Italy 2-0 England (1976) WCQ
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- England's hopes of qualifying for the 1978 World Cup are dealt a major blow with a 2-0 defeat in Rome in November 1976. Italy, whose side for this game includes Fabio Capello, go on to pip England to a place in the finals on goal difference.
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The next day after this match, the late great Bill Shankly, legendary manager of Liverpool, described Bettega's goal as the "Goal of the Century". The back heel from Causio was magnificent, the run and pin point cross from Benetti was perfect and Bettega's diving header was devastatingly brilliant. One of my all time favourite goals !
Absolutely right - I remember Shankly saying that. It won the BBC Overseas Goal of the Year award.
I remember Shankly saying it, too. It really was a magnificent goal, and Italy were the far better side.
@@whouster Really???? They lost the return match with England 2-0 the same score??
@@douglassimpson5932 England were totally outplayed in Italy. As Emlyn Hughes reflected years later, "They didn't beat us 2-0, they murdered us 2-0." As for the return match that England won, that was meaningless, as even if England won, Italy only needed to beat Luxembourg in their final game to qualify - which was a formality.
Agree 100%, that's why it's stuck in my mind for 45 years.
love these old international games, so much quality football to see,
I believe this match was played on a Wednesday afternoon at 14: 30 for some reason , it wasn't shown live on British t.v. for fear of people staying off work, didn't deter the Italians from turning up though.
This game was live on the BBC. I remember having work experience on a building site on a cold
November day in 1976 and deciding sod that and went home to watch the game and looking forward
To see the great Stan Bowles in a England Shirt.
First time I've heard this with English commentary. Thanks for uploading. Bettega's header was legendary.
What a commentator Coleman was!
2-0.
Love David Coleman’s commentary
Except for the fact that Causio’s amazing skill was lost on him
Excellent italian´s goal. Gretings from Argentina
England beat Italy 2-0 in the return at Wembley. It was England's dire performances against Finland that lead to the elimination.
Nice to know that somebody remembers that.
Yep. We only beat Finland 2-1 at Wembley, the Italians later thumped them 6-1 in Turin. That was ultimately the difference.
But Italy were virtually assured of qualification when they came to Wembley...their final game was a home match against Luxembourg. England played well in the return but I very much doubt the Italians were in top gear that night.
@@hugodrax71They knew they only had to lose well lol
@@hugodrax71 I expect they didn't go out to lose, though, tbh. Not bothered as long as they didn't let 4 or in.. Dangerous attitude to take
Exactly 45 years ago today. I remember it was an afternoon kick off. Brilliant second goal !
Stan Bowles was truly surprised to be selected for this match. Said he had less than 10 touches and knew almost right away that England would lose.
causio "the king" of individual's technic!
loved that player
Perfect example of skill by Italians in their 2-0 goal. After another England WCQ failure FIFA extracted number of teams in Finals from 16 to 24 and later to 32. Even in 1985 there were in danger failing again and they eliminated by Norway in 1993. Italians, just like Germans have never failed to reach the Finals.
bandwagon22 1958. Kicked out by Northern Ireland.
bandwagon22 they have now
@@vantheman12welshman66 And they have again!
I remember this match, as a 14 year old, having grown up with what I saw as English football in decline, living on the past glories of the 66/70 players and always hoping that our football was back in its ascendency once again. I remember feeling disappointment once again by the second goal, it being just another harsh reminder of the difference in class, superior "touch" being evidence of that, seemingly displayed by all 'continental' footballers. Of course, there was an irony or rather contradiction in that English football clubs won the next 7 of 8 European Cups.....of course with the help of the Irish, Welsh and Scots! Such a classy goal.
WATCHED. THANK FROM BAKU CITY
If you going to charge a free-kick, don't turn your back.
We listened to the radio commentary at school !
Yes I remember my dad listened to it too. He was always reminding me!
Everyone always remembers the Poland game in 1973; this was the same, going out of the WC by one goal.
The difference is that Italy were considered one of the best sides in the world.
England were expected to beat underdogs Poland.
it was 3 on goal difference - plus 14 against plus 11. Italy just had to beat Luxembourg by any score in their last match to go through.
We beat them in the return fixture a year later at Wembley.
@@themanftheworld8439 Yes but Italy had all but qualified for the World Cup by the time they came to Wembley
We only beat Finland 2-1 at Wembley, should’ve scored more goals against Luxembourg as well . Cost us .
Revie's masterclass in tactical incompetence!
We want to see the full match
Who was The English Player that deflected the ball on The first goal? Isn't It Keegan?
Yeah, it was Keegan..
Though it deflected off Keegan, Clem almost got his hand to the ball. Tough luck. And it would have been a very great save as Clem seems to have already started moving to his right before changing course to reach for the ball.
Almost.
Was a big deflection as well, Clem did well getting as close to it as he did given that he was moving to his right before the deflection. Not a chance in hell with Bettiga’s goal though.
I just love to see Italy beat England.
In March 1975 England beat West Germany 2-0 in a friendly match, In the May of 1976 England came back from 2-0 down to win 2-3 to beat Italy in a friendly match ... We could not do it when we needed to win in REAL GAMES!.
@@kingkane1051 Well silly person with a silly CZcams name, you have Not Got A Clue ... Have You! So let me explain; In 1977 (I was 12 then) England needed to win by At Least THREE Clear goals to qualify in group that night ... they couldn't do it, so Italy qualified for the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina. So I was right .... when we needed to "Get It Right" we couldn't.
@@kingkane1051 Well Silly name, All those matches I commented on .... I saw them at The Time (Not finding out about them on youtube) So Silly person Did You experience them "at the time, or just caught up on them on youtube" ???
