Match No. 642 - Wednesday, 8th February 1989, 2:00pm
"Within 52 seconds England had given away a penalty. Stevens let in Saravakos on the right and his pass sent Samaras through a huge gap between Butcher and Walker. Butcher lunged, Samaras went down, and Saravakos scored with the penalty." Dimitris Saravakos, 2'1:29 (pen)-
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- Spyros IkonomopoulosSpyros Ikonomopoulos.
Born 26th Oct 1959.
- 2
- Iakovos ChatziathanasiouIakovos Chatziathanasiou.
Born 20th May 1961.
73'
- 3
- Giorgos KoutoulasGiorgos Koutoulas.
Born 9th Feb 1967, Skala.
- 4
- Giannis KalitzakisIoannis Kalitzakis.
Born 10th Feb 1966, Eleusina.
- 5
- Kostas MavridisKonstantinos (Kostas) Mavridis.
Born 7th Jul 1962, Tashkent, Soviet Union.
- 6
- Panagiotis TsalouchidisPanagiotis Tsalouchidis.
Born 30th Mar 1963, Veria.
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- Dimitris SaravakosDimitris Saravakos.
Born 26th Jul 1961, Athens.
(c)
- 8
- Kostas LagonidisKostas Lagonidis.
Born 1st Jul 1965.
- 39'
- 9
- Ioannis SamarasIoannis Samaras.
Born 3rd May 1961, Melbourne, Australia.
- HT
- 10
- Nikos NiopliasNikolaos Nioplias.
Born 17th Jan 1965, Kozani.
- 11
- Nikos TsiantakisNikolaos Tsiantakis.
Born 20th Oct 1963, Athens.
- 14
- Stefanos BorbokisStefanos Borbokis.
Born 1st Sep 1966, Serres.
39'
- 17
- Vangelis KalogeropoulosVangelis Kalogeropoulos.
Born 13th Feb 1965.
- HT
- 12
- Stelios ManolasStylianos Manolas.
Born 31st Jul 1961, Naxos.
- 73'
- "A free-kick, awarded for one of many fouls on Lineker, led to the equaliser after seven minutes. Rocastle ran over the ball and Barnes' chip rebounded from the underside of the bar before hitting the goalkeeper on the back and bouncing into the net." John Barnes7th of 11 goals. Left-footed from 22 yards., 7'
- Assist: Gary Lineker. "Beardsley replace Smith and the change of pattern worked. Beardsley immediately gave Barnes the chance to cross which Lineker, getting in front of his tormentor, managed to nod back to Robson who scored with a firm half-volley from outside the penalty area." Bryan Robson23rd of 26 goals. Left-footed from 22 yards., 79' 78:57
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- Peter ShiltonDerby, 103rd of 125 caps
39 years, 4 months, 20 days
Goalkeeper
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- Gary StevensRangers, 29th of 46 caps
25 years, 10 months, 12 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 9th of 78 caps
26 years, 9 months, 14 days
Left Back 
65:52 Late challenge on Nioplias taking out his standing leg.
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- Neil WebbNotts Forest, 12th of 26 caps
25 years, 6 months, 9 days
Midfield
- 5
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 3rd of 59 caps
23 years, 2 months, 12 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 57th of 77 caps
30 years, 1 month, 11 day
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 73rd of 90 caps
32 years, 0 months, 28 days
Midfield (c)49th captaincy
- 8
- David RocastleArsenal, 3rd of 14 caps
21 years, 9 months, 6 days
Midfield
- 9
- Alan SmithArsenal, 2nd of 13 caps
26 years, 2 months, 17 days
Centre Forward - 79'
- 10
- Gary LinekerBarcelona, 38th of 80 caps
28 years, 2 months, 8 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- John BarnesLiverpool, 44th of 79 caps
25 years, 3 months, 1 day
Left Midfield
- 15
- Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 30th of 59 caps
28 years, 0 months, 21 day
Forward - 79'
Notes
- Penalty: Dimitris Saravakos"Within 52 seconds England had given away a penalty. Stevens let in Saravakos on the right and his pass sent Samaras through a huge gap between Butcher and Walker. Butcher lunged, Samaras went down, and Saravakos scored with the penalty."
Sources
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- The Guardian "England pass with a beta minus", Thursday 9th February 1989, page 18.
- YouTube
Referee
Austria Heinz Holzmann
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 7 ranking points to 1891 points England - 9th
Greece - 35th
