UEFA Nations League

Spain vs Italy, 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, Semifinals

· UEFA Nations League
Spain
  • 3': Yéremy Pino
  • 88': Joselu
FT
2 - 1
Italy
  • 11': Ciro Immobile (P)

Joselu's late winner puts Spain into Nations League final

Substitute Joselu scored a fortunate winner three minutes from the end as Spain booked their place in a second successive Nations League final with a deserved 2-1 victory over Italy on Thursday.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 24
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 2
37.9 Possession 62.1
8 SHOTS 19
3 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.4
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
308 Accurate Passes 569
390 Passes 645
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 2
8 Crosses 14
0.3 Cross % 0.1
58 Long Balls 54
26 Accurate Long Balls 33
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 6
8 Effective Tackles 9
14 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
12 Interceptions 9
16 Effective Clearances 13
16 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: De Grolsch Veste
Location: Enschede, Netherlands
Attendance: 24,558

Line-Ups

ESP Spain (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Unai Simón (GK)
14 Aymeric Laporte
3 Robin Le Normand
18 Jordi Alba Yellow Card
22 Jesús Navas
9 Gavi Yellow Card
6 Mikel Merino
16 Rodri
7 Álvaro Morata Yellow Card
15 Yéremy Pino
19 Rodrigo
Spain Substitutes:
Martín Zubimendi, David Raya, Marco Asensio, Nacho, Dani Carvajal, Dani Olmo, Sergio Canales, Joselu, Ansu Fati, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Fran García, Fabián Ruiz.

ITA Italy (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
19 Leonardo Bonucci
15 Francesco Acerbi
13 Rafael Tolói
18 Nicolò Barella
7 Davide Frattesi
8 Jorginho
4 Leonardo Spinazzola
2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
17 Ciro Immobile
11 Nicolò Zaniolo Yellow Card
Italy Substitutes:
Federico Dimarco, Wilfried Gnonto, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Mateo Retegui, Federico Chiesa, Giacomo Raspadori, Bryan Cristante, Alex Meret, Marco Verratti, Matteo Darmian, Alessandro Buongiorno, Guglielmo Vicario.

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