International Friendly

FT Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Italy WDLWW 3
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Albania DLDDL 1
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ITA213
ALB101
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Match Report

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Vincenzo Grifo nets twice as Italy beat Albania in friendly

Freiburg winger Vincenzo Grifo scored a pair of goals for Italy in a routine 3-1 win friendly win over Albania on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
20
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
2
65.9
Possession
34.1
13
SHOTS
19
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
502
Accurate Passes
215
589
Passes
289
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.4
59
Long Balls
47
35
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
7
21
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
11
7
Effective Clearances
18
7
Clearances
18

Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-0

Lineups

ALB · 5-3-2

  1. 1Etrit BerishaG
  2. 15Marash KumbullaCD
  3. 13Enea MihajCD-L
  4. 18Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  5. 3Ermir LenjaniLB
  6. 4Elseid HysajRB
  7. 22Amir AbrashiCM
  8. 10Nedim BajramiCM-L
  9. 7Keidi BareCM-R
  10. 11Myrto UzuniCF-L
  11. 9Armando BrojaCF-R

ITA · 3-4-3

  1. 21Alex MeretG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 23Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 5Giorgio ScalviniCD-R
  5. 8Sandro TonaliCM-L
  6. 6Marco VerrattiCM-R
  7. 3Federico DimarcoLM
  8. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRM
  9. 10Giacomo RaspadoriF
  10. 20Vincenzo GrifoCF-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Albania 1, Italy 0. Ardian Ismajli (Albania) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 20' Goal! Albania 1, Italy 1. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo with a cross.
  3. 25' Goal! Albania 1, Italy 2. Vincenzo Grifo (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori following a fast break.
  4. 45'+2' Substitution, Italy. Samuele Ricci replaces Sandro Tonali because of an injury.
  5. 45'+3' Marash Kumbulla (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Substitution, Albania. Odise Roshi replaces Armando Broja because of an injury.
  7. 61' Keidi Bare (Albania) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 61' Marco Verratti (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 64' Goal! Albania 1, Italy 3. Vincenzo Grifo (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  10. 65' Odise Roshi (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 71' Substitution, Albania. Adrian Bajrami replaces Ardian Ismajli because of an injury.
  12. 71' Substitution, Albania. Kristjan Asllani replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  13. 77' Substitution, Albania. Ylber Ramadani replaces Amir Abrashi.
  14. 77' Substitution, Italy. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Vincenzo Grifo.
  15. 77' Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Fagioli replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  16. 87' Substitution, Albania. Qazim Laçi replaces Keidi Bare.
  17. 88' Substitution, Albania. Xhuliano Skuka replaces Myrto Uzuni.
  18. 90' Substitution, Italy. Federico Chiesa replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  19. 90' Substitution, Italy. Simone Pafundi replaces Marco Verratti.
  20. 90'+1' Substitution, Italy. Andrea Pinamonti replaces Leonardo Bonucci.

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