FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Sunday, October 9, 2016
Italy WLLWD 3
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North Macedonia DWLLL 2
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MKD022
Toše Proeski Arena · 19,195 att.

Match Report

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Ciro Immobile brace leads Italy fightback against Macedonia

Ciro Immobile spared Italy from a rare qualifying defeat by scoring two goals that lifted the Azzurri to a 3-2 victory in Macedonia.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
6
65.9
Possession
34.1
19
SHOTS
13
9
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
497
Accurate Passes
228
568
Passes
298
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
13
Accurate Crosses
3
33
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.3
70
Long Balls
43
51
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
14
21
Clearances
20

Lineups

MKD · 5-3-2

  1. 1Martin BogatinovG
  2. 6Vance SikovCD
  3. 4Kire RistevskiCD-L
  4. 5Daniel MojsovCD-R
  5. 3Leonard ZutaLB
  6. 13Stefan RistovskiRB
  7. 20Stefan SpirovskiCM
  8. 8Ezgjan AlioskiCM-L
  9. 11Ferhan HasaniCM-R
  10. 9Ilija NestorovskiCF-L
  11. 10Goran PandevCF-R

ITA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 7Giacomo BonaventuraCM-L
  6. 20Federico BernardeschiCM-R
  7. 10Marco VerrattiAM
  8. 2Mattia De SciglioLM
  9. 6Antonio CandrevaRM
  10. 11Ciro ImmobileCF-L
  11. 23Andrea BelottiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Macedonia 0, Italy 1. Andrea Belotti (Italy) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross following a corner.
  2. 40' Ezgjan Alioski (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Macedonia. Besart Ibraimi replaces Leonard Zhuta.
  4. 53' Stefan Spirovski (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 57' Goal! Macedonia 1, Italy 1. Ilija Nestorovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 59' Goal! Macedonia 2, Italy 1. Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  7. 64' Substitution, Italy. Marco Parolo replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  8. 64' Substitution, Italy. Nicola Sansone replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
  9. 66' Besart Ibraimi (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 68' Substitution, Macedonia. Milovan Petrovic replaces Ilija Nestorovski.
  11. 70' Marco Parolo (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 75' Goal! Macedonia 2, Italy 2. Ciro Immobile (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonio Candreva.
  13. 84' Substitution, Macedonia. Dusko Trajcevski replaces Ferhan Hasani.
  14. 84' Substitution, Italy. Éder replaces Andrea Belotti.
  15. 90'+1' Goal! Macedonia 2, Italy 3. Ciro Immobile (Italy) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Antonio Candreva with a cross.
  16. 90'+6' Milovan Petrovic (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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