Date: 08-06-1968
Stage: 3rd place final
Place: ROMA
Running time: 94 min.
Colour: BW
Quality: master copy
Commentary: italian
My rating: **
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 8 June 1968, 15:00
Olimpico, Roma
Attendance: 68,817
Meteo: Clear, warm, 22°C
ENGLAND
Gordon Banks
Norman Hunter
Brian Labone
Bobby Moore (c)
Ray Wilson
Tommy Wright
Martin Peters
Nobby Stiles
Bobby Charlton
Roger Hunt
Geoff Hurst
Coach: Alfred Ramsey (ENG)
USSR
Yuri Pshenichnikov
Valentin Afonin
Yuri Istomin
Vladimir Kaplichni
Gennadi Logofet
Albert Shesterniev (c)
Aleksandr Lenev
Anatoli Banishevski
Anatoli Byshovetz
Eduard Malofeyev
Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin
Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin (URS)
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)
Goals:
39′ Bobby Charlton ENG
62′ Geoff Hurst ENG
Match overview
England secured third place at the European Championship with a comfortable victory over the Soviet Union. Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst scored the goals to ensure the World Cup winners left Italy with some consolation after their semi-final disappointment.
Trivia
This third-place playoff was England’s final match under Alf Ramsey at a major tournament until the 1970 World Cup. Both Charlton and Hurst would go on to become England legends and key figures in the 1970 World Cup campaign.
