UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Italy DWLLW 2
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Norway DLDDL 0
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Ullevaal Stadium · 26,265 att.

Match Report

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Simone Zaza scores first goal for Italy as Azzurri defeat Norway

Norway 0-2 Italy

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
1
57
Possession
43
5
SHOTS
3
3
ON GOAL
0
0.6
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
1
0
Crosses
1
0.0
Cross %
1.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
1

Head to Head

ITA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NOR

  1. 12Ørjan NylandG
  2. 14Omar ElabdellaouiD
  3. 21Vegard ForrenD
  4. 6Håvard NordtveitM
  5. 15Per Ciljan SkjelbredM
  6. 19Ruben JenssenM
  7. 20Mats DaehliM
  8. 8Stefan JohansenF
  9. 16Per-Egil FloF
  10. 7Joshua KingF
  11. 18Havard NielsenF

ITA

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 2Matteo DarmianD
  3. 5Davide AstoriD
  4. 13Andrea RanocchiaD
  5. 19Leonardo BonucciD
  6. 20Mattia De SciglioD
  7. 23Emanuele GiaccheriniM
  8. 8Alessandro FlorenziM
  9. 16Daniele De RossiM
  10. 7Simone ZazaF
  11. 9Ciro ImmobileF

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal!! Simone Zaza hits a very good left footed shot to the lower left corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Italy now leads 1 - 0
  2. 41' Alessandro Florenzi is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 50' Norway makes a sub: Tarik Elyounossi enters for Havard Nielsen. Reason: Tactical
  4. 61' Italy makes a sub: Manuel Pasqual enters for Matteo Darmian. Reason: Tactical
  5. 62' Goal!! Leonardo Bonucci hits a very good header to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Italy now leads 2 - 0
  6. 66' Davide Astori is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 70' Norway makes a sub: Alexander Tettey enters for Ruben Yttergard Jenssen. Reason: Tactical
  8. 75' Norway makes a sub: Morten Gamst Pedersen enters for Per Ciljan Skjelbred. Reason: Tactical
  9. 83' Havard Nordtveit is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 83' Italy makes a sub: Mattia Destro enters for Simone Zaza. Reason: Tactical
  11. 86' Italy makes a sub: Andrea Poli enters for Alessandro Florenzi. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game
  13. 90'+1' Vegard Forren is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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