Editing Roberto Di Matteo (section)

==International career==
Di Matteo made his [[Italy national football team|Italy]] debut under [[Arrigo Sacchi]] on 16 November 1994 in the [[Stadio La Favorita]] in [[Palermo]]. He came on as a 55th-minute substitute for [[Demetrio Albertini]] as Italy lost 2–1 to [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] in qualification for [[UEFA Euro 1996]]. He made his first start in his second cap, a friendly 3–1 victory over [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] on 21 December 1994 in the [[Stadio Adriatico]] in [[Pescara]]. Di Matteo played two of Italy's group matches in UEFA Euro 1996, against [[Russia national football team|Russia]] and [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. His first goal was scored on his 23rd cap, in qualification for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], on 30 April 1997 in a 3–0 win against [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in [[Naples]]. Di Matteo only scored one more goal for Italy, in a friendly win over [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]] on 28 January 1998. He was a member of Italy's FIFA World Cup team in 1998 and played two of their group games, against Chile and Cameroon. The match against Cameroon in [[Montpellier]] was his last game for Italy; in total he made 34 caps for Italy between 1994 and 1998, scoring 2 goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4689|title=Roberto Di Matteo|publisher=EU-Football.info|access-date=25 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=1299&squadra=1|title=Nazionale in cifre: Di Matteo, Roberto|website=figc.it|publisher=Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio|language=it|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref>