North Macedonia vs Italy, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage
· UEFA European Championship QualifyingItaly held at North Macedonia in Spalletti's debut as coach
North Macedonia's Enis Bardhi stunning free kick cancelled out Ciro Immobile's header to earn the hosts a 1-1 home draw against Italy in Group C in their Euro 2024 qualifier on Saturday, spoiling Luciano Spalletti's debut as the Azzurri coach.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Ciro Immobile (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 1': Foul by Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia).
- 2': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
- 2': Matteo Politano (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 3': Offside, Italy. Giovanni Di Lorenzo tries a through ball, but Nicolò Barella is caught offside.
- 4': Agon Elezi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Ciro Immobile (Italy).
- 6': Offside, Italy. Bryan Cristante tries a through ball, but Ciro Immobile is caught offside.
- 9': Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia).
- 15': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Jani Atanasov.
- 15': Attempt missed. Bryan Cristante (Italy) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
- 16': Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia).
- 19': Attempt missed. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a cross following a fast break.
- 21': Sandro Tonali (Italy) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a through ball.
- 21': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ezgjan Alioski.
- 22': Attempt saved. Bryan Cristante (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
- 23': Foul by Stefan Ashkovski (North Macedonia).
- 23': Mattia Zaccagni (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 27': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Mattia Zaccagni (Italy).
- 30': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Jovan Manev.
- 31': Ciro Immobile (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Foul by Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia).
- 32': Attempt blocked. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 32': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Gianluca Mancini.
- 34': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Matteo Politano (Italy).
- 35': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
- 35': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 41': Delay in match because of an injury Stole Dimitrievski (North Macedonia).
- 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+3': Foul by Stefan Ashkovski (North Macedonia).
- 45'+3': Mattia Zaccagni (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, North Macedonia 0, Italy 0.
- 45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 0, Italy 0.
- 45': Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Matteo Politano.
- 47': Nicolò Barella (Italy) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo.
- 47': Goal! North Macedonia 0, Italy 1. Ciro Immobile (Italy) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 47': Delay in match because of an injury Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia).
- 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 49': Offside, North Macedonia. Enis Bardhi tries a through ball, but Eljif Elmas is caught offside.
- 50': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
- 50': Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Stefan Ashkovski (North Macedonia).
- 51': Mattia Zaccagni (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
- 54': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
- 54': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Federico Dimarco.
- 58': Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).
- 59': Substitution, Italy. Giorgio Scalvini replaces Gianluca Mancini because of an injury.
- 61': Foul by Mattia Zaccagni (Italy).
- 61': Stefan Ashkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
- 65': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Sandro Tonali (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 66': Ciro Immobile (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66': Foul by Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia).
- 67': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Giorgio Scalvini.
- 67': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Enis Bardhi following a corner.
- 68': Foul by Jovan Manev (North Macedonia).
- 68': Mattia Zaccagni (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Jovan Manev (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Agon Elezi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Italy).
- 70': Federico Dimarco (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Dimoski replaces Stefan Ashkovski.
- 74': Substitution, North Macedonia. Isnik Alimi replaces Agon Elezi.
- 75': Bojan Dimoski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by Sandro Tonali (Italy).
- 75': Sandro Tonali (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 76': Attempt saved. Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 77': Delay in match because of an injury Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
- 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 78': Substitution, North Macedonia. Nikola Serafimov replaces Visar Musliu because of an injury.
- 79': Bojan Dimoski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Mattia Zaccagni (Italy).
- 79': Hand ball by Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy).
- 79': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy).
- 79': Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Goal! North Macedonia 1, Italy 1. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 82': Substitution, Italy. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
- 82': Substitution, Italy. Cristiano Biraghi replaces Federico Dimarco.
- 83': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Nicolò Barella.
- 84': Foul by Nikola Serafimov (North Macedonia).
- 84': Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Delay in match because of an injury Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia).
- 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 88': Foul by Bojan Dimoski (North Macedonia).
- 88': Wilfried Gnonto (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
- 89': Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Sandro Tonali.
- 90': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy).
- 90': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Bryan Cristante.
- 90'+1': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ahmed Iljazovski replaces Jani Atanasov.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Nikola Serafimov (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Jovan Manev (North Macedonia).
- 90'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+5': Attempt saved. Giorgio Scalvini (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 90'+6': Foul by Bojan Dimoski (North Macedonia).
- 90'+6': Wilfried Gnonto (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Foul by Cristiano Biraghi (Italy).
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 1, Italy 1.
- 0': Match ends, North Macedonia 1, Italy 1.
Statistics
 ITA |
MKD |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 14 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 72.4 | Possession | 27.6 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 539 | Accurate Passes | 140 |
| 634 | Passes | 244 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 20 | Crosses | 8 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 51 | Long Balls | 75 |
| 35 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 12 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 4 | Effective Clearances | 22 |
| 4 | Clearances | 22 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Venue: Toše Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Attendance: 28,126
Venue: Toše Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Attendance: 28,126
EURO Qualifying Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 8 | +18 | 20 |
| 2 | Italy | 8 | +7 | 14 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 8 | +3 | 14 |
| 4 | North Macedonia | 8 | -10 | 8 |
Line-Ups
North Macedonia (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stole Dimitrievski (GK) |
| 4 | Gjoko Zajkov |
| 6 | Visar Musliu |
| 15 | Jovan Manev  |
| 11 | Jani Atanasov |
| 17 | Agon Elezi |
| 10 | Enis Bardhi |
| 8 | Ezgjan Alioski |
| 3 | Stefan Askovski |
| 7 | Eljif Elmas |
| 20 | Bojan Miovski |
Italy (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) |
| 23 | Alessandro Bastoni |
| 14 | Gianluca Mancini |
| 3 | Federico Dimarco |
| 2 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 16 | Bryan Cristante |
| 8 | Sandro Tonali |
| 18 | Nicolò Barella |
| 17 | Ciro Immobile |
| 20 | Mattia Zaccagni |
| 7 | Matteo Politano |
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