/ 16 May 1997

A foreign field at Wembley

BOTH teams have Italian strikers – Chelsea have Gianfranco Zola while Middlesbrough boast the talents of Fabrizio Ravanelli. But there will be many other foreigners on display making Saturday’s FACup the most cosmopolitan ever staged, with 10 different nationalities represented in the expected starting line-ups.

Italy will have the biggest overseas contingent, with four. Other countries with performers on this Wembley stage, in addition to England, Scotland, Wales and the Irish Republic, are Brazil, Denmark, Norway, France and Romania