Soccer Nostalgia: Compendium to ‘Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’-Episode 157- The three Italy vs. England National Team matches in the year 1997

Italy vs. England matches in the year 1997

February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, London, England 0-Italy 1 (Gianfranco Zola 19)

June 4, 1997, 1997 Tournoi de France, Nantes, France, England 2-Italy 0 (Ian Wright 26, Paul Scholes 44)

October 11, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, Rome, Italy 0-England 0 (-)

Date: February 12, 1997

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 2

Result: England 0-Italy 1

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance: 75,055

Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(England): None

(Italy): Gianfranco Zola 19

Summary of goals:

1:0 (19^th minute, Italy): From the right side, in his own half, Costacurta sent a long cross that Zola controlled and from a somewhat narrow angle shot.

Lineups:

England:

1- Ian Michael Walker (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

5- Sulzeer Jeremiah ‘Sol’ Campbell (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

3- Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest Football Club)

2- Gary Alexander Neville (Manchester United Football Club)

6- Graeme Pierre Le Saux (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)

7- David Robert Joseph Beckham (Manchester United Football Club)

4- Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

8- David Batty (Newcastle United Football Club) (18- Ian Edward Wright (Arsenal Football Club-London) 89)

11- Steven McManaman (Liverpool Football Club) (16- Paul Charles Merson (Arsenal Football Club-London) 77)

10- Matthew Paul Le Tissier (Southampton Football Club) (17- Leslie Ferdinand (Newcastle United Football Club) 61)

9- Alan Shearer (Newcastle United Football Club)

Coach: Glenn Hoddle

Other Substitutes:

12- Gareth Southgate (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham)

13- David Benjamin James (Liverpool Football Club)

14- Robert Martin Lee (Newcastle United Football Club)

15- Jamie Frank Redknapp (Liverpool Football Club)

Team Captain: Alan Shearer

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, White Socks

Italy:

1-Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2-Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

6-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)

5-Fabio Cannavaro (Associazione Calcio Parma)

3-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)

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

8-Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

10-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)

4-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (17-Fabrizio Ravanelli (Middlesbrough Footrball Club / England) 76)

11-Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) (15-Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 90)

Coach: Cesare Maldini

Other Substitutes:

12-Francesco Toldo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

13-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

14-Antonio Benarrivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

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

18-Enrico Chiesa (Associazione Calcio Parma)

Team Captain: Paolo Maldini

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 7 (1133), February 14-19, 1997

(both squads, February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, England 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 7 (1133), February 14-19, 1997

(both squads, February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, England 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 7 (1133), February 14-19, 1997

(both squads, February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, England 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 7 (1133), February 14-19, 1997

(both squads, February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, England 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 7 (1133), February 14-19, 1997

(both squads, February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, England 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: Football Italia, Volume 3, Issue 2, No 19, March 1997

(February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, England 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: Football Italia, Volume 3, Issue 2, No 19, March 1997

(February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, England 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: Football Italia, Volume 3, Issue 2, No 19, March 1997

(February 12, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, England 0-Italy 1)

Date: June 4, 1997

Competition: 1997 Tournoi de France

Result: England 2-Italy 0

Venue: Nantes-Stade de la Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, France

Attendance: 25,000 (23,000 in another source)

Referee: Gunther Benko (Austria)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: 20:30

Goalscorers:

(England): Ian Wright 26, Paul Scholes 44

(Italy): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (26^th minute, England): From his own half, Scholes sent a long cross to Ian Wright, who after a bounce volleyed in from the left.

2:0 (44^th minute, England): Stuart Pearce passed to Ian Wright, his cross from the left was shot in by Scholes from the middle.

Lineups:

England:

13- Timothy David Flowers (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)

15- Martin Raymond Keown (Arsenal Football Club-London)

5- Gareth Southgate (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham)

3- Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest Football Club)

14- Philip John Neville (Manchester United Football Club)

7- David Robert Joseph Beckham (Manchester United Football Club)

19- Paul Scholes (Manchester United Football Club)

4- Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (Internazionale Football Club -Milano / Italy)

6- Graeme Pierre Le Saux (Blackburn Rovers Football Club) (2- Gary Alexander Neville (Manchester United Football Club) 46)

10- Edward Paul ‘Teddy’ Sheringham (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London) (8- Paul John Gascoigne (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow / Scotland) 79)

20- Ian Edward Wright (Arsenal Football Club-London) (21- Andrew Alexander Cole (Manchester United Football Club) 77)

Coach: Glenn Hoddle

Booked: David Beckham 33, Paul Scholes 45, Paul Ince 84, Paul Gascoigne 86

Other Substitutes:

1- David Andrew Seaman (Arsenal Football Club-London)

9- Alan Shearer (Newcastle United Football Club)

11- Robert Martin Lee (Newcastle United Football Club)

