UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, September 3, 2015
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Italy WDDDL 1
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Match Report

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Graziano Pelle's goal saves Italy's blushes in tight win

Italy moved to the top of Euro 2016 qualifying Group H thanks to a 1-0 victory over Malta in Florence.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
1
43
Possession
57
3
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
6
0.3
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
3
0
Crosses
7
0.0
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
3
Clearances
0

Head to Head

ITA leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

ITA

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 4Matteo DarmianD
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciD
  4. 3Giorgio ChielliniD
  5. 23Manuel PasqualD
  6. 10Marco VerrattiM
  7. 21Andrea PirloM
  8. 8Andrea BertolacciM
  9. 22Manolo GabbiadiniF
  10. 20Graziano PellèF
  11. 17ÉderF

Substitutes

  1. 12Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 13Daniele PadelliG
  3. 2Mattia De SciglioD
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliD
  5. 5Alessandro FlorenziM
  6. 6Antonio CandrevaM
  7. 9Franco VázquezM
  8. 14Roberto SorianoM
  9. 16Daniele De RossiM
  10. 18Marco ParoloM
  11. 7Simone ZazaF
  12. 11Lorenzo InsigneF

MLT

  1. 1Andrew HoggG
  2. 2Alex MuscatD
  3. 15Steve BorgD
  4. 22Zach MuscatD
  5. 5Andrei AgiusD
  6. 7Clayton FaillaD
  7. 11Rowen MuscatM
  8. 6Paul FenechM
  9. 8Roderick BriffaM
  10. 19Alfred EffiongF
  11. 13Andre SchembriF

Substitutes

  1. 12Justin HaberG
  2. 23Henry BonelloG
  3. 17Ryan CamilleriD
  4. 3Joseph ZerafaD
  5. 21Clifford Gatt-BaldacchinoD
  6. 4Gareth SciberrasM
  7. 18Bjorn KristensenM
  8. 20Stephen PisaniM
  9. 9Michael MifsudF
  10. 10Andrew CohenF
  11. 14Jean-Pierre TriganzaF
  12. 16Terence VellaF

Timeline

  1. 35' Paul Fenech is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 55' Italy makes a sub: Marco Parolo enters for Andrea Bertolacci. Reason: Tactical
  3. 64' Italy makes a sub: Antonio Candreva enters for Manolo Gabbiadini. Reason: Injury
  4. 69' Goal!! Graziano Pellé hits a very good header to the upper right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Italy now leads 1 - 0
  5. 73' Malta makes a sub: Bjorn Kristensen enters for Andre Schembri. Reason: Tactical
  6. 77' Italy makes a sub: Roberto Soriano enters for Marco Verratti. Reason: Tactical
  7. 88' Antonio Candreva is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 90' End of the game
  9. 90'+1' Malta makes a sub: Gareth Sciberras enters for Roderick Briffa. Reason: Tactical
  10. 90'+4' Malta makes a sub: Michael Mifsud enters for Alfred Effiong. Reason: Tactical

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