FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Friday, March 24, 2017
Albania DWWLL 0
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Italy WDWWD 2
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Match Report

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Gianluigi Buffon leads Italy to victory in 1,000th career came

Italy beat Albania 2-0 in World Cup qualifying as goalkeeper GIanluigi Buffon made his 1,000th professional appearance.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
5
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
12
3
Saves
1
42.2
Possession
57.8
11
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
291
Accurate Passes
445
375
Passes
522
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
7
18
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
64
29
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
12
10
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
17
22
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ITA leads series 1-0

Lineups

ITA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-L
  3. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  4. 2Mattia De SciglioLB
  5. 22Davide ZappacostaRB
  6. 10Marco VerrattiCM-L
  7. 16Daniele De RossiCM-R
  8. 7Lorenzo InsigneLM
  9. 6Antonio CandrevaRM
  10. 11Ciro ImmobileCF-L
  11. 9Andrea BelottiCF-R

ALB · 5-4-1

  1. 1Thomas StrakoshaG
  2. 13Burim KukeliCD
  3. 18Arlind AjetiCD-L
  4. 5Frederic VeseliCD-R
  5. 7Ansi AgolliLB
  6. 4Elseid HysajRB
  7. 9Ledian MemushajCM-L
  8. 8Migjen BashaCM-R
  9. 21Odise RoshiLM
  10. 2Andi LilaRM
  11. 16Sokol CikalleshiF

Timeline

  1. 11' Ledian Memushaj (Albania) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 12' Goal! Italy 1, Albania 0. Daniele De Rossi (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 23' Ansi Agolli (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Substitution, Albania. Armando Sadiku replaces Andi Lila.
  5. 70' Frederic Veseli (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Goal! Italy 2, Albania 0. Ciro Immobile (Italy) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Davide Zappacosta with a cross following a set piece situation.
  7. 74' Odise Roshi (Albania) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 78' Burim Kukeli (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Substitution, Albania. Eros Grezda replaces Odise Roshi.
  10. 87' Substitution, Albania. Liridon Latifi replaces Migjen Basha.

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