was having an
initial difficult time.
-Liverpool’s
Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Emlyn Hughes won the Champions Cup in 1977 and at the
end of that season, 1977/78.
They
similarly had won the English League title for the 1976/77 season.
Kevin
Keegan was also a member of the 1977 League and Champions Cup winning squad.
-Phil
Neal captained Liverpool in the ill-fated Champions Cup Final on May 29, 1985
vs. Juventus (0-1 Juventus win).
Marco
Tardelli played for Juventus that day.
-Juventus
players: Dino Zoff, Marco Tardelli, Claudio Gentile, Romeo Benetti, Antonello
Cuccureddu, Franco Causio, Roberto Bettega had won the 1977 UEFA Cup a few
months earlier.
They
had also won the Italy League title for 1977 and would go on to repeat as
League Champions at the end of that season.
-Dino
Zoff, Marco Tardelli, Claudio Gentile, Romeo Benetti, Roberto Mozzini, Antonello
Cuccureddu, Franco Causio, Renato Zaccarelli, Francesco
Graziani, Claudio Sala, Giancarlo Antognoni, Roberto Bettega and Paolino
Pulici would
make Italy’s Finals squad for the 1978 World Cup, where they would finish
Fourth.
Zoff,
Tardelli, Gentile, Causio, Graziani and Antognoni would win the 1982 World Cup
along with Manager Enzo Bearzot.
Bettega
would surely have been in that squad if not for injury.
-Both
Managers were in their posts during the 1982 World Cup.
-Unused
substitute goalkeeper Peter Leslie Shilton was the only member of that season’s
League Champions Nottingham Forest to be included in this England squad.
-Raymond
Colin Wilkins played in Italy for AC Milan, where Fabio Capello briefly coached
him in 1987.
Trevor
Francis also played in Italy for Sampdoria and Atalanta.
-Kevin
Keegan has managed the England National team, as well as unused Italy
substitute Fabio Capello.
Fabio
Capello is the current coach of Russia.
Dino
Zoff has managed Italy. Both managed their respective nations during the 2000
UEFA European Championships.
They
both left their posts immediately or shortly thereafter.
Phil
Neal has been the assistant Manager of England and Marco Tardelli has been the
assistant Manager of Republic of Ireland.
-Ron
Greenwood stayed as England Manager until 1982. This victory was instrumental
in confirming him as England Manager.
-England’s
Clemence, Neal, Wilkins, Keegan, Brooking, Francis, Coppell and Shilton were
also in England’s 1982 World Cup squad.
-Ron
Greenwood awarded first caps to Steve Coppell, Bob Latchford and Peter Barnes.
Peter
Barnes and Steve Coppell started on the wings (left and right respectively).
The
plan was to attack Italy from the flanks.
-In
the 11th minute, Trevor Brooking crossed from the right for Keegan
to head home.
Photo
From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne
(Kevin Keegan heading in England’s First goal
with Zaccarelli unable to stop) |
Photo
From: World Soccer, December 1977
(Dino Zoff unable to
stop Kevin Keegan’s opener) |
-After
25 minutes, Bearzot took Zacarelli from man marking Keegan and assigned
Tardelli to be Keegan’s marker.
Tardelli
was initially to mark Barnes on the wing, but Gentile took that task.
Zaccarelli
had effectively no input for rest of match.
-Romeo
Benetti was booked in the 31st minute after a foul on Peter Barnes.
-In
the 37th minute, Marco Tardelli elbowed Keegan though no cards were
shown, as the referee missed it.
-In
the 41st minute, Keegan was booked for pushing Tardelli after an
entanglement. It was most likely out of frustration due to elbowing incident
from minutes before.
-Claudio
Gentile was also booked, in the 42nd minute, after a foul on Peter
Barnes from behind.
-In
the 80th minute, Keegan slipped the ball through from outside of the
box for Brooking to slot home. However, as soon as he crossed Benetti made
contact and Keegan was injured and substituted.
This
was Brooking’s first goal for England.
Photo
From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di Calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo,
1910-1983
(Trevor Brooking scoring England’s second goal) |
-At
the time the leading clubs in Italy were the Turin teams of Juventus and
Torino. Naturally, the bulk of the squad came from those two squads.
From
Italy’s starting squad contained 8 Juventus and Torino players and both
substitutes who came on the field were also from these two clubs.
The
only exceptions were Inter Milan’s Facchetti and Fiorentina’s Antognoni.
-By
the time of the World Cup, Mauro Belluggi and Gaetano Scirea would supplant
Facchetti and Mozzini as Italy’s starting central defenders.
Photo
From: World Soccer, December 1977
(Marco Tardelli and
Trevor Brooking) |
-Francesco
Grazini was subbed off after halftime by Claudio Sala. He had received a blow
to head and had a cut eyebrow and his head was bandaged.
-This
was considered one of England’s best performances in years following the
disappointment of the Revie era.
-After
halftime, Keegan and Brooking were given less room to operate and Italy was
able to counter attack. England was nevertheless in general command of the
match.
In
the second half, Italy tried to slow the match down by back passing to zoff on
numerous occasions.
-After
Facchetti’s substitution, Zaccarelli took his position as libero.
-Caretaker
Manager Ron Greenwood claimed that Italy’s man to man marking had allowed
England to stretch them.
Bearzot
claimed he was satisfied with the result and praised Peter Barnes’ performance.
-Trevor
Brooking and unused substitute Billy Bonds played at West Ham United under Ron
Greenwood.
-Unused
substitute Fabio Capello played his last ever match for Italy the following
month (December 22, 1976) at Lisbon vs. Portugal (1-2 loss).
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