Olympic Football Tournament London 1948

First round

Italy - USA

9:0 (2:0)

Match	Date	Venue / Stadium	Time	Attendance
10	02 August 1948	London / Griffin Park (Brentford)	18:30	20000

Goals scored

Francesco PERNIGO (ITA) 2',
Adone STELLIN (ITA) 25' Penalty goal,
Angelo TURCONI (ITA) 46',
Francesco PERNIGO (ITA) 57',
Emidio CAVIGIOLI (ITA) 72',
Emidio CAVIGIOLI (ITA) 87',
Francesco PERNIGO (ITA) 88',
Emilio CAPRILE (ITA) 89',
Francesco PERNIGO (ITA) 90'

Italy

Line-up

[1]
Giuseppe CASARI (GK)
[2]
Guglielmo GIOVANNINI
[3]
Adone STELLIN
[4]
Cesare PRESCA
[5]
Maino NERI
[6]
Giacomo MARI
[7]
Emidio CAVIGIOLI
[8]
Angelo TURCONI
[9]
Francesco PERNIGO
[10]
Valerio CASSANI
[11]
Emilio CAPRILE

Substitute(s)

[0]
Tommaso MAESTRELLI

Coach

Vittorio POZZO (ITA)

USA

Line-up

[1]
Archibald STRIMEL (GK)
[2]
Joseph COSTA
[3]
Manuel MARTIN
[4]
Charlie COLOMBO
[5]
Joseph FERREIRA
[6]
Walter BAHR
[7]
Raymond BECKMAN
[8]
John SOUZA
[9]
William BERTANI
[10]
Ben McLAUGHLIN
[11]
Ed SOUZA

Substitute(s)

[0]
Bob ANNIS
[0]
Gino PARIANI
[0]
R. VALTIN
[0]
Steve GRIVNOW

Coach

Walter GIESLER (USA)

Cautions

Guglielmo GIOVANNINI (ITA) 1'

Sent off

Match Officials

Referee Charles DE LA SALLE (FRA)	Assistant Referee 1 A. ASMUSSEN (DEN)
	Assistant Referee 2 Victor SDEZ (FRA)

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Misses next match if booked	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
DF:	Defender	MF:	Midfielder	MinP:	Minutes Played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK (PG/PS):	Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots)
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Red Cards
FW:	Forward	SOG/S:	Shots on Target	Y: 2YC:	Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card