| | Top level | Event type
Football, Men – Match #1
| Date | 21 July 1996 — 17:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Referee | Hugh Dallas |  GBR |
| Linesman | Akif Uğurdur |  TUR |
| Linesman | Heiner Neuenstein |  GER |
| Attendance | 44,211 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Mexico |  MEX | 1 | |
| – | Italy |  ITA | 0 |
Mexico
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 10 | Luis García | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Enrique Alfaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Francisco Palencia | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | José Manuel Abundis | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Raúl Rodrigo Lara | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 7 | José García | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Manuel Sol | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Claudio Suárez | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Germán Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Duilio Daviño | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 13 | Pável Pardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 9 | Jorge Campos | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | – | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Coach | Carlos de los Cobos | ||||||||||||||||
Italy
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9 | Marco Branca | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Marco Delvecchio | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Cristiano Lucarelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Massimo Crippa | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Massimo Brambilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Damiano Tommasi | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 15 | Fabio Pecchia | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 16 | Domenico Morfeo | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Alessandro Nesta | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Fabio Cannavaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Salvatore Fresi | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Fabio Galante | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Gianluca Pagliuca | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Coach | Cesare Maldini | ||||||||||||||||
Cards
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 (1) | Raúl Rodrigo Lara | | yellow | |
| 27 (1) | Massimo Crippa | | yellow | |
| 31 (1) | Alessandro Nesta | | yellow |
Goals
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 (2) | Francisco Palencia | | 1-0 |
Subs
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 (2) | Massimo Brambilla | | out | |
| 64 (2) | Domenico Morfeo | | in | |
| 66 (2) | José Manuel Abundis | | out | |
| 66 (2) | Francisco Palencia | | in | |
| 69 (2) | Enrique Alfaro | | out | |
| 69 (2) | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | | in | |
| 77 (2) | Cristiano Lucarelli | | out | |
| 77 (2) | Marco Delvecchio | | in |