| Middlesbrough | Chelsea |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Ed de Goey |
| DR | Curtis Fleming | | DR | Dan Petrescu |
| DR | Christian Ziege | | DR | Graeme Le Saux |
| DR | Gary Pallister | | DR | Bernard Lambourde |
| DR | Gianluca Festa | | DR | Frank Leboeuf |
| DR | Colin Cooper | | DR | Marcel Desailly |
| S1 | MD | Paul Ince | | MD | Didier Deschamps |
| MD | Keith O'Neill | | MD | Dennis Wise |
| S3 | MD | Juninho | S1 | MD | Gabriele Ambrosetti |
| S2 | AM | Brian Deane | S2 | AM | Gianfranco Zola |
| FD | Hamilton Ricard | | FD | Chris Sutton |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Robbie Mustoe | S1 | DR | Celestine Babayaro |
| S2 | FD | Paul Gascoigne | S2 | FD | Tore Andre Flo |
| S3 | | Alun Armstrong | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Bryan Robson | | | Gianluca Vialli |