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FT Friday, May 28, 2021
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Match Report

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Italy thrash San Marino 7-0 to stretch winning run

Italy warmed up for the European Championship in style with a 7-0 thrashing of San Marino in a friendly on Friday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
0
20.9
Possession
79.1
2
SHOTS
24
0
ON GOAL
10
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
108
Accurate Passes
676
198
Passes
758
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
5
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
40
13
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.2
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
9
13
Effective Tackles
6
18
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
9
36
Effective Clearances
2
36
Clearances
2

Head to Head

ITA leads series 2-0

Lineups

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 12Alessio CragnoG
  2. 15Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  3. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 13Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 6Rafael TolóiRB
  6. 4Bryan CristanteCM
  7. 8Matteo PessinaLM
  8. 7Gaetano CastrovilliRM
  9. 14Moise KeanF
  10. 19Vincenzo GrifoLF
  11. 20Federico BernardeschiRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Alessandro FlorenziSUB
  2. 18Nicolò BarellaSUB
  3. 5Manuel LocatelliSUB
  4. 1Salvatore SiriguSUB
  5. 22Alex MeretSUB
  6. 21Matteo PolitanoSUB
  7. 10Lorenzo InsigneSUB
  8. 3Alessandro BastoniSUB
  9. 11Domenico BerardiSUB
  10. 9Andrea BelottiSUB
  11. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoSUB
  12. 17Ciro ImmobileSUB

SMR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Elia BenedettiniG
  2. 6Dante RossiCD-L
  3. 23Filippo FabbriCD-R
  4. 13Andrea GrandoniLB
  5. 11Manuel BattistiniRB
  6. 20Adolfo HirschAM
  7. 16Marcello MularoniLM
  8. 8Enrico GolinucciRM
  9. 19Nicola NanniF
  10. 3Mirko PalazziAM-L
  11. 22Fabio TomassiniAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Michael BattistiniSUB
  2. 17Alessandro GolinucciSUB
  3. 14Michele CevoliSUB
  4. 12Simone BenedettiniSUB
  5. 10Alex StimacSUB
  6. 21Lorenzo LunadeiSUB
  7. 7Matteo VitaioliSUB
  8. 2Alessandro D'AddarioSUB
  9. 24Kevin ZonziniSUB
  10. 5Cristian BrolliSUB
  11. 18David TomassiniSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Italy 1, San Marino 0. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gaetano Castrovilli.
  2. 34' Goal! Italy 2, San Marino 0. Gian Marco Ferrari (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Italy. Matteo Politano replaces Moise Kean.
  4. 49' Goal! Italy 3, San Marino 0. Matteo Politano (Italy) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 51' Substitution, San Marino. Lorenzo Lunadei replaces Adolfo Hirsch.
  6. 51' Substitution, San Marino. Cristian Brolli replaces Fabio Ramòn Tomassini.
  7. 52' Substitution, San Marino. Matteo Vitaioli replaces Andrea Grandoni.
  8. 63' Substitution, Italy. Andrea Belotti replaces Vincenzo Grifo.
  9. 63' Substitution, Italy. Alex Meret replaces Alessio Cragno.
  10. 63' Substitution, Italy. Giovanni Di Lorenzo replaces Gianluca Mancini.
  11. 67' Goal! Italy 4, San Marino 0. Andrea Belotti (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
  12. 73' Substitution, Italy. Alessandro Bastoni replaces Cristiano Biraghi.
  13. 73' Substitution, San Marino. Alessandro D'Addario replaces Mirko Palazzi.
  14. 74' Goal! Italy 5, San Marino 0. Matteo Pessina (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  15. 77' Goal! Italy 6, San Marino 0. Matteo Politano (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  16. 86' Goal! Italy 7, San Marino 0. Matteo Pessina (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
  17. 88' Substitution, San Marino. David Tomassini replaces Nicola Nanni.
  18. 88' Substitution, San Marino. Alessandro Golinucci replaces Marcello Mularoni.
  19. 88' Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Barella replaces Matteo Pessina.

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