UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Italy vs Greece, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Italy
  • 63': Jorginho (P)
  • 78': Federico Bernardeschi
FT
2 - 0
Greece

    Italy qualify for Euro 2020 with victory over Greece

    Italy qualified for Euro 2020 with a 2-0 defeat of Greece at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday night.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece).
    • 1': Francesco Acerbi (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 5': Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Efthymios Koulouris (Greece).
    • 6': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 8': Efthymios Koulouris (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy).
    • 12': Attempt saved. Dimitris Limnios (Greece) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anastasios Bakasetas.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Dimitris Limnios (Greece) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 12': Foul by Zeca (Greece).
    • 12': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Offside, Italy. Federico Chiesa tries a through ball, but Danilo D'Ambrosio is caught offside.
    • 14': Ciro Immobile (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Pantelis Hatzidiakos (Greece).
    • 14': Pantelis Hatzidiakos (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 16': Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
    • 19': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy).
    • 19': Konstantinos Stafylidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 21': Foul by Konstantinos Stafylidis (Greece).
    • 23': Foul by Efthymios Koulouris (Greece).
    • 23': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 27': Foul by Efthymios Koulouris (Greece).
    • 27': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Efthymios Koulouris (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
    • 29': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Dimitrios Siovas.
    • 32': Offside, Italy. Marco Verratti tries a through ball, but Leonardo Spinazzola is caught offside.
    • 33': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
    • 39': Substitution, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Federico Chiesa because of an injury.
    • 40': Foul by Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece).
    • 40': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola.
    • 40': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 44': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Michalis Bakakis.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Italy 0, Greece 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Italy 0, Greece 0.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 51': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Italy).
    • 52': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Foul by Leonardo Bonucci (Italy).
    • 53': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danilo D'Ambrosio with a cross.
    • 55': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Alexandros Paschalakis.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci.
    • 57': Foul by Federico Bernardeschi (Italy).
    • 57': Konstantinos Stafylidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Offside, Greece. Alexandros Paschalakis tries a through ball, but Anastasios Bakasetas is caught offside.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Efthymios Koulouris (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dimitris Limnios following a fast break.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 62': Penalty conceded by Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 62': Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 63': Goal! Italy 1, Greece 0. Jorginho (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Konstantinos Stafylidis (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitris Limnios.
    • 65': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Leonardo Spinazzola.
    • 67': Substitution, Greece. Anastasios Donis replaces Efthymios Koulouris.
    • 71': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Konstantinos Stafylidis.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi following a corner.
    • 72': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantinos Stafylidis with a cross.
    • 73': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Ciro Immobile.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andreas Bouchalakis with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 74': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 74': Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy).
    • 75': Substitution, Greece. Dimitrios Giannoulis replaces Andreas Bouchalakis.
    • 76': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
    • 78': Goal! Italy 2, Greece 0. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci.
    • 79': Substitution, Italy. Andrea Belotti replaces Ciro Immobile.
    • 79': Substitution, Greece. Petros Mantalos replaces Anastasios Bakasetas.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 80': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Dimitrios Kourbelis.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Jorginho (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci.
    • 85': Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
    • 85': Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a through ball.
    • 85': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Alexandros Paschalakis.
    • 86': Offside, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi tries a through ball, but Marco Verratti is caught offside.
    • 87': Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Nicolò Barella.
    • 88': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Konstantinos Stafylidis.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 89': Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Anastasios Donis (Greece).
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Anastasios Donis (Greece) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zeca.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Danilo D'Ambrosio.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Zeca (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Italy 2, Greece 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Italy 2, Greece 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 9
    3 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 3
    4 Corner Kicks 8
    2 Saves 1
    29 Possession 71
    8 SHOTS 20
    1 ON GOAL 4
    0.1 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    203 Accurate Passes 598
    274 Passes 676
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 1
    8 Crosses 18
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    61 Long Balls 66
    26 Accurate Long Balls 42
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
    3 Blocked Shots 8
    8 Effective Tackles 8
    12 Tackles 17
    0.7 Tackle % 0.5
    11 Interceptions 5
    22 Effective Clearances 7
    22 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Stadio Olimpico
    Location: Roma, Italy
    Attendance: 56,274

    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

    ITA Italy (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    21 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
    15 Francesco Acerbi
    19 Leonardo Bonucci
    7 Leonardo Spinazzola
    2 Danilo D'Ambrosio
    8 Jorginho
    6 Marco Verratti
    18 Nicolò Barella
    17 Ciro Immobile
    10 Lorenzo Insigne
    14 Federico Chiesa
    Italy Substitutes:
    Federico Bernardeschi, Armando Izzo, Nicolò Zaniolo, Alessio Romagnoli, Bryan Cristante, Cristiano Biraghi, Vincenzo Grifo, Stephan El Shaarawy, Gianluca Mancini, Alex Meret, Andrea Belotti, Salvatore Sirigu.

    GRE Greece (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    12 Alexandros Paschalakis (GK)
    5 Dimitrios Siovas
    17 Pantelis Hatzidiakos Yellow Card
    3 Konstantinos Stafylidis
    2 Michalis Bakakis
    8 Zeca
    6 Andreas Bouchalakis Yellow Card
    21 Dimitrios Kourbelis
    14 Anastasios Bakasetas
    9 Efthymis Koulouris Yellow Card
    18 Dimitrios Limnios
    Greece Substitutes:
    Anastasios Donis, Marios Vrousai, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Petros Mantalos, Vangelis Pavlidis, Odisseas Vlachodimos, Manolis Siopis, Sokratis Dioudis, Ioannis Fetfatzidis, Vasilios Lampropoulos, Dimitris Giannoulis, Leonardo Koutris.

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