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