UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Friday, October 10, 2014
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Italy WLLWW 2
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Match Report

Giorgio Chiellini has hand in all the goals as Italy beat Azerbaijan

Italy 2-1 Azerbaijan

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
1
39
Possession
61
2
SHOTS
19
0
ON GOAL
10
0.0
On Target %
0.5
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
2
1
Crosses
10
0.0
Cross %
0.2
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
6
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
4
Clearances
0

Head to Head

ITA leads series 2-0

Lineups

ITA

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 20Matteo DarmianD
  3. 13Andrea RanocchiaD
  4. 19Leonardo BonucciD
  5. 3Giorgio ChielliniD
  6. 2Mattia De SciglioD
  7. 15Alessandro FlorenziM
  8. 21Andrea PirloM
  9. 8Claudio MarchisioM
  10. 7Simone ZazaF
  11. 9Ciro ImmobileF

AZE

  1. 1Kamran ArhayevG
  2. 5Elnur AllahverdiyevD
  3. 6Badavi HüseynovD
  4. 14Rasad SadiqovD
  5. 8Ilkin Ilham Oglu QirtimovD
  6. 7Araz AbdullayevM
  7. 2Qara QarayevM
  8. 19Rahid AmirguliyevM
  9. 13Dima NazarovF
  10. 10Rufat DadasovF
  11. 11Rauf AliyevF

Timeline

  1. 12' Rufat Dadasov is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 33' Andrea Pirlo is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 44' Goal!! Giorgio Chiellini hits a very good header low through the middle from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Italy now leads 1 - 0
  4. 46' Azerbaijan makes a sub: Rasim Ramaldanov enters for Ilkin Ilham Oglu Qirtimov. Reason: Tactical
  5. 59' Azerbaijan makes a sub: Javid Huseynov enters for Rufat Dadasov. Reason: Tactical
  6. 73' Italy makes a sub: Alberto Aquilani enters for Andrea Pirlo. Reason: Tactical
  7. 77' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Giorgio Chiellini has just scored on his own net! The game is now tied at 1
  8. 78' Italy makes a sub: Sebastian Giovinco enters for Alessandro Florenzi. Reason: Tactical
  9. 81' Italy makes a sub: Antonio Candreva enters for Matteo Darmian. Reason: Tactical
  10. 81' Goal!! Giorgio Chiellini hits a very good header to the upper right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Italy now leads 2 - 1
  11. 84' Rashad F Sadygov is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  12. 86' Azerbaijan makes a sub: Vuqar Nadirov enters for Rahid Amirguliev. Reason: Tactical
  13. 86' Simone Zaza is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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