FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Monday, September 5, 2016
Italy WLWLL 3
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Israel DLLLL 1
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ITA213
ISR101
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Match Report

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Italy control Israel for comfortable win; Giorgio Chiellini sent off

Ten-man Italy claimed a hard-fought win in Israel in their opening World Cup qualifier - but the three points came at a cost.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
2
41.5
Possession
58.5
10
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
308
Accurate Passes
466
385
Passes
540
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
69
22
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
9
21
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
7
20
Clearances
8

Head to Head

Lineups

ISR · 4-3-3

  1. 18Dudu GoreshG
  2. 17Shir ZedekCD-L
  3. 21Eitan TibiCD-R
  4. 3Ofir DavidadzeLB
  5. 22Ben BittonRB
  6. 4Nir BittonCM
  7. 13Shiran YeiniLM
  8. 8Biram KiyalRM
  9. 10Tomer HemedF
  10. 7Eran ZahaviLF
  11. 12Tal Ben Haim IIRF

ITA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 7Giacomo BonaventuraCM-L
  6. 16Marco ParoloCM-R
  7. 10Marco VerrattiAM
  8. 14Luca AntonelliLM
  9. 6Antonio CandrevaRM
  10. 17ÉderCF-L
  11. 9Graziano PellèCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Israel 0, Italy 1. Graziano Pellè (Italy) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luca Antonelli.
  2. 27' Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Goal! Israel 0, Italy 2. Antonio Candreva (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 35' Goal! Israel 1, Italy 2. Tal Ben Haim II (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tomer Hemed with a headed pass.
  5. 50' Substitution, Israel. Rami Gershon replaces Eytan Tibi because of an injury.
  6. 55' Second yellow card to Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Substitution, Israel. Omer Atzily replaces Nir Bitton.
  8. 63' Substitution, Italy. Angelo Ogbonna replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  9. 64' Substitution, Israel. Roi Kehat replaces Tal Ben Haim II.
  10. 67' Substitution, Italy. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Antonio Candreva.
  11. 70' Substitution, Italy. Ciro Immobile replaces Éder.
  12. 83' Goal! Israel 1, Italy 3. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Graziano Pellè with a headed pass.

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