International Friendly

FT Sunday, March 24, 2024
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Ecuador WDDWW 0
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Match Report

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Italy beat Ecuador with goals from Pellegrini, Barella

An early goal from Lorenzo Pellegrini and a late strike from Nicolo Barella gave a revamped Italy side a 2-0 win over Ecuador in a friendly at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey on Sunday.

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Head to Head

ITA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

ECU · 3-4-3

  1. 12Javier BurraiG
  2. 6Willian PachoCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 2Félix TorresCD-R
  5. 23Moisés CaicedoCM-L
  6. 21Alan FrancoCM-R
  7. 7Pervis EstupiñánLM
  8. 17Ángelo PreciadoRM
  9. 10Gonzalo PlataF
  10. 11Jeremy SarmientoCF-L
  11. 26Alan MindaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Robert ArboledaSUB
  2. 16Kendry PáezSUB
  3. 5José CifuentesSUB
  4. 8Carlos GruezoSUB
  5. 14Aníbal ChaláSUB
  6. 13José HurtadoSUB
  7. 1Hernán GalíndezSUB
  8. 15Ángel MenaSUB
  9. 22Alexander DomínguezSUB
  10. 24Joel OrdóñezSUB
  11. 20Léo RealpeSUB
  12. 25Allen ObandoSUB
  13. 18Joao OrtizSUB
  14. 9John YeboahSUB
  15. 19Jordy CaicedoSUB

ITA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 16Gianluca ManciniCD
  3. 23Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 13Matteo DarmianCD-R
  5. 8JorginhoCM-L
  6. 18Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 3Federico DimarcoLM
  8. 25Raoul BellanovaRM
  9. 11Giacomo RaspadoriF
  10. 10Lorenzo PellegriniCF-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Davide FrattesiSUB
  2. 17Riccardo OrsoliniSUB
  3. 5Manuel LocatelliSUB
  4. 20Mattia ZaccagniSUB
  5. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaSUB
  6. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoSUB
  7. 15Giorgio ScalviniSUB
  8. 24Andrea CambiasoSUB
  9. 7Giacomo BonaventuraSUB
  10. 21Marco CarnesecchiSUB
  11. 9Mateo ReteguiSUB
  12. 14Federico ChiesaSUB
  13. 4Alessandro BuongiornoSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Ecuador 0, Italy 1. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 38' Jorginho (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Italy. Giovanni Di Lorenzo replaces Raoul Bellanova.
  4. 65' Substitution, Ecuador. Kendry Páez replaces Alan Minda because of an injury.
  5. 66' Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Italy. Manuel Locatelli replaces Jorginho.
  7. 67' Substitution, Italy. Davide Frattesi replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  8. 73' Gianluca Mancini (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Italy. Mateo Retegui replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  10. 76' Substitution, Italy. Riccardo Orsolini replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  11. 79' Substitution, Ecuador. Carlos Gruezo replaces Alan Franco.
  12. 79' Substitution, Ecuador. Allen Obando replaces Jeremy Sarmiento.
  13. 88' Substitution, Italy. Andrea Cambiaso replaces Federico Dimarco.
  14. 89' Andrea Cambiaso (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+4' Goal! Ecuador 0, Italy 2. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riccardo Orsolini with a through ball.

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