21.   Bucuane was on the substitutes bench because of a left knee injury.

22.   Coach Arrigo Saachi is, as usual, expected to use Roberto Baggio for keeping the substitutes bench warm.

23.   The return of Scholtz to partner Japie Mulder means Andre Homan sits it out on the substitute bench and Joe Gillingham moves to wing in his place.

24.   Marc Wilmots and Marc Degryse were put on the substitutes bench as Belgian coach Paul Van Himst sought more goals from his attack.

25.   Michele Padovano did score a goal on Sunday but will again be back on the substitutes bench in Turkey.

26.   Relations between player and coach started to sour last October, when di Matteo missed a training session and promptly spent the following Sunday on the substitutes bench.

27.   Salenko had not scored in four internationals before this tournament and would probably have been on the substitutes bench if the established Russian stars had come.

28.   The board will also vote on a move to allow three substitutions and a total of seven players on the substitutes bench during all official competition matches.