Stade de la Beaujoire Wednesday, June 4th, 1997   International Attendance: 30,000         England 2-0 Italy
1996 /97

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Teams ENGLAND: Flowers, Pearce, Keown, Southgate, P Neville, Ince, Beckham, Scholes, Le Saux (G Neville 46 mins), Sheringham (Gascoigne 79 mins), Wright (Andy Cole 77 mins). Subs Not Used: Seaman, Shearer, Lee, Campbell, Scales, Batty, Clark, Martyn. ITALY: Peruzzi, Ferrara (Nesta 46 min), Costacurta, Cannavaro, Di Livio (Maini 46 mins), Benarrivo, Baggio, Albertini, Di Matteo (Fuser 18 mins), Zola, Casiraghi. Subs Not Used: Pagliuca, Torrisi, Viere, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Chiesa, Lombardo, Panucci. Match Details England Scorers: Wright (26 mins), Scholes (43 mins) England Cautions: Beckham, Scholes, Ince, Gascoigne Italy Cautions: Cannavaro, Nesta Referee: M Renko (Austria) Attendance: 30,000