Italy v USSR, 21 February 1979
| Score | 1-0 to USSR |
| Referee | Pieri Pieri |
| Competition | U21 v A |
| Venue | La Florita |
| Attendance | 13,700 |
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Italy
Manager: Azeglio Vicini
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Defender
Franco Baresi
Defender
Giuseppe Baresi
Midfielder
Antonio Di Gennaro
Nazzareno Canuti
(captain)
Substitutions:
| Vinicio Verza for Antonio Di Gennaro | 46 |
| Giuseppe Greco for Mario Goretti | 46 |
| Graziano Piagnerelli for Giuseppe Zinetti | 46 |
| Claudio Prandelli for Roberto Galbiati | 46 |
| Aldo Cantarutti for Guido Ugolotti | 76 |
1
USSR
Manager: Nikita Simonian
Goals:
| Oleg Blokhin |
|
Starting lineup:
Nikolay Gontar
Goalkeeper
Aleksandr Bubnov
Defender
Vagiz Khidiatullin
Defender
Sergey Prigoda
Defender
Vasiliy Zhupikov
Defender
Vitaly Daraselia
Midfielder
Oleg Blokhin
Forward
(captain)
Yuri Gavrilov
Forward
Substitutions:
| Ramaz Shengelia for Yuri Gavrilov | 46 |
| Bressonov for Vagiz Khidiatullin | 46 |
| Valeri Gazzaev for Oleg Blokhin | 79 |