UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, September 9, 2023
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Toše Proeski Arena · 28,126 att.

Match Report

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Italy 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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-1

Lineups

MKD · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 4Gjoko ZajkovCD
  3. 6Visar MusliuCD-L
  4. 15Jovan ManevCD-R
  5. 11Jani AtanasovCM-L
  6. 17Agon EleziCM-R
  7. 10Enis BardhiAM
  8. 8Ezgjan AlioskiLM
  9. 3Stefan AskovskiRM
  10. 7Eljif ElmasCF-L
  11. 20Bojan MiovskiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Nikola SerafimovSUB
  2. 23Ilija NestorovskiSUB
  3. 12Igor AleksovskiSUB
  4. 19Milan RistovskiSUB
  5. 16David BabunskiSUB
  6. 22Damjan SiskovskiSUB
  7. 9Aleksandar TrajkovskiSUB
  8. 2Ahmed IljazovskiSUB
  9. 13Ljupco DorievSUB
  10. 5Arijan AdemiSUB
  11. 21Bojan DimoskiSUB
  12. 18Isnik AlimiSUB

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 23Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  3. 14Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 3Federico DimarcoLB
  5. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 16Bryan CristanteCM
  7. 8Sandro TonaliLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 20Mattia ZaccagniLF
  11. 7Matteo PolitanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Alessio RomagnoliSUB
  2. 10Giacomo RaspadoriSUB
  3. 21Alex MeretSUB
  4. 11Wilfried GnontoSUB
  5. 12Guglielmo VicarioSUB
  6. 13Matteo DarmianSUB
  7. 4Cristiano BiraghiSUB
  8. 9Mateo ReteguiSUB
  9. 19Davide FrattesiSUB
  10. 5Manuel LocatelliSUB
  11. 15Giorgio ScalviniSUB
  12. 22Nicolò ZanioloSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Matteo Politano.
  2. 47' Goal! North Macedonia 0, Italy 1. Ciro Immobile (Italy) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 59' Substitution, Italy. Giorgio Scalvini replaces Gianluca Mancini because of an injury.
  4. 68' Jovan Manev (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 70' Federico Dimarco (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 74' Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Dimoski replaces Stefan Ashkovski.
  7. 74' Substitution, North Macedonia. Isnik Alimi replaces Agon Elezi.
  8. 75' Sandro Tonali (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Substitution, North Macedonia. Nikola Serafimov replaces Visar Musliu because of an injury.
  10. 79' Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 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.
  12. 82' Substitution, Italy. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
  13. 82' Substitution, Italy. Cristiano Biraghi replaces Federico Dimarco.
  14. 88' Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 89' Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Sandro Tonali.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, North Macedonia. Ahmed Iljazovski replaces Jani Atanasov.

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