FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Friday, October 6, 2017
North Macedonia WDLWD 1
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Italy WWWLW 1
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Olimpico Grande Torino · 22,603 att.

Match Report

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Italy finish second place in Group G after Macedonia draw

Gian Piero Ventura's misfiring Italy limped into the uncertainty of the World Cup qualifying playoffs after being held to a 1-1 draw by Macedonia.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
42.9
Possession
57.1
7
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
325
Accurate Passes
459
416
Passes
555
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
8
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
71
20
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
1
17
Effective Tackles
15
25
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
13
27
Clearances
13

Head to Head

ITA leads series 1-0

Lineups

ITA · 3-4-3

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 8Roberto GagliardiniCM-L
  6. 18Marco ParoloCM-R
  7. 4Matteo DarmianLM
  8. 2Davide ZappacostaRM
  9. 11Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneCF-L
  11. 9Simone VerdiCF-R

MKD · 3-5-2

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 6Visar MusliuCD
  3. 14Darko VelkoskiCD-L
  4. 13Stefan RistovskiCD-R
  5. 17Enis BardhiCM-L
  6. 20Stefan SpirovskiCM-R
  7. 11Ferhan HasaniAM
  8. 8Ezgjan AlioskiLM
  9. 19Marjan RadeskiRM
  10. 23Ilija NestorovskiCF-L
  11. 10Goran PandevCF-R

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Italy 1, Macedonia 0. Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ciro Immobile following a corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Italy. Daniele Rugani replaces Andrea Barzagli.
  3. 53' Stefan Spirovski (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Substitution, Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Ferhan Hasani.
  6. 64' Substitution, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Simone Verdi.
  7. 69' Marco Parolo (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Substitution, Italy. Bryan Cristante replaces Roberto Gagliardini.
  9. 75' Substitution, Macedonia. Gjoko Zajkov replaces Darko Velkoski because of an injury.
  10. 77' Goal! Italy 1, Macedonia 1. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Goran Pandev.
  11. 80' Substitution, Macedonia. Ivan Trickovski replaces Goran Pandev.

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