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Tuesday, 22 May 1990
International Friendly Match

England 1 Uruguay 2 [0-1]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Uruguay Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 38,751;
Kick-off: 8.00pm BST
Live on BSB The Sports Channel (UK) -
Commentator:
Martin Tyler and Andy Gray

Uruguay - Santiago Ostolaza (27), José Perdomo (long free-kick 62)
England - John Barnes (51)
 
Results 1985-1990

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Match Summary

Officials from Italy

England

Type

Uruguay

Referee (-) - Pietro D'Elia
x (-).

Linesmen - Rossario Lo Bello and Carlo Longhi

Reserve official - R.L. Tye, Essex

Teams presented to Mr A.D. McMullen, M.B.E., F.A. vice-Chairman.

Match preceded by England U17 vs. France U17.

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 5th
Colours: The 1990 Umbro away uniform - Red collared jersey with shadowed diamonds and navy collar/white cuffs, white shorts with red/blue triangle, red socks with white tops.
Capt: Bryan Robson, sixtieth captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 57 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
87th match, W 44 - D 26 - L 17 - F 145 - A 53.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 40 18 September 1949 G Derby County FC 117 73ᵍᵃ
most apps 1989-90
2 Parker, Paul A. 26 4 April 1964 RB Queen's Park Rangers FC 5 0
3 Pearce, Stuart 28 24 April 1962 LB Nottingham Forest FC 23 1
4 Hodge, Stephen B., off 77th min. 27 25 October 1962 RM Nottingham Forest FC 21 0
5 Walker, Desmond S. 24 26 November 1965 RCD Nottingham Forest FC 17 0
6 Butcher, Terence I. 31 28 December 1958
in Alexandra Park, Singapore
LCD Rangers FC, Scotland 71 3
7 Robson, Bryan 33 11 January 1957 RCM Manchester United FC 84 26
8 Gascoigne, Paul J. 22 27 May 1967 LCM Tottenham Hotspur FC 10 2
9 Waddle, Christopher R. 29 14 December 1960 RF Olympique de Marseille, France 51 6
10 Lineker, Gary W., off 77th min. 29 30 November 1960 LF Tottenham Hotspur FC 50 31
11 Barnes, John C.B. 26 7 November 1963
in Kingston, Jamaica
LM Liverpool FC 52 9
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England Substitutes
12 Beardsley, Peter A., on 77th min. for Hodge 29 18 January 1961 AM Liverpool FC 39 33 7
6
17 Bull, Steven G., on 70th min. for Lineker 25 28 March 1965 CF Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 6 2 3
4

unused substitutes:

13-Chris Woods, 14-Steve McMahon, 15-Gary Stevens, 16-Trevor Steven, 18-Tony Dorigo.

team notes:

This match ended England's seventeen match unbeaten run (10 wins, 7 draws), running since the 1988 European Championship Finals. It is also ended their run of 24 matches unbeaten at Wembley.
England's 25th match played on a Tuesday.
 
4-4-2 Shilton -
Parker, Walker, Butcher, Pearce -
Hodge
(Beardsley), Robson, Gascoigne, Barnes -
Waddle, Lineker
(Bull)

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Uruguay Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 13th to 10th
Colours: Made by Puma - Sky blue v-necked shadow pinstriped jerseys with white collar/cuffs/broad trim, black shorts with sky blue broad trim, black socks with skyblue tops.
Capt: Enzo Francescoli Manager: Oscar Washington Tabarez, 43, appointed 1988;
Uruguay Lineup
12 Pereira Martínez, Eduardo   21 March 1958 G     ᵍᵃ
2 Gutiérrez Luongo, Nelson D.   13 April 1962        
3 de León Rodríguez, Hugo E.   27 February 1958        
4 Herrara Corominas, José Oscar   17 June 1965        
5 Perdomo Teixeira, José B.   5 January 1965        
6 Domínguez Maidana, Alfonso E.   24 September 1965        
7 Alzamendi Casas, Antonio   7 June 1956        
8 Ostolaza Sosa, Santiago J.   10 July 1962        
9 Francescoli Uriarte, Enzo   12 November 1961        
10 Paz Márquez, Rubén W.   8 August 1959        
11 Sosa Ardaiz, Rubén, off 80th min.   25 April 1966        
Uruguay Substitutes
19 Martínez Alzuri, Sergio Daniel, on 80th min. for Sosa   15 February 1969        

unused substitutes:

13-Daniel Revelez, 14-José Pintos Saldanha, 15-Gabriel Correa, 16-Pablo Bengoeohea, 17-Carlos Aguilera, 18-Daniel Fonseca, 20-William Castro, 21-Edison Suárez, 22-Javier Zeoli.

team notes:

Perdomo's winning free-kick was the fifteenth direct free-kick England have conceded. The first time they have conceded two goals from direct free-kicks in the same season.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Uruguay ended England's undefeated run in what was their final Wembley match before the World Cup finals. Peter Shilton was beaten by a powerful  header in the first-half and a swerving free-kick in the second-half, the two goals sandwiching an impressive strike by John Barnes following an audacious fifty-yard pass by Paul Gascoigne. Gary Lineker got a slight knock and was replaced in what was his fiftieth international appearance by Steve Bull. It was not the ideal way to prepare for the World Cup, but Bobby Robson announced that he was happy with the overall performance. 'If the accuracy of our finishing had matched our approach work we would have won comfortably,' he said. 'The spirit in  our camp is excellent, and we go to Italy quietly confident that we can do even better than in Mexico four years ago.'

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Matchday Programme
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller
, Football Author

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CG