International Head-to-Head –Part Eight, Italy and Czechoslovakia (..and Czech Republic and Slovakia)- part 5 (1990s)

1990s

The sides would meet one another only twice in this decade (three time including Slovakia).

The first one would be in the 1990 World Cup, where Italians won on home soil (2-0) with a memorable strike from Roberto Baggio that is often referenced as one of the greatest goals ever.

This was Italy’s first win over Czechoslovakia since 1953.

This was Italy’s first match vs. Czechoslovakia in the Finals of a World Cup, since the 1934 World Cup Final itself also at Rome.

The next encounter in the decade would be during the 1996 Euro Finals in Liverpool. This would be the first time the sides had met in a neutral setting.

By now Czechoslovakia had been split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

It was the Czech Republic that won (2-1) with the likes of Pavel Nedved catching the eye of Italian club recruiters (he would eventually join Lazio before ending up at Juventus).

In 1998, Italy would defeat Slovakia (3-0) in a friendly in Catania.

For more detail on the 1996 match, see:

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2016/06/compendium-to-arrigo-sacchi-article_0.html

International Head-to-Head match No. 26

Date: June 19, 1990

Competition: 1990 FIFA World Cup-Group A

Result: Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 0

Venue: Roma-Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance:  73,000

Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Salvatore Schillaci 9, Roberto Baggio 78

(Czechoslovakia): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Walter Zenga (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

2- Franco Baresi (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Giuseppe Bergomi (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

6- Riccardo Ferri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

7- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

10- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

11- Fernando de Napoli (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli) (8-Pietro Vierchowod (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  65th)

13- Giuseppe Giannini (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  

15- Roberto Baggio (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

17- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan) (4-Luigi de Agostini (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 51st)

19 Salvatore Schillaci (Juventus Football Club-Torino)         

                  

Coach: Azeglio Vicini

Booked: Derando De Napoli 44,Nicola Berti’70

Other Substitutes:

12-Stefano Tacconi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

14-Giancarlo Marocchi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

20-Aldo Serena (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

Team Captain: Giuseppe Bergomi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Diadora

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Czechoslovakia:

1- Jan Stejskal (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

3- Miroslav Kadlec (TJ Viktovice)

15- Vladimir Kinier (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)  

20 Vaclav Nemecek (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)              (2-Julius Bielik (TJ Sparta CKD Praha) 46^th)  

4- Ivan Hasek (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)    

7- Michal Bilek (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

8- Jozef Chovanec (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland)     

14- Vladimir Weiss (TJ Internacional Slovnaft ZTS Bratislava)  (19-Stanislav Griga (Feyenoord Rotterdam / Holland) 58^th)

10- Tomas Skuhravy (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

11- Lubomir Moravcík (TJ Plastika Nitra)

17- Ivo Knoflicek (Fußball -Club Sankt-Pauli 1910 e.V.-Hamburg / West Germany)

Coach: Jozef Venglos

Booked: Jozef Chovanec 26, Tomas Skuhravy 30

Other Substitutes:

21-Ludek Miklosko (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)

13-Jiri Nemec (ASVS Dukla Praha) 

16-William Hyravy (TJ  Baník OKD Ostrava)

Team Captain: Ivan Hasek

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Photo From: World Soccer, September  1998

(Roberto Baggio, June 19, 1990, World Cup, Italy2-Czechoslovakia 0)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 1, Issue 8, August 1990

(Diagram of Baggio’s goal, June 19, 1990, World Cup, Italy2-Czechoslovakia 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2309, July 10, 1990

(Diagram of Italy’s goals, June 19, 1990, World Cup, Italy2-Czechoslovakia 0)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechoslovakia squad, June 19, 1990, World Cup, Italy2-Czechoslovakia 0)

International Head-to-Head match No. 27

Date: June 14, 1996

Competition: 1996 UEFA European Championships-Group C

Result: Czech Republic 2-Italy 1

Venue: Liverpool- Anfield Road Stadium, England

Attendance:  37,200

Referee: Antonio Jesus Lopez Nieto (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Czech Republic): Pavel Nedved 5, Radek Bejbl 35

(Italy): Enrico Chiesa 18

Lineups:

Czech Republic:

1- Petr Kouba (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

15- Michal Hornak (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

5- Miroslav Kadlec (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

2- Radoslav Latal (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)    (6- Vaclav Némecek (Servette Football Club- Genéve / Switzerland) 88^th)

