FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, March 24, 2022
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Match Report

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North Macedonia stun Italy in World Cup qualifying playoff semifinal

Italy will miss out on the World Cup for the second successive tournament after they were stunned by a stoppage-time winner from North Macedonia.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
16
5
Saves
1
34.6
Possession
65.4
4
SHOTS
32
2
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
223
Accurate Passes
471
309
Passes
565
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
2
3
Crosses
30
0.0
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
52
20
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
16
8
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
12
Interceptions
12
52
Effective Clearances
4
52
Clearances
4

Highlights

01:36 Wild scenes in North Macedonia after shock Italy win Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ITA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 21Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 23Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  3. 19Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 13EmersonLB
  5. 16Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 11Domenico BerardiRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Alessio CragnoSUB
  2. 5Bryan CristanteSUB
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniSUB
  4. 7Lorenzo PellegriniSUB
  5. 20Matteo PolitanoSUB
  6. 9João PedroSUB
  7. 4Sandro TonaliSUB
  8. 1Salvatore SiriguSUB
  9. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  10. 15Francesco AcerbiSUB
  11. 22Giacomo RaspadoriSUB
  12. 12Matteo PessinaSUB

MKD · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 6Visar MusliuCD-L
  3. 14Darko VelkoskiCD-R
  4. 5Arijan AdemiDM
  5. 8Ezgjan AlioskiLB
  6. 13Stefan RistovskiRB
  7. 10Enis BardhiCM-L
  8. 16Boban NikolovCM-R
  9. 9Aleksandar TrajkovskiLM
  10. 11Darko ChurlinovRM
  11. 19Milan RistovskiF

Substitutes

  1. 12Kristijan NaumovskiSUB
  2. 17Valon EthemiSUB
  3. 21Jani AtanasovSUB
  4. 15Nikola SerafimovSUB
  5. 22Damjan SiskovskiSUB
  6. 23Bojan MiovskiSUB
  7. 7David BabunskiSUB
  8. 3Stefan AskovskiSUB
  9. 20Stefan SpirovskiSUB
  10. 2Todor TodoroskiSUB
  11. 4Kire RistevskiSUB
  12. 18Dorian BabunskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 59' Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Spirovski replaces Boban Nikolov because of an injury.
  2. 59' Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Askovski replaces Arijan Ademi.
  3. 64' Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  4. 72' Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Miovski replaces Milan Ristovski.
  5. 77' Substitution, Italy. Sandro Tonali replaces Nicolò Barella.
  6. 77' Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Ciro Immobile.
  7. 80' Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 86' Substitution, North Macedonia. Kire Ristevski replaces Darko Velkovski.
  9. 89' Substitution, Italy. João Pedro replaces Domenico Berardi.
  10. 90' Substitution, Italy. Giorgio Chiellini replaces Gianluca Mancini.
  11. 90'+2' Goal! Italy 0, North Macedonia 1. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bojan Miovski.

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