UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, June 8, 2019
Italy WDWWW 3
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Greece WLWDL 0
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Athens Olympic Stadium · 19,828 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

Lineups

GRE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Vasilios BarkasG
  2. 19Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-L
  3. 4Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 5Dimitrios SiovasDM
  5. 3Konstantinos StafylidisLB
  6. 8ZecaRB
  7. 21Dimitrios KourbelisCM-L
  8. 22Andreas SamarisCM-R
  9. 17Dimitrios KolovosLM
  10. 16Georgios MasourasRM
  11. 10Kostas FortounisF

Substitutes

  1. 2Giannis KotsirasSUB
  2. 20Petros MantalosSUB
  3. 1Odisseas VlachodimosSUB
  4. 14Anastasios BakasetasSUB
  5. 18Charalampos MavriasSUB
  6. 23Leonardo KoutrisSUB
  7. 12Alexandros PaschalakisSUB
  8. 9Efthymis KoulourisSUB
  9. 15Georgios ValerianosSUB
  10. 7Manolis SiopisSUB
  11. 6Fiorin DurmishajSUB
  12. 11Dimitris PelkasSUB

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 4EmersonLB
  5. 16Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 9Andrea BelottiF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 14Federico ChiesaRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Alessio RomagnoliSUB
  2. 23Bryan CristanteSUB
  3. 22Pierluigi GolliniSUB
  4. 7Lorenzo PellegriniSUB
  5. 12Alessio CragnoSUB
  6. 21Fabio QuagliarellaSUB
  7. 20Federico BernardeschiSUB
  8. 15Stefano SensiSUB
  9. 11Moise KeanSUB
  10. 5Gianluca ManciniSUB
  11. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  12. 17Leonardo PavolettiSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Andreas Samaris (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 43' Marco Verratti (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+1' Georgios Masouras (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Greece. Manolis Siopis replaces Dimitrios Kourbelis.
  8. 45' Substitution, Greece. Charalampos Mavrias replaces Dimitris Kolovos.
  9. 68' Substitution, Italy. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Emerson.
  10. 77' Substitution, Greece. Anastasios Bakasetas replaces Andreas Samaris.
  11. 81' Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Marco Verratti.
  12. 84' Substitution, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Andrea Belotti.

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