@@merseydave1 That's not true, we wouldn't have qualified with a three goal win. After the game at Wembley, Italy still had a gimme home game against Luxembourg two weeks later. Even had we won 3-0, Italy would have only needed a 3 goal victory which they ultimately comfortably got. A four goal win that night would still only have meant they'd have needed a five goal win which you'd have still fancied them to get. The damage was done with the home game against Finland the year before when we only won 2-1. Italy would later thump them 6-1 in Rome. Nowadays obviously the fixtures would be arranged differently and the two leading contenders would play their final matches on the same night.
@@martinkelly6709 Yes Italy were effectively in the '78 World Cup by the time the Wembley game came about. I remember my dad (who was Italian) going to Wembley for the match - obviously he was hoping for an Azzurri win but he wasn't that upset by the result because he knew Italy had already done the job.
@@martinkelly6709 Before the England-Italy match,
goal difference (GD) was 15-2=13 for Italy & 13-4=9 for England.
*If I'm not mistaken, the criteria were: a) points, b) GD, c) goals scored in all group matches.*
*Please correct me, if I'm wrong.*
*Assuming an England 3-0 win, Italy would have had to beat Luxembourg by 2-0*
In that case, GD would have been 17-5=12 for Italy & 16-4=12 for England,
but Italy would have scored one more goal and that would have been enough.
*Assuming an England 4-0 win, Italy would have had to beat Luxembourg by 4-0*
In that case, GD would have been 19-6=13 for Italy & 17-4=13 for England,
but Italy would have scored two more goals, which would have seen Italy through.
In any case, England's chances just before the return leg with Italy were pretty slim.
this goal dropped england in 1978 wc
Bettega quality
Italy lost the return match with England 2-0 the same score? It's a disaster that either side missed Argentina! FIFA are fools!!
Italy qualified for world cup ahead of England on goal difference
The England centre half was asleep for the second goal.
Roy McFarland
1:01 Why did't Hughes (No.6) or Keegan (No.7) follow Benetti
after he passed to Causio and started his run?
And why was Hughes so far away from England's penalty area when England were on the defence?
England lost this game, just like the qualifier in Poland three years earlier, before a ball was kicked by the overly defensive team selection by Revie. Like in Katowice the team was set up not to lose rather than win the game. Six team changes from the previous game with six defensive players (Clement, McFarland, Hughes, Mills in a back four, plus Greenhoff and Cherry defensive mid) and four attack minded players (Brooking, Keegan, Bowles and Channon) setup in some bizarre 4-2-1-3 formation with poor Stan Bowles picked out of position at centre forward rather than the number 10 second striker role he played at QPR
Greenwood was better but not exactly what England needed in the late 1970s which was Clough who also liked to use wide men..and England in the form of Coppell and Peter Barnes had them...Greenwood started well with the Italy reverse game but never held his nerve enough especially in the Spain World Cup...
@@kailashpatel1706 Greenwood was actually still caretaker for the Italy game and didn't get the job full time until the following month. His first game in charge, was a friendly at Wembley in September and it was his second game, the qualifier in Luxembourg in October which was probably one of the most damaging results in the campaign (that and the Finland home game) , scraping a 2-0 win in the 90th minute. The FA should have said thanks for steadying the ship and goodbye after the Italy game and then appointed Clough after he had been interviewed in December. It was never going to happen though as Greenwood who was an FA man to his socks was just the safe, non threatening option they were looking for after the Revie debacle.
@@martinkelly6709 Excellent point...do you think Clough would have got more out of England players that emerged in the late 1970s, Anderson, Coppell, Barnes, and expirenced players like Brooking and Keegan at the 1982 World Cup?...he liked using wide men...so?
@@kailashpatel1706 I think he would have done. I think we'd have gone a hell of a lot closer in the finals tournaments that Greenwood took us to. I also think he wouldn't have been quite so Liverpool obsessed as Greenwood was. I think he would have picked players like Glenn Hoddle more who could pass the ball rather than journeymen like Terry McDermott, who I never rated, for England.
@@martinkelly6709 I don't think for example they would have won the 1982 world cup but semifinalists or even runners up...Italy were too good that year..good point about greenwood playing liverpool players..Phil Neal at right back,sorry he was crap defensively, Viv Anderson would have better a more awkward and defensively sounded right back..i don't know what system he would have used though?
Kicking out England from international football from 1976. Love to see it.
Am I right in saying this match was played in the afternoon on a week day?
Yes, I was at school that day, getting slightly garbled updates from lads who had smuggled in radios.
Thanks. That's how I remember it.
It was. On a week day wouldn't have been unusual but kicking off in the afternoon was. Does anyone remember why this was? Surely the Olympic Stadium had floodlights? They certainly had floodlights when the European Cup final was played there six months later.
You’re correct. We skived off school to watch it at a friends house. Italy fully deserved the win.
@@martinkelly6709 It may sound silly, but an Italian fan has suggested that,
during winter, Italy used to play their home matches early in the afternoon due to the cold weather.
This seems true, if you look at Italy's match schedule until the early 90s.
This match started at 2.30pm Italy time (1.30pm London time).
It took place on a Wednesday and was controversially not broadcast live on Italian TV,
in order not to encourage workplace absenteeism.
the more i watch old football the more i realise ronaldo is a fraud, cant pass, cant dribble, cant cross, scores plenty from the workrate of all the teammates he has but dosent score goals the greats couldnt score.
because then players were left to create as an individual and not stifled with tactics more of an art form thats why kids now only know messi and ronaldo no one else exists but eg causio was an artist messi is bland and dull. despite him being the messiah..(not)
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