UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, March 23, 2023
England WDWWL 2
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Italy LWWWL 1
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ENG202
ITA011
Diego Armando Maradona · 44,536 att.

Match Report

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England win at Italy for 1st time since 1961 to begin Euro 2024 qualifying

Harry Kane became England men's all-time leading scorer as they began their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 2-1 win over Italy in Naples.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
2
42.1
Possession
57.9
7
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
310
Accurate Passes
440
391
Passes
527
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
35
24
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
6
23
Effective Clearances
4
23
Clearances
4

Head to Head

ITA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 3Rafael TolóiCD-R
  4. 4Leonardo SpinazzolaLB
  5. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 19Mateo ReteguiF
  10. 10Lorenzo PellegriniLF
  11. 11Domenico BerardiRF

ENG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 6Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 3Luke ShawLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 4Declan RiceCM
  7. 10Jude BellinghamLM
  8. 8Kalvin PhillipsRM
  9. 9Harry KaneF
  10. 11Jack GrealishLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Italy 0, England 1. Declan Rice (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  2. 29' Declan Rice (England) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 44' Goal! Italy 0, England 2. Harry Kane (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 53' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 56' Goal! Italy 1, England 2. Mateo Retegui (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a through ball.
  6. 57' Harry Maguire (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Jorginho (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Substitution, Italy. Matteo Politano replaces Domenico Berardi.
  9. 62' Substitution, Italy. Bryan Cristante replaces Nicolò Barella.
  10. 69' Substitution, Italy. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  11. 69' Substitution, Italy. Sandro Tonali replaces Jorginho.
  12. 69' Substitution, England. Phil Foden replaces Jack Grealish.
  13. 71' Kyle Walker (England) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 78' Luke Shaw (England) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 80' Second yellow card to Luke Shaw (England) for a bad foul.
  16. 81' Substitution, England. Kieran Trippier replaces Phil Foden.
  17. 85' Substitution, England. Reece James replaces Bukayo Saka.
  18. 85' Substitution, England. Conor Gallagher replaces Jude Bellingham.
  19. 88' Substitution, Italy. Gianluca Scamacca replaces Marco Verratti.
  20. 90'+2' Francesco Acerbi (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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