Date: 17-06-1958
Stage: first round
Place: GOTEBORG
Running time: 92 min.
Colour: BW
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: russian
My rating: **
Notes: play-off
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 17 June 1958, 19:00
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg
Attendance: 23,182
Meteo: Sunny, 16°C
USSR
Lev Yashin
Vladimir Kesariev
Boris Kuznietzov
Viktor Tzarev
Konstantin Krizhevski
Yuri Voinov
German Apukhtin
Yuri Falin
Anatoli Ilyin
Valentin Ivanov
Nikita Simonyan (captain)
Coach: Gavriil Kachalin (URS)
ENGLAND
Colin McDonald
Tommy Banks
Ronnie Clayton
Don Howe
Billy Wright (captain)
Bill Slater
Alan A’Court
Peter Brabrook
Peter Broadbent
Johnny Haynes
Derek Kevan
Coach: Walter Winterbottom (ENG)
Referee: Albert Dusch (FRG)
Goals:
68′, Anatoli Ilyin, USSR
Match overview
In a tightly contested play-off, the Soviet Union narrowly defeated England to advance to the knockout stage. Both teams had drawn all group matches, necessitating this tie-break. The decisive moment came with Ilyin’s well-taken goal midway through the second half.
Trivia
This was the first and only time a World Cup group stage was decided by a play-off match. England exited the tournament without a single win, while the USSR went on to face Sweden in the quarter-finals.
