UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Italy, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Bosnia and Herzegovina
    FT
    0 - 3
    Italy
    • 21': Francesco Acerbi
    • 37': Lorenzo Insigne
    • 52': Andrea Belotti

    Italy keep perfect Euro 2020 qualifying record with rout of Bosnia

    Italy stretched their perfect record in Euro 2020 qualifying to nine wins after goals from Francesco Acerbi, Lorenzo Insigne and Andrea Belotti.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Offside, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Edin Visca tries a through ball, but Edin Dzeko is caught offside.
    • 2': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Zoran Kvrzic.
    • 3': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 7': Foul by Adnan Kovacevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 7': Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Ermin Bicakcic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross.
    • 8': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
    • 10': Offside, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Edin Dzeko tries a through ball, but Gojko Cimirot is caught offside.
    • 11': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
    • 11': Rade Krunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Hand ball by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
    • 12': Attempt saved. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
    • 14': Andrea Belotti (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Gojko Cimirot (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
    • 15': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Zoran Kvrzic.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
    • 15': Foul by Edin Visca (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 15': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
    • 18': Attempt saved. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Francesco Acerbi with a cross.
    • 18': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ibrahim Sehic.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 20': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Muhamed Besic.
    • 21': Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Italy 1. Francesco Acerbi (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 22': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
    • 23': Attempt blocked. Ermin Bicakcic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Zoran Kvrzic.
    • 25': Foul by Federico Bernardeschi (Italy).
    • 25': Rade Krunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 26': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Emerson.
    • 27': Foul by Federico Bernardeschi (Italy).
    • 27': Sead Kolasinac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Muhamed Besic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 33': Hand ball by Gojko Cimirot (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.
    • 37': Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Italy 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrea Belotti.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Rade Krunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zoran Kvrzic with a cross.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Gojko Cimirot (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 39': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross following a corner.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Adnan Kovacevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Ermin Bicakcic.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Andrea Belotti (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
    • 40': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ibrahim Sehic.
    • 42': Ermin Bicakcic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
    • 44': Foul by Gojko Cimirot (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 44': Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Italy 2.
    • 45': Second Half begins Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Italy 2.
    • 52': Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Italy 3. Andrea Belotti (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a through ball.
    • 54': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (Italy).
    • 54': Rade Krunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Edin Visca (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
    • 59': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Zoran Kvrzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Gojko Cimirot (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
    • 61': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Armin Hodzic replaces Edin Visca.
    • 61': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Elvis Saric replaces Muhamed Besic.
    • 61': Foul by Rade Krunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 61': Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 63': Offside, Italy. Francesco Acerbi tries a through ball, but Emerson is caught offside.
    • 64': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 65': Armin Hodzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Foul by Leonardo Bonucci (Italy).
    • 65': Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 72': Foul by Elvis Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 72': Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 73': Foul by Rade Krunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 75': Substitution, Italy. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
    • 77': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mato Jajalo replaces Miralem Pjanic because of an injury.
    • 79': Andrea Belotti (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 79': Foul by Adnan Kovacevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 79': Adnan Kovacevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Emerson (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 83': Foul by Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy).
    • 83': Rade Krunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Rade Krunic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elvis Saric.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Armin Hodzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac with a cross.
    • 86': Substitution, Italy. Gaetano Castrovilli replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
    • 88': Substitution, Italy. Pierluigi Gollini replaces Gianluigi Donnarumma.
    • 90': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
    • 90': Mato Jajalo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Foul by Gojko Cimirot (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
    • 90': Sandro Tonali (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Italy 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Italy 3.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/ita.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originITA BIHhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/bih.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    9 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 7
    4 Saves 4
    54.5 Possession 45.5
    12 SHOTS 17
    7 ON GOAL 5
    0.6 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    545 Accurate Passes 423
    611 Passes 500
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 8
    11 Crosses 20
    0.4 Cross % 0.4
    58 Long Balls 52
    28 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    3 Blocked Shots 8
    6 Effective Tackles 8
    12 Tackles 11
    0.5 Tackle % 0.7
    5 Interceptions 5
    21 Effective Clearances 6
    21 Clearances 6

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Bilino Polje
    Location: Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Attendance: 8,355

    EURO Qualifying Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Portugal 10 +34 30
    2 Slovakia 10 +9 22
    3 Luxembourg 10 -6 17
    4 Iceland 10 +1 10
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    12 Ibrahim Sehic (GK)
    3 Ermin Bicakcic
    18 Adnan Kovacevic Yellow Card
    5 Sead Kolasinac
    4 Zoran Kvrzic
    10 Miralem Pjanic
    13 Gojko Cimirot
    7 Muhamed Besic
    11 Edin Dzeko
    19 Rade Krunic
    8 Edin Visca
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Substitutes:
    Mato Jajalo, Jasmin Buric, Kenan Piric, Haris Hajradinovic, Dino Hotic, Samir Memisevic, Haris Duljevic, Armin Hodzic, Eldar Civic, Elvis Saric, Marko Mihojevic, Izet Hajrovic.

    ITA Italy (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    21 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
    15 Francesco Acerbi
    19 Leonardo Bonucci Yellow Card
    3 Emerson
    7 Alessandro Florenzi
    8 Jorginho
    6 Sandro Tonali
    18 Nicolò Barella
    9 Andrea Belotti
    10 Lorenzo Insigne
    20 Federico Bernardeschi Yellow Card
    Italy Substitutes:
    Salvatore Sirigu, Nicolò Zaniolo, Ciro Immobile, Rolando Mandragora, Armando Izzo, Pierluigi Gollini, Federico Chiesa, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Cristiano Biraghi, Alessio Romagnoli, Gaetano Castrovilli, Stephan El Shaarawy.

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