FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, March 25, 2021
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Italy DDWWW 2
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Match Report

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Italy cruise to comfortable win over Northern Ireland

Italy made a comfortable start to the 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign by beating Northern Ireland 2-0 in Group C on Thursday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
3
33.7
Possession
66.3
8
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
266
Accurate Passes
648
360
Passes
736
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
4
0.2
Cross %
0.5
70
Long Balls
57
32
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
4
8
Tackles
8
1.0
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
8
6
Effective Clearances
21
6
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 21Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 13EmersonLB
  5. 16Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 5Manuel LocatelliCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 7Lorenzo PellegriniRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 11Domenico BerardiRF

NIR · 5-3-2

  1. 1Bailey Peacock-FarrellG
  2. 5Jonny EvansCD
  3. 17Paddy McNairCD-L
  4. 20Craig CathcartCD-R
  5. 14Stuart DallasLB
  6. 19Michael SmithRB
  7. 8Steven DavisCM
  8. 16Alistair McCannCM-L
  9. 13Corry EvansCM-R
  10. 21Josh MagennisCF-L
  11. 18Gavin WhyteCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Italy 1, Northern Ireland 0. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
  2. 38' Goal! Italy 2, Northern Ireland 0. Ciro Immobile (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne following a fast break.
  3. 45' Substitution, Northern Ireland. George Saville replaces Corry Evans.
  4. 47' George Saville (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Barella replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  6. 64' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Shayne Lavery replaces Gavin Whyte.
  7. 75' Substitution, Italy. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Emerson.
  8. 75' Substitution, Italy. Federico Chiesa replaces Domenico Berardi.
  9. 78' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Jordan Thompson replaces Alistair McCann.
  10. 78' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Kyle Lafferty replaces Josh Magennis.
  11. 84' Substitution, Italy. Matteo Pessina replaces Manuel Locatelli.
  12. 84' Substitution, Italy. Vincenzo Grifo replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  13. 90'+3' Jordan Thompson (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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