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Tuesday, 24 May 1988
Rous Cup 1988, match three

England 1 Colombia 1 [1-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Colombia Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance:
25,756;
Kick-off: 8.00pm BST

England - Gary Lineker (diving header 23)
Colombia - Andrés Escobar (header 66)
 
Results 1985-1990

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Match Summary

Officials

England

Type

Colombia

Referee (-) - Karl-Josef Assenmacher
x (-), West Germany.

Linesmen - Joel Quiniou, France and Victor Manuel Fernandes Correia, Portugal.

Reserve Linesman - B.J. Hawes, Suffolk.

Teams presented to Right Honourable The Lord Aberdare, K.B.E., Chairman, The Football Trust.

  Goal Attempts  
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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 1st
Colours: The 1988 Umbro away uniform - Red crew-necked buttoned jersey with shadow diamonds, white trimmed cuffs, white shorts with navy seams and red trim, red socks with navy/white Umbro diamond trim.
Capt: Bryan Robson, 41st captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 55 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
65th match, W 33 - D 19 - L 13 - F 116 - A 38.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 38 18 September 1949 G Derby County FC 97 63ᵍᵃ
gk most apps
2 Anderson, Vivian A. 31 29 July 1956 RB Manchester United FC 30 2
final app 1978-88
3 Sansom, Kenneth G. 29 26 September 1958 LB Arsenal FC 82 1
4 McMahon, Stephen 26 20 August 1961 M Liverpool FC 3 0
5 Wright, Mark 24 1 August 1963 CD Derby County FC 19 0
6 Adams, Tony A. 21 10 October 1966 CD Arsenal FC 10 2
7 Robson, Bryan 31 11 January 1957 M Manchester United FC 65 21
8 Waddle, Christopher R., off 73rd min. 27 14 December 1960 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 33 4
9 Beardsley, Peter A., off 73rd min. 27 18 January 1961 LF Liverpool FC 23 5
10 Lineker, Gary W. 27 30 November 1960 CF Barcelona FC, Spain 31 25
11 Barnes, John C.B. 24 7 November 1963
in Kingston, Jamaica
LM Liverpool FC 38 6
BME most apps
England Substitutes
16 Hateley, Mark W., on 73rd min. for Beardsley 26 7 November 1961 CF AS Monaco FC, France 28 19 9
9
15 Hoddle, Glenn, on 73rd min. for Waddle 30 27 October 1957 M AS Monaco FC, France 50 41 8
9

unused substitutes:

12-Gary Stevens, 13-Chris Woods, 14-Neil Webb.

substitute notes:

No other foreign-based club have provided by players as England substitutes, AS Monaco have now provided eight, two more than AC Milan.
Chris Waddle has now been replaced by a substitute in thirteen matches, equal with Bryan Robson.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Colombia Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 22nd to 21st
Colours: Made by Adidas - Yellow v-necked collared jerseys with blue Adidas trim/collar/shoulder panels, blue shorts with yellow Adidas trim, white socks.
Capt: Carlos Valderrama Manager: Francisco Maturana, 39 (15 February 1949), appointed 1987; also coach of Club Atlético Nacional
Colombia Lineup
1 Higuita Zapata, J. René   27 August 1966 G Club Atlético Nacional   GA
4 Herrera Arango, Luis Fernando   12 June 1962   Club Atlético Nacional    
2 Escobar Saldarriaga, Andrés   13 March 1967   Club Atlético Nacional    
15 Perea, Luis Carlos   29 December 1963   Club Atlético Nacional    
5 Hoyos Jaramillo, Carlos Mario   28 February 1962   Asociación Deportivo Cali    
8 García Vega, Alexis E.   21 July 1960   Club Atlético Nacional    
10 Valderrama, Carlos A.   2 September 1961   Asociación Deportivo Cali    
11 Redín Valverde, Bernardo   26 February 1963   Asociación Deportivo Cali    
14 Álvarez Zuleta, Leonel J.   30 July 1965   Club Atlético Nacional    
7 Arango Estrada, Jaime J., off 58th min.   11 January 1962   Club Atlético Nacional    
16 Iguarán Zúñiga, Arnoldo A., off 78th min. 18 January 1957 Azul y Blanco Millonarios FC SA
Colombia Substitutes
17 Tréllez Valencia, John Jairo, on 58th min. for Arango   29 April 1968   Club Atlético Nacional    
18 Valderrama Pinedo, Alex, on 78th min. for Iguarán   1 October 1960   Club Atlético Nacional    

unused substitutes:

3-Gabriel Gómez, 6-Ricardo Pérez, 22-Eduardo Niño.
 
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Averages:

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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Gary Lineker's flicked header from a Chris Waddle right wing cross went in off a post to give England the lead after twenty-three minutes in this Rous Cup match. The Colombians were forced to abandon their dour defensive tactics, and the orange-haired Carlos Valderrama started to treat the crowd to his bag of tricks.  Escobar equalised for Colombia in the sixty-sixth minute with a header that went into the net off the underside of the bar following a corner-kick, but it was not enough to stop England skipper Bryan Robson collecting the Rous Cup. The crowd were entertained by the antics of goalkeeper Higuita, who played as a sweeper and often came out of the penalty area to play the ball with his feet. It was just a warm-up for his most eccentric trick that would be saved for his next visit to the Wembley ground that the Colombians described as The Cathedral of football.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Official Teamsheet
Matchday Programme
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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