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MATCHFIFA World Cup1958Group D1958-06-08
England
2–2
Soviet Union
Match details

At a glance

City
Gothenburg
Kick-off
19:00
Attendance
49,000+
Referee
Zsolt (Hungary)
Stage
Group D
Scoring

Goals

13'
SimonyanSoviet Union
56'
A. IvanovSoviet Union
65'
Kevan headerEngland
84'
Finney penaltyEngland
Starting XI

Lineups

England

  1. McDonald
  2. Howe
  3. Banks
  4. Clamp
  5. WrightC
  6. Slater
  7. Douglas
  8. Robson
  9. Kevan
  10. Haynes
  11. Finney

Soviet Union

  1. Yashin
  2. Kesarev
  3. Kuznetsov
  4. Voinov
  5. Krizhevskiy
  6. Tsarev
  7. A. Ivanov
  8. V. Ivanov
  9. SimonyanC
  10. Salnikov
  11. Ilyin
Tactical view

Lineup graphic

England 2-2 Soviet Union lineup graphic
1958 world cup.png — Wikimedia Commons contributors — CC BY-SA 3.0/GFDL
Officials & discipline

Match administration

RefereeZsolt (Hungary)
OfficialJørgensen (Denmark)
OfficialNilsen (Norway)
Research

Sources

  • RSSSF — World Cup 1958 finalsstadium, kickoff, attendance, officials, lineups, scorers and incidentshttps://www.rsssf.org/tables/58full.html
  • Wikimedia Commonspage media and rights metadatahttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1958_world_cup.png