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Saturday, 18 June 1988
1988 UEFA European Championship Finals Group Two match five/six

England 1 USSR 3 [1-2]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
USSR Squad

Waldstadion, Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, West Germany
Attendance: 48,335;
Kick-off: 3.30pm local, tbc BST

USSR - Sergei Aleinikov (3), Alexei Mikhailichenko (28), Viktor Pasulko (77)
England - Tony Adams (15)
 
Results 1985-1990

? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).

 

Match Summary

Officials

England

Type

USSR

Referee (-) - José Rosa dos Santos
x (-).

Linesmen - José Francisco Conceição Silva and Fortunato Alves de Azevedo

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

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 7th
Colours: The 1987 Umbro home uniform - White crew-necked buttoned jersey with shadow diamonds, navy collar and red/navy/white cuffs, navy shorts, with white seams and red trim, white socks with navy/red Umbro diamond trim.
Capt: Bryan Robson, 45th captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 55 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
69th match, W 34 - D 19 - L 16 - F 119 - A 45.
England Lineup
13 Woods, Christopher C.E. 28 14 November 1959 G Rangers FC, Scotland 13 4ᵍᵃ
2 Stevens, M. Gary 25 27 March 1963 RB Everton FC 26 0
5 Watson, David 26 20 November 1961 RCD Everton FC 12 0
final app 1984-88
6 Adams, Tony A. 21 10 October 1966 LCD Arsenal FC 14 3
3 Sansom, Kenneth G. 29 26 September 1958 LB Arsenal FC 86 1
final app 1979-88
8 Steven, Trevor M. 24 21 September 1963 RM Everton FC 24 3
15 McMahon, Stephen, off 55th min. 26 20 August 1961 RCM Liverpool FC 4 0
7 Robson, Bryan 31 11 January 1957 CM Manchester United FC 69 22
17 Hoddle, Glenn 30 27 October 1957 LCM AS Monaco FC, France 53 8
final app 1979-88
11 Barnes, John C.B. 24 7 November 1963
in Kingston, Jamaica
LM Liverpool FC 42 6
BME most apps
10 Lineker, Gary W., off 69th min. 27 30 November 1960 CF Barcelona FC, Spain 35 26
England Substitutes
4 Webb, Neil J., on 55th min. for McMahon 24 30 July 1963 M Nottingham Forest FC 9 7 1
2
18 Hateley, Mark W., on 69th min. for Lineker 26 7 November 1961 CF AS Monaco FC, France 31 19 9
12

unused substitutes:

1-Peter Shilton, 9-Peter Beardsley, 14-Viv Anderson.

substitute notes:

AS Monaco continue expanding on their record of most substitutes provided by a foreign-based club, now at 13.

team notes:

Tony Adams becomes the youngest England goalscorer at a European Championship Finals match, aged 21 years and 252 days. Taking two years off the record set by Ray Wilkins in 1980.
Manager Bobby Robson played for England against USSR in May and June 1958.
 
4-5-1 Woods -
Stevens, Watson, Adams, Sansom -
Steven, McMahon
(Webb), Robson, Hoddle, Barnes -
Lineker

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

USSR Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd to 1st
Colours: Made by Adidas - Red v-necked chevron patterned jerseys with white Adidas trim and overlapping collar, white shorts with red Adidas trim/hem, red socks with white Adidas trim.
Capt: Rinat Dasayev Manager: Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi, 49 (6 January 1939)
USSR Lineup
1 Dasayev, Rinat F. 31
5 days
13 June 1957 G FC Spartak Moskva 80 GA
3 Khidiyatullin, Vagiz N. 29 3 March 1959 DS FC Spartak Moskva 45  
2 Bezsonov, Volodymyr V. 30 5 March 1958 RB FC Dynamo Kyiv 69  
4 Kuznetsov, Oleg 25 22 March 1963
in Magdeburg, East Germany
LB FC Dynamo Kyiv 29  
7 Aleinikov, Sergei Y. 26 7 November 1961 RM FC Dinamo Minsk 44  
8 Litovchenko, Gennadiy V. 24 11 September 1963 RCM FC Dynamo Kyiv 34  
9 Zavarov, Aleksandr A., off 85th min. 27 26 April 1961 CM FC Dynamo Kyiv 26  
15 Mikhailichenko, Alexei O. 25 30 March 1963 LCM FC Dynamo Kyiv 10  
6 Rats, Vasiliy K. 27 25 March 1961 LM FC Dynamo Kyiv 26  
11 Belanov, Igor, off 44th min. 27 25 September 1960 RF FC Dynamo Kyiv 25  
10 Protasov, Oleh V. 25 4 February 1964 LF FC Dynamo Kyiv 38  
USSR Substitutes
20 Pasulko, Viktor V., on 44th min. for Belanov 27 1 January 1961 RF FC Spartak Moskva 7  
18 Gotsmanov, Sergey A., on 85th min. for Zavarov 29 27 March 1959 CM FC Dinamo Minsk 27  

unused substitutes:

5-Anatolly Demianenko, 16-Viktor Chanov, 19-Sergei Baltacha
 
3(1-2)-5-2 Dasayev -
Khidiyatullin -
Bezsonov, Kuznetsov -
Aleinikov, Lytovchenko, Zavarov
(Gotsmanov), Mykhaylychenko, Rats -
Belanov
(Pasulko), Protsov

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

The Russians rushed into a third minute lead and compounded England's misery by handing them their third successive victory in the European championship tournament.  A Tony Adams goal pulled England level in the fifteenth minute, but the Russians regained the lead thirteen minutes later and wrapped up the game with a third goal thirteen minutes from the final whistle. Gary Lineker's lethargic performances were more easily understood when it was diagnosed that he was suffering from hepatitis. Bobby Robson survived another campaign by the tabloid press for his head. Questions were even asked in the House by MPs who felt new leadership was the answer to England's problems.

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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