12- Sulzeer Jeremiah ‘Sol’ Campbell (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

16- John Robert Scales (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

17- David Batty (Newcastle United Football Club)

18-Lee Clark (Sunderland Association Football Club)

22- Nigel Anthony Martyn (Leeds United Association Football Club)

Team Captain: Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, White Socks

Italy:

1-Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

7-Angelo Di Livio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (17-Giampiero Maini (Vicenza Calcio) 46^th)

2-Ciro Ferrara (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (14-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46)

6-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)

5- Fabio Cannavaro (Associazione Calcio Parma)

15-Antonio Benarrivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

8-Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) (18-Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 17)

10- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)

4-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

9-Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

11-Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Coach: Cesare Maldini

Booked: Fabio Cannavaro 56, Alessandro Nesta 86

Other Substitutes:

12-Gianluca Pagliuca (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

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

13-Christian Panucci (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

16-Stefano Torrisi (Bologna Football Club)

22-Enrico Chiesa (Associazione Calcio Parma)

19-Christian Vieri (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

21-Filippo Inzaghi (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo)

Team Captain: Alessandro Costacurta

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Note:

1-For more detail, see:

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2019/04/tournaments-part-10-1997-tournoi-de.html

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2019/04/compendium-to-1997-tournoi-de-france_26.html

Photo From: Goal, Issue 25, October 1997

(June 4, 1997, Le Tournoi, England 2-Italy 0)

Note: The Di Livio-Le Saux photo is most likely from the February 12, 1997 encounter

Photo From: Goal, Issue 30, March 1998

(Paul Scholes, June 4, 1997, Le Tournoi, England 2-Italy 0)

Photo From: L'Annee du Football, 1997

(June 4, 1997, Le Tournoi, England 2-Italy 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 25, June 1997

(June 4, 1997, Le Tournoi, England 2-Italy 0)

Photo From: Magazine source unknown

(Italy squad, June 4, 1997, Le Tournoi, England 2-Italy 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2669 bis, June 6, 1997

(June 4, 1997, Le Tournoi, England 2-Italy 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2669 bis, June 6, 1997

(June 4, 1997, Le Tournoi, England 2-Italy 0)

Date: October 11, 1997

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 2

Result: Italy 0-England 0

Venue: Roma- Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance: 82,200

Referee: Mario Van Der Ende (Holland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Italy): None

(England): None

Summary of goals:

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

2-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

5-Fabio Cannavaro (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6-Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)

3-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan) (14-Antonio Benarrivo (Associazione Calcio Parma) 32)

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

4-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan)

8-Dino Baggio (Associazione Calcio Parma)

10-Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) (17-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 64)

9-Christian Vieri (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)

11-Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (18-Enrico Chiesa (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46)

Coach: Cesare Maldini

Booked: Angelo Di Livio 36, Alessandro Costacurta 56, Antonio Benarrivo 64, Demetrio Albertini 65, Alessandro Del Piero 73, Enrico Chiesa 83

Sent Off: Angelo Di Livio 77

Other Substitutes:

12-Gianluca Pagliuca (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

13-Christian Panucci (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

15- Luigi Di Biagio (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

16-Diego Fuser (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Attilio Lombardo (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)

Team Captain: Paolo Maldini

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

England:

1- David Andrew Seaman (Arsenal Football Club-London)

5- Anthony Alexander Adams (Arsenal Football Club-London)

2- Sulzeer Jeremiah ‘Sol’ Campbell (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

6- Gareth Southgate (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham)

3- Graeme Pierre Le Saux (Chelsea Football Club-London)

4- Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (Liverpool Football Club)

8- Paul John Gascoigne (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow / Scotland) (16- Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Butt (Manchester United Football Club) 87)

11- David Batty (Newcastle United Football Club)

7- David Robert Joseph Beckham (Manchester United Football Club)

10- Edward Paul ‘Teddy’ Sheringham (Manchester United Football Club)

9- Ian Edward Wright (Arsenal Football Club-London)

Coach: Glenn Hoddle

Booked: Sulzeer Jeremiah ‘Sol’ Campbell 18, Paul John Gascoigne 45, Gareth Southgate 86

Other Substitutes:

12- Philip John Neville (Manchester United Football Club)

13- Ian Michael Walker (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

14- Gary Alexander Neville (Manchester United Football Club)

15- Steven McManaman (Liverpool Football Club)

17- Paul Scholes (Manchester United Football Club)

18- Robert Bernard ‘Robbie’ Fowler (Liverpool Football Club)

Team Captain: Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 42 (1167), October 15-23, 1997

(both squads, October 11, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 0-England 0)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 42 (1167), October 15-23, 1997

(both squads, October 11, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 0-England 0)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 42 (1167), October 15-23, 1997

(both squads, October 11, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 0-England 0)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 42 (1167), October 15-23, 1997

(both squads, October 11, 1997, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 0-England 0)