International Friendly

FT Tuesday, November 20, 2018
United States LWLDL 0
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Italy DLDWD 1
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Cegeka Arena · 13,500 att.

Match Report

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Italy scores late goal to beat United States in last international of 2018

Matteo Politano scored in second-half stoppage time to hand Italy a deserved 1-0 win against the United States in a friendly in Genk, Belgium.

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Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 13Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 21EmersonLB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioRB
  6. 23Stefano SensiCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 9Kevin LasagnaF
  10. 11Domenico BerardiLF
  11. 14Federico ChiesaRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Roberto GagliardiniSUB
  2. 3Gianluca ManciniSUB
  3. 15Daniele RuganiSUB
  4. 12Alessio CragnoSUB
  5. 8Leonardo PavolettiSUB
  6. 16Sandro TonaliSUB
  7. 22Gianluigi DonnarummaSUB
  8. 20Matteo PolitanoSUB
  9. 10Vincenzo GrifoSUB
  10. 17Moise KeanSUB
  11. 4Cristiano BiraghiSUB

USA · 3-1-4-2

  1. 12Ethan HorvathG
  2. 21Walker ZimmermanCD
  3. 26Aaron LongCD-L
  4. 5Cameron Carter-VickersCD-R
  5. 4Tyler AdamsSW
  6. 23Kellyn AcostaCM-L
  7. 9Mark DelgadoCM-R
  8. 18Shaq MooreLM
  9. 25Reggie CannonRM
  10. 13Josh SargentCF-L
  11. 10Christian PulisicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Matt Miazga
  2. 7Bobby Wood
  3. 16Julian Green
  4. 19Jorge Villafaña
  5. 1Brad Guzan
  6. 27Romain Gall
  7. 20Wil Trapp
  8. 14Sebastian Lletget
  9. 11Timothy Weah

Timeline

  1. 19' Mattia De Sciglio (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Shaquell Moore (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Reggie Cannon (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Kellyn Acosta (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Italy. Vincenzo Grifo replaces Federico Chiesa.
  6. 58' Stefano Sensi (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Substitution, USA. Bobby Wood replaces Joshua Sargent.
  8. 62' Substitution, USA. Wil Trapp replaces Marco Delgado.
  9. 62' Substitution, Italy. Moise Kean replaces Domenico Berardi.
  10. 75' Substitution, USA. Jorge Villafaña replaces Reggie Cannon.
  11. 76' Substitution, Italy. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Nicolò Barella.
  12. 83' Substitution, USA. Romain Gall replaces Christian Pulisic.
  13. 83' Substitution, USA. Sebastian Lletget replaces Kellyn Acosta.
  14. 87' Substitution, Italy. Matteo Politano replaces Kevin Lasagna.
  15. 90'+4' Goal! Italy 1, USA 0. Matteo Politano (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Gagliardini.

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