The Italians, parading the gifted Argentinean-born Omar Sivori as the ace in their pack, took control after the shock of going behind to an early goal by Gerry Hitchens. Sivori equalized with a flashing shot after side-stepping a challenge, and Italy's domination was rewarded with a second goal that convinced Sivori victory was complete and he started playing to the crowd. But his exhibitionism proved premature. Jimmy Greaves raced 40 yards to lay on an equalizer for Hitchens, whose performance persuaded Inter Milan that they should buy him. Greaves, due to join AC Milan, capped a magnificent performance when five minutes from the end he raced on to a Haynes pass and steered the ball wide of Italy's substitute goalkeeper. He had come on for Button, who was carried off after a brave dive at the feet of Haynes had left him with a broken nose. Haynes led the England players on a lap of honour at the end as the 100,000 crowd whistled and hooted both them and their own players. It was a famous victory to rank alongside the 1948 triumph in Turin.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller, Football Author
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