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Article: OUR CROWD CAN HELP ENGLAND; PRESSURE BUILDS UP ON THE ITALIANS AS EVEN THE ROME SUPPORTERS BEGIN TO FEAR THE VERY WORST By GIANLUCA VIALLI.(Sport)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 9, 1997
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Gianluca Vialli knows how Roman crowds can turn faster than the tide up the River Tiber.
And Chelsea's Italian stallion gave Glenn Hoddle a boost just 48 hours before D-day in the Olympic Stadium by warning that the hostile Italian crowd could become "England's 12th man".
Vialli also identified Sol Campbell, Ian Wright and Paul Gascoigne as Hoddle's three lions likeliest to leave Italy in mourning after a mauling the night before.
If England coach Hoddle can keep opposite number Cesare Maldini waiting an eternity for a breakthrough in the Eternal ...