Date: 22-06-1988
Stage: semi-final
Place: STUTTGART
Running time: 115 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english/french/dutch/german
My rating: ***
Notes: Zavarov,Protassov,Mikhailichenko, Baresi,Maldini,Mancini,Vialli
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 22 June 1988, 20:15
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 61,606
Meteo: Clear, mild, 20 °C
USSR
Rinat Dasayev (c)
Vladimir Bezsonov
Vagiz Khidiatullin
Oleg Kuznetzov
Sergei Aleinikov
Sergei Gotzmanov
Gennadi Litovchenko
Aleksiey Mykhaylychenko
Vasili Rats
Aleksandr Zavarov
Oleg Protasov
Coach: Valeri Lobanovski (URS)
2′ Oleg Kuznetzov
32′ Vladimir Bezsonov
44′ Sergei Gotzmanov
35′ ↓Vladimir Bezsonov ↑Anatoli Demianenko
ITALY
Walter Zenga
Franco Baresi
Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
Riccardo Ferri
Paolo Maldini
Carlo Ancelotti
Fernando De Napoli
Roberto Donadoni
Giuseppe Giannini
Roberto Mancini
Gianluca Vialli
Coach: Azeglio Vicini (ITA)
33′ Franco Baresi
78′ Fernando De Napoli
85′ Riccardo Ferri
46′ ↓Roberto Mancini ↑Alessandro Altobelli
64′ ↓Paolo Maldini ↑Luigi De Agostini
Referee: Alex Ponnet (BEL)
Goals:
58′ Gennadi Litovchenko URS
62′ Oleg Protasov URS
Match overview
After a tense first half, Litovchenko swept home Rats’ cut-back before Protasov pounced four minutes later to double the Soviet lead. Italy pressed but Zavarov’s craft and Dasayev’s command ensured a comfortable passage to a second successive European final for the USSR.
Trivia
The Soviet victory ended Italy’s 15-match unbeaten streak. Alessandro Altobelli became, at 32 years 207 days, Italy’s oldest European-finals player until 2016.
