Date: 11-06-1996
Stage: first round
Place: LIVERPOOL
Running time: 95 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english/italian/spanish
My rating: ***
Notes: Casiraghi,Zola,Maldini,DelPiero, Kanchelskis,Kolyvanov
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 11 June 1996, 17:30
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 35,120
Meteo: Overcast, 16 °C
ITALY
Angelo Peruzzi
Luigi Apolloni
Alessandro Costacurta
Paolo Maldini (c)
Roberto Mussi
Demetrio Albertini
Angelo Di Livio
Roberto Di Matteo
Pierluigi Casiraghi
Alessandro Del Piero
Gianfranco Zola
Coach: Arrigo Sacchi (ITA)
14′ Demetrio Albertini
83′ Roberto Donadoni
46′ ↓Alessandro Del Piero ↑Roberto Donadoni
61′ ↓Angelo Di Livio ↑Diego Fuser
79′ ↓Pierluigi Casiraghi ↑Fabrizio Ravanelli
RUSSIA
Stanislav Cherchesov
Yevgenii Bushmanov
Yuri Kovtun
Viktor Onopko (c)
Omari Tetradze
Andrei Kanchelskis
Valery Karpin
Alexandr Mostovoi
Vladislav Radimov
Ilia Tsymbalar
Igor Kolyvanov
Coach: Oleg Romantsev (RUS)
8′ Viktor Onopko
31′ Igor Kolyvanov
82′ Yuri Kovtun
46′ ↓Yevgenii Bushmanov ↑Igor Yanovski
63′ ↓Valery Karpin ↑Sergei Kirjakov
72′ ↓Ilia Tsymbalar ↑Igor Dobrovolski
Referee: Les Mottram (SCO)
Goals:
5′ Pierluigi Casiraghi ITA
21′ Ilia Tsymbalar RUS
52′ Pierluigi Casiraghi ITA
Match overview
Casiraghi struck inside five minutes after Di Livio pounced on Cherchesov’s poor clearance, but Tsymbalar levelled from close range. Sacchi’s switch to the veteran Donadoni restored fluency, and Casiraghi’s second from Zola’s square pass proved decisive. Russia pressed late on, yet Peruzzi’s handling and Maldini’s marshalling saw Italy begin Group C with victory.
Trivia
Casiraghi’s brace made him only the second Italian to score twice in a Euro finals match (after Pietro Anastasi in 1968). Liverpool favourite Zola assisted the winner on his club ground, while Igor Dobrovolski’s introduction meant Russia fielded players from five different domestic leagues-the most diverse line-up at Euro ’96.
