UEFA European Championship

FT Saturday, June 15, 2024
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Match Report

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Holders Italy overcome fastest-ever goal to edge Albania

Italy recovered from the shock of conceding the fastest goal ever scored at a European Championship to beat Albania 2-1 on Saturday as Alessandro Bastoni and Nicolò Barella ensured the defending champions made a winning start.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
0
31.7
Possession
68.3
8
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
313
Accurate Passes
747
372
Passes
809
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
9
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.5
41
Long Balls
36
17
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
7
5
Effective Tackles
5
8
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
15
15
Effective Clearances
6
15
Clearances
6

Head to Head

ITA leads series 4-0

Lineups

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 5Riccardo CalafioriCD-L
  3. 23Alessandro BastoniCD-R
  4. 3Federico DimarcoLB
  5. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 18Nicolò BarellaLM
  8. 7Davide FrattesiRM
  9. 9Gianluca ScamaccaF
  10. 10Lorenzo PellegriniLF
  11. 14Federico ChiesaRF

ALB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Thomas StrakoshaG
  2. 6Berat DjimsitiCD-L
  3. 5Arlind AjetiCD-R
  4. 3Mario MitajLB
  5. 4Elseid HysajRB
  6. 10Nedim BajramiAM
  7. 21Kristjan AsllaniLM
  8. 20Ylber RamadaniRM
  9. 11Armando BrojaF
  10. 15Taulant SeferiAM-L
  11. 9Jasir AsaniAM-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Italy 0, Albania 1. Nedim Bajrami (Albania) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
  2. 11' Goal! Italy 1, Albania 1. Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner.
  3. 16' Goal! Italy 2, Albania 1. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 21' Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Riccardo Calafiori (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Armando Broja (Albania) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 68' Substitution, Albania. Arbër Hoxha replaces Jasir Asani.
  8. 68' Substitution, Albania. Qazim Laçi replaces Taulant Seferi.
  9. 74' Arbër Hoxha (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 77' Substitution, Albania. Rey Manaj replaces Armando Broja.
  11. 77' Substitution, Italy. Andrea Cambiaso replaces Federico Chiesa.
  12. 77' Substitution, Italy. Bryan Cristante replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  13. 83' Substitution, Italy. Mateo Retegui replaces Gianluca Scamacca.
  14. 83' Substitution, Italy. Matteo Darmian replaces Federico Dimarco.
  15. 87' Substitution, Albania. Ernest Muçi replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Italy. Michael Folorunsho replaces Nicolò Barella.

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