England v Italy – past meetings

England v Italy – past meetings

England face Italy at Wembley on Tuesday as they continue their preparations for this summer’s World Cup in Russia.

Here, Press Association Sport takes a look back at some of the most memorable encounters between the two nations.

Italy 1 England 1 – May 13 1933, Rome

Cliff Bastin
Arsenal’s Cliff Bastin scored in England’s 1-1 draw in Rome (PA Archive)

Italy 1 England 0 – June 15 1980, Turin

Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan could not prevent England crashing out of the European Championship (Peter Robinson/EMPICS)

Italy 0 England 0 – October 11 1997, Rome

Paul Ince
Paul Ince starred as England qualified for the World Cup finals (Michael Steele/EMPICS)

England 0 Italy 0 (Italy win 4-2 on penalties) – June 24 2012, Kiev

Steven Gerrard
England suffered yet more penalty shoot-out woe (Anthony Devlin/PA)

England 1 Italy 2 – June 14 2014, Manaus

Claudio Marchisio
Claudio Marchisio paved the way for another Italian win over England (Mike Egerton/PA)

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