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Thursday, 14 June 1973
Italian F.A. 75th Anniversary Celebration Match

Italy 2 England 0 [1-0]
 

 

Match Summary
Italy Squad
England Squad

Stadio Comunale di Torino, Santa Rita, Torino
The match followed the amateur international played between the two countries.

Attendance:
60,000;
Kick-off: tbc BST

Italy - Pietro Anastasi (37), Fabio Capello (52)
 
Results 1970-1975

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Match Summary

Officials

Italy

Type

England

Referee (-) - Latchezar Lazarov
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

  Goal Attempts  
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  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Italy Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 4th
Colours: Blue jerseys, white shorts, blue socks.
Capt: Giacinto Facchetti Manager: Ferruccio Valcareggi, appointed November 1966
Italy Lineup
  Zoff, Dino     G     GA
2 Sabadini, Giuseppe     RB      
3 Facchetti, Giacinto     LB      
4 Benetti, Romeo     RHB      
5 Morini, Francesco, off 46th min.     CHB      
6 Burgnich, Tarcisio     LHB      
7 Mazzola, Sandro     OR      
8 Capello, Fabio     IR      
9 Anastasi, Pietro     CF      
10 Rivera, Gianni     IL      
11 Puluci, Paolo, off 71st min.     OL      
Italy Substitutes
  Bellugi, Mauro, on 46th min. for Morini            
  Causio, Franco, on 71st min. for Puluci            

unused substitutes:

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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd
Colours: The 1973 Umbro alternate away uniform - Yellow crew necked aertex short-sleeved jerseys, blue shorts with yellow side trim, yellow socks.
Capt: Bobby Moore, 89th captaincy Manager: Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 53 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
109th match, W 68 - D 25 - L 16 - F 216 - A 96.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 23  18 September 1949 G Leicester City FC 13 11ᵍᵃ
2 Madeley, Paul 28 20 September 1944 RB Leeds United AFC 13 0
3 Hughes, Emlyn W. 25 28 August 1947 LB Liverpool FC 26 1
4 Storey, Peter E. 27 7 September 1945 RHB Arsenal FC 19 0
final app 1971-73
5 McFarland, Roy L. 25 5 April 1948 CHB Derby County FC 19 0
6 Moore, Robert F.C. 32 12 April 1941 LHB West Ham United FC 107 2
most apps 1963-73
7 Currie, Anthony W. 23 1 January 1950 OR Sheffield United 3 0
8 Channon, Michael R. 24 28 November 1948 IR Southampton FC 8 2
9 Chivers, Martin H. 28
38 days
27 April 1945 RF Tottenham Hotspur FC 22 12
10 Clarke, Allan J. 26 31 July 1946 LF Leeds United AFC 13 7
11 Peters, Martin S. 29 8 November 1943 OL Tottenham Hotspur FC 63 20

unused substitutes:

Kevin Keegan,

team notes:

Manager Alf Ramsey was a reserve against Italy in the friendly match of May 1948. His second England  appearance was a victory against Italy in November 1949, he also played in the May 1952 friendly draw.
Bobby Moore overtakes Bobby Charlton's record tally of 106 England appearances.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Bobby Moore set a new appearances record in his 107th match for England, but he was unable to celebrate a victory. Anastasi gave Italy the lead in the thirty-seventh minute, and Capello made it 2-0 seven minutes after half-time as the England defenders stood waiting for an off-side whistle that never came. It was Italy's first victory against England in nine encounters spread over forty years.

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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CG