UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, March 23, 2019
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Match Report

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Youngsters Barella, Kean score first Italy goals in win over Finland

Nicolo Barella and Moise Kean scored their first international goals to give Italy a 2-0 win over Finland in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
0
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
1
41.8
Possession
58.2
9
SHOTS
11
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
377
Accurate Passes
583
468
Passes
656
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
5
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
44
24
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
24
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
16
Interceptions
14
19
Effective Clearances
17
19
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ITA leads series 4-0

Lineups

ITA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 20Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 4Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 2Cristiano PicciniRB
  6. 18Nicolò BarellaAM
  7. 8JorginhoLM
  8. 6Marco VerrattiRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 14Moise KeanAM-L
  11. 10Federico BernardeschiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Salvatore SiriguSUB
  2. 15Stefano SensiSUB
  3. 9Leonardo PavolettiSUB
  4. 23Nicolò ZanioloSUB
  5. 7Leonardo SpinazzolaSUB
  6. 22Stephan El ShaarawySUB
  7. 11Vincenzo GrifoSUB
  8. 12Alessio CragnoSUB
  9. 5Gianluca ManciniSUB
  10. 21Fabio QuagliarellaSUB
  11. 16Matteo PolitanoSUB
  12. 13Alessio RomagnoliSUB

FIN · 5-3-2

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 2Paulus ArajuuriCD
  3. 5Sauli VäisänenCD-L
  4. 4Joona ToivioCD-R
  5. 16Juha PirinenLB
  6. 3Albin GranlundRB
  7. 6Glen KamaraCM
  8. 14Tim SparvCM-L
  9. 8Robin LodCM-R
  10. 21Kasper HämäläinenCF-L
  11. 10Teemu PukkiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Fredrik Oldrup JensenSUB
  2. 12Jesse JoronenSUB
  3. 18Mikko SumusaloSUB
  4. 23Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  5. 17Leo VäisänenSUB
  6. 11Rasmus SchüllerSUB
  7. 20Rasmus KarjalainenSUB
  8. 7Robert TaylorSUB
  9. 15Joni KaukoSUB
  10. 22Lassi LappalainenSUB
  11. 13Pyry SoiriSUB
  12. 19Thomas LamSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Italy 1, Finland 0. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 63' Tim Sparv (Finland) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 63' Marco Verratti (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 70' Substitution, Finland. Lassi Lappalainen replaces Kasper Hamalainen.
  5. 74' Goal! Italy 2, Finland 0. Moise Kean (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile with a through ball.
  6. 80' Substitution, Italy. Fabio Quagliarella replaces Ciro Immobile.
  7. 81' Cristiano Piccini (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 83' Substitution, Finland. Rasmus Karjalainen replaces Teemu Pukki.
  9. 85' Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Marco Verratti.
  10. 90' Substitution, Finland. Pyry Soiri replaces Albin Granlund.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Italy. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Cristiano Biraghi.

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