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FIVE FAST FACTS: Review – England-Italy 1-2 We look back at Italy’s 2-1 victory over England in Manaus by offering you Five Fast Facts. Italy ended a four-match winless streak at the World Cup (including the 2006 final: 1-1). Before today, their last win came on 4 July 2006 (2-0 vs Germany). Since their World Cup winning campaign in 1966, only two English players wearing shirt #9 have scored WC goals: Shearer (’98), and now Sturridge (’14). Raheem Sterling started tonight at the age of 19y 188d – only one player had ever started a World Cup match for England at a younger age – Michael Owen in 1998, on two occasions (vs Argentina at 18y 198d and vs Colombia at 18y 194d). Mario Balotelli scored on his World Cup debut, the first Italian to do so since Fabio Quagliarella on 24 June 2010. England lost their WC opener for only the second time since 1962, after a 1-0 loss to Portugal in 1986.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 07:36:26 +0000

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