UEFA Nations League

FT Sunday, October 14, 2018
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Match Report

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Wasteful Italy score last-gasp goal to relegate Poland from Nations League group

Italy scored a last-gasp goal to beat Poland 1-0 in the UEFA Nations League on Sunday night to relegate the hosts from the top tier.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
4
69.3
Possession
30.7
18
SHOTS
6
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
569
Accurate Passes
196
655
Passes
282
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.1
51
Long Balls
67
30
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
14
9
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
20
21
Effective Clearances
23
21
Clearances
23

Head to Head

ITA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

POL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 15Kamil GlikCD-R
  4. 14Arkadiusz RecaLB
  5. 18Bartosz BereszynskiRB
  6. 7Arkadiusz MilikM
  7. 6Jacek GóralskiCM
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  9. 8Karol LinettyLM
  10. 13Damian SzymanskiRM
  11. 9Robert LewandowskiCF-R

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 22Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 15Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 16Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 23Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 20Federico BernardeschiF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 14Federico ChiesaRF

Timeline

  1. 31' Jorginho (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Poland. Kamil Grosicki replaces Damian Szymanski.
  3. 46' Substitution, Poland. Jakub Blaszczykowski replaces Karol Linetty.
  4. 81' Substitution, Italy. Kevin Lasagna replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
  5. 84' Substitution, Italy. Cristiano Piccini replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  6. 87' Substitution, Poland. Artur Jedrzejczyk replaces Arkadiusz Reca.
  7. 90'+2' Goal! Poland 0, Italy 1. Cristiano Biraghi (Italy) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin Lasagna with a headed pass following a corner.

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