UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Greece vs Italy, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Greece
    FT
    0 - 3
    Italy
    • 23': Nicolò Barella
    • 30': Lorenzo Insigne
    • 33': Leonardo Bonucci

    Italy sweep Greece aside to take control of Group J

    Italy continued their perfect start to Euro 2020 qualifying with a comfortable 3-0 win over Greece in Athens on Saturday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 2': Foul by Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece).
    • 2': Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
    • 5': Vasilios Barkas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Zeca.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emerson with a cross.
    • 9': Hand ball by Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece).
    • 13': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Zeca.
    • 14': Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece).
    • 18': Foul by Andreas Samaris (Greece).
    • 18': Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Andreas Samaris (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 19': Attempt saved. Dimitrios Siovas (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Andrea Belotti (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
    • 23': Goal! Greece 0, Italy 1. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Belotti.
    • 30': Goal! Greece 0, Italy 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Federico Chiesa following a fast break.
    • 32': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
    • 32': Kostas Manolas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Vasilios Barkas.
    • 33': Goal! Greece 0, Italy 3. Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emerson with a cross following a corner.
    • 34': Foul by Dimitris Kolovos (Greece).
    • 34': Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Foul by Georgios Masouras (Greece).
    • 41': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 43': Andreas Samaris (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
    • 43': Marco Verratti (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Georgios Masouras (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
    • 45'+1': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Georgios Masouras (Greece).
    • 45'+1': Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Georgios Masouras (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Greece 0, Italy 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Greece 0, Italy 3.
    • 45': Substitution, Greece. Charalampos Mavrias replaces Dimitris Kolovos.
    • 45': Substitution, Greece. Manolis Siopis replaces Dimitrios Kourbelis.
    • 47': Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Italy).
    • 47': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
    • 48': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Charalampos Mavrias.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emerson with a cross.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 54': Emerson (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 54': Foul by Manolis Siopis (Greece).
    • 55': Foul by Andreas Samaris (Greece).
    • 55': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Offside, Greece. Konstantinos Fortounis tries a through ball, but Georgios Masouras is caught offside.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 59': Foul by Georgios Masouras (Greece).
    • 59': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Delay in match because of an injury Marco Verratti (Italy).
    • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Italy) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
    • 65': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Dimitrios Siovas.
    • 68': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Emerson.
    • 68': Substitution, Italy. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Emerson.
    • 69': Attempt saved. Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Dimitrios Siovas (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 70': Foul by Zeca (Greece).
    • 70': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Mattia De Sciglio (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
    • 71': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
    • 71': Sokratis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Foul by Sokratis (Greece).
    • 72': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Manolis Siopis (Greece) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Georgios Masouras.
    • 77': Substitution, Greece. Anastasios Bakasetas replaces Andreas Samaris.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andrea Belotti.
    • 81': Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Marco Verratti.
    • 82': Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Italy).
    • 82': Georgios Masouras (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Federico Chiesa (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 83': Foul by Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece).
    • 84': Substitution, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Andrea Belotti.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
    • 86': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Vasilios Barkas.
    • 87': Foul by Georgios Masouras (Greece).
    • 87': Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 88': Offside, Italy. Lorenzo Insigne tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Pellegrini is caught offside.
    • 90'+2': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Greece 0, Italy 3.
    • 90'+3': Match ends, Greece 0, Italy 3.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 14
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    6 Corner Kicks 1
    2 Saves 7
    69.8 Possession 30.2
    16 SHOTS 5
    10 ON GOAL 2
    0.6 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    686 Accurate Passes 251
    761 Passes 328
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 0
    19 Crosses 9
    0.2 Cross % 0.0
    61 Long Balls 67
    42 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 0
    7 Effective Tackles 8
    13 Tackles 17
    0.5 Tackle % 0.5
    6 Interceptions 12
    11 Effective Clearances 19
    11 Clearances 19

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Athens Olympic Stadium
    Location: Athens, Greece
    Attendance: 19,828

    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

    GRE Greece (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    13 Vasilios Barkas (GK)
    19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
    4 Kostas Manolas
    5 Dimitrios Siovas
    3 Konstantinos Stafylidis
    8 Zeca
    21 Dimitrios Kourbelis
    22 Andreas Samaris Yellow Card
    17 Dimitrios Kolovos
    16 Georgios Masouras Yellow Card
    10 Kostas Fortounis
    Greece Substitutes:
    Giannis Kotsiras, Petros Mantalos, Odisseas Vlachodimos, Anastasios Bakasetas, Charalampos Mavrias, Leonardo Koutris, Alexandros Paschalakis, Efthymis Koulouris, Georgios Valerianos, Manolis Siopis, Fiorin Durmishaj, Dimitris Pelkas.

    ITA Italy (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Salvatore Sirigu (GK)
    3 Giorgio Chiellini
    19 Leonardo Bonucci
    4 Emerson
    16 Alessandro Florenzi
    8 Jorginho
    6 Marco Verratti Yellow Card
    18 Nicolò Barella
    9 Andrea Belotti
    10 Lorenzo Insigne
    14 Federico Chiesa
    Italy Substitutes:
    Alessio Romagnoli, Bryan Cristante, Pierluigi Gollini, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Alessio Cragno, Fabio Quagliarella, Federico Bernardeschi, Stefano Sensi, Moise Kean, Gianluca Mancini, Mattia De Sciglio, Leonardo Pavoletti.

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