7- Jiri Nemec (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)

3- Jan Suchoparek (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

8- Karel Poborsky (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

13- Radek Bejbl (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

4- Pavel Nedved (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

14- Patrik Berger (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) (17- Vladimir Smicer (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 64^th)

9- Pavel Kuka (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

Coach: Dusan Uhrin

Booked: Jan Suchoparek 21, Radoslav Latal 51, Pavel Kuka 59, Miroslav Kadlec 90

Other Substitutes:

16- Pavel Srnicek (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

10- Radek Drulak  (Fotbal Club Petra Drnovice)

11- Martin Frydek (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

12- Lubos Kubik (Fotbal Club Petra Drnovice)

18-Martin Kotulek (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ(Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

19-Karel Rada (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ(Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

20-Pavel Novotny  (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

21-Milan Kerbr (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ(Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc)

22- Ladislav Maier (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec)

Team Captain: Miroslav Kadlec

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Italy:

1- Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

8- Roberto Mussi (Associazione Calcio Parma)

12- Luigi Apolloni (Associazione Calcio Parma)

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

10- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

17- Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11- Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) (4- Amedeo Carboni (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 39th)

20- Fabrizio Ravanelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)(18-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 58th)

19- Enrico Chiesa (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) (21-Gianfranco Zola (Associazione Calcio Parma) 78th)

Booked: Luigi Apolloni 7, Diego Fuser 90     

Sent Off: Luigi Apolloni 29

Other Substitutes:

12- Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

22-Luca Bucci (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

 9-Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

16-Roberto Di Matteo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

15-Angelo  Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

13- Fabio Rossitto (Udinese Calcio- Udine)

14-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Team Captain: Paolo Maldini

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(Patrik Berger and Roberto Mussi, June 14, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 2-Italy 1)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 14, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 2-Italy 1)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Issue 90, July 1996

(June 14, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 2-Italy 1)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czech Republic squad, June 14, 1996, UEFA European Championships, Czech Republic 2-Italy 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 28

Date: January 28, 1998

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 3-Slovakia 0

Venue: Catania- Stadio Cibali

Attendance:  30,000

Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Fabrizio Ravanelli 49, Alessandro Del Piero 53, Roberto Di Matteo 64

(Slovakia): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2-Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

3-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)  (13-Moreno Torricelli (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 64^th)

4-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma) (15-Sandro Cois (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) 55^th)

5-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

6-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan) 

7-Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (17-Francesco Moriero (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 46^th)

8-Luigi Di Biagio (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  

9-Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea Footrball Club-London / England)

10-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (19-Enrico Chiesa (Associazione Calcio Parma) 71st)

11-Fabrizio Ravanelli (Olympique de Marseille / France)  (18-Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 65th)

Coach: Cesare Maldini

Other Substitutes:

12- Gianluigi Buffon (Associazione Calcio Parma)

14- Luigi Sartor (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

16- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan) 

Team Captain: Paolo Maldini

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Slovakia:

1- Alexander Vencel (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football / France) (12-Miroslav Seman (Fotbal Club Tatran Prešov) 68th)

2- Ivan Kozak (1. Fotbal Club Košice)   (14- Peter Dzúrik  (1. Fotbal Club Košice) 83rd)

3- Marek Spilar (1. Fotbal Club Košice) 

4- Miroslav Karhan (Fotbal Club Spartak Trnava)    

5- Milan Timko (Fotbal Club Baník Ostrava / Czech Republic)

6- Dušan Tittel (Fotbal Club Spartak Trnava)  

7- Igor Bališ (Fotbal Club Spartak Trnava)   (Miroslav Sovic (1. Fotbal Club Košice) 69^th)

8- Jozef Kozlej (1. Fotbal Club Košice)  (15-Marek Ujlaky (Fotbal Club Spartak Trnava) 51^st)

9- Tibor Jančula (Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren / Belgium) (16-Lubomir Luhovy (Fotbal Club Spartak Trnava) 51^st)

10- Petar Dubovsky (Real Oviedo Club de Fútbol / Spain)

11- Lubomir Moravcík (Sporting Club de Bastia / France) (18- Vladislav Zvara (1. Fotbal Club Košice) 68^th)

Coach: Jozef Jankech

Booked: Miroslav Karhan

Other Substitutes:

17-Attila Pinte (Asociacia Sportowych Klub Inter Slovnaft Bratislava)  

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Photo From: World Soccer, March  1998

(January 28, 1998, Italy 3-Slovakia 0)