Match No. 735 - Wednesday, 4th June 1997, 8:30pm
Assist: Paul Scholes. "England's opening goal, and Wright's second in successive appearances, arrived after 25 minutes. It was setup by an inspired ball from Scholes, who turned the midfield and found the speed of delivery and weight of pass to exploit Wright's speed and keep him onside...Ferrara had no chance of dispossessing the Arsenal striker. Wright's shot was fired with aplomb." Ian Wright7th of 9 goals. Left-footed from 15 yards., 26' 25:15 - Assist: Ian Wright. "Two minutes before half tme England were positively crowing. Wright gathered a ball from Pearce and turned inside Cannavaro to deliver a low centre which Scholes, who had stolen through the middle, met with a first-time shot that Peruzzi barely saw." Paul Scholes1st of 14 goals. Left-footed from 13 yards., 43' 42:38
- 13
- Tim FlowersBlackburn, 9th of 11 caps
30 years, 4 months, 1 day
Goalkeeper
- 14
- Phil NevilleMan Utd, 4th of 59 caps
20 years, 4 months, 14 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 76th of 78 caps
35 years, 1 month, 10 days
Left Back
- 15
- Martin KeownArsenal, 14th of 43 caps
30 years, 10 months, 11 day
Centre Back
- 5
- Gareth SouthgateAston Villa, 17th of 57 caps
26 years, 9 months, 1 day
Centre Back
- 6
- Graeme le SauxBlackburn, 18th of 36 caps
28 years, 7 months, 18 days
Centre Back 
'HT46:00
- 7
- David BeckhamMan Utd, 8th of 115 caps
22 years, 1 month, 2 days
Midfield 
33:06 A hack at Albertini's legs when Beckham was prone on the ground.
- 4
- Paul InceInter Milan, 31st of 53 caps
29 years, 7 months, 14 days
Midfield (c)4th captaincy 82:34 Late on Casiraghi.
- 20
- Ian WrightArsenal, 25th of 33 caps
33 years, 7 months, 1 day
Centre Forward - '7675:58
- 10
- Teddy SheringhamSpurs, 26th of 51 caps
31 years, 2 months, 2 days
Centre Forward - '7978:07
- 19
- Paul ScholesMan Utd, 2nd of 66 caps
22 years, 6 months, 18 days
Midfield 43:48 Tackle from behind on Albertini.
- 2
- Gary NevilleMan Utd, 20th of 85 caps
22 years, 3 months, 14 days
Right Back 
'HT46:00
- 21
- Andrew ColeMan Utd, 2nd of 15 caps
25 years, 7 months, 20 days
Centre Forward - '7675:58
- 8
- Paul GascoigneRangers, 49th of 57 caps
30 years, 0 months, 8 days
Midfield 84:44 Tackle from behind Fuser. - '7978:07
- 1
- Angelo PeruzziAngelo Peruzzi.
Born 16th Feb 1970, Blera.
(c)
- 2
- Ciro FerraraCiro Ferrara.
Born 11th Feb 1967, Naples.
- 'HT46:00
- 6
- Alessandro CostacurtaAlessandro Costacurta.
Born 24th Apr 1966, Jerago con Orago.
- 5
- Fabio CannavaroFabio Cannavaro.
Born 13th Sep 1973, Naples.
55:46 Sharp tackle on Wright catching him on the ankle.
- 7
- Angelo Di LivioAngelo Di Livio.
Born 26th Jul 1966, Rome.
- 'HT46:00
- 4
- Dino BaggioDino Baggio.
Born 24th Jul 1971, Camposampiero.
- 10
- Demetrio AlbertiniDemetrio Albertini.
Born 23rd Aug 1971, Besana in Brianza.
- 8
- Roberto Di MatteoRoberto Di Matteo.
Born 29th May 1970, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
- '1817:07
- 15
- Antonio BenarrivoAntonio Benarrivo.
Born 21st Aug 1968, Brindisi.
- 11
- Gianfranco ZolaGianfranco Zola.
Born 5th Jul 1966, Oliena.
- 9
- Pierluigi CasiraghiPierluigi Casiraghi.
Born 4th Mar 1969, Monza.
- 18
- Diego FuserDiego Fuser.
Born 11th Nov 1968, Venaria Reale.
- '1817:07
- 14
- Alessandro NestaAlessandro Nesta.
Born 19th Mar 1976, Rome.
85:26 Pulling Gascoigne's shirt. - 'HT46:00
- 17
- Giampiero MainiGiampiero Maini.
Born 29th Sep 1971, Rome.
- 'HT46:00
Notes
- Player MilestoneIan Wright's 25th Cap
- Goal MilestonePaul Scholes' 1st Goal
- Goal MilestonePaul Scholes, 43' - 1700th goal scored by England
Sources
- YouTube
- soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk
- The Guardian "Scholes the new England hero", Thursday 5th June 1997, page 28.
- Daily Telegraph "New England spell hard labour for the Italians", Thursday, 5th June 1997, page 44.
Referee
Austria Gunter Benko
ELO Ratings
- Up 2 places, gaining 20 ranking points to 1986 points
England - 5th - 2 
Italy - 7th
Tournoi de France
- England
- 6
- +2
- 1
- 0
- 2
- 3
- Brazil
- 5
- +1
- 0
- 2
- 1
- 3
- France
- 2
- -1
- 1
- 2
- 0
- 3
- Italy
- 2
- -2
- 1
- 2
- 0
- 3
