Italy v Russia, 15 November 1997
| Score | 1-0 to Italy |
| Referee | M Serge |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup 2nd leg play-off |
| Venue | San Paolo, Naples |
| Attendance | 76,500 |
View Italy v Russia head to head
1
Italy
Manager: Cesare Maldini
Goals:
| Pierluigi Casiraghi | 53 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Angelo Peruzzi
Defender
Fabio Cannavaro
Defender
Alessandro Costacurta
Defender
Ciro Ferrara
Defender
Paolo Maldini
(captain)
Midfielder
Demetrio Albertini
Midfielder
Dino Baggio
Midfielder
Roberto Di Matteo
Midfielder
Gianluca Pessotto
Forward
Pierluigi Casiraghi
Forward
Fabrizio Ravanelli
Substitutions:
| Alessandro Del Piero for Fabrizio Ravanelli | 77 |
| Alessandro Nesta for Gianluca Pessotto | 77 |
0
Russia
Manager: Boris Ignatiev
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Goalkeeper
Yuri Kovtun
Defender
Youri Nikiforov
Defender
Viktor Onopko
Defender
(captain)
Dmitri Alenichev
Midfielder
Dmitri Khokhlov
Midfielder
Dmitri Popov
Midfielder
Vladislav Radimov
Midfielder
Igor Yanovski
Midfielder
Igor Kolyvanov
Forward
Sergei Yuran
Forward
Substitutions:
| Igor Simutenkov for Igor Yanovski | 59 |
| Sergei Semak for Vladislav Radimov | 68 |
| Vladimir Beschastnykh for Sergei Yuran | 79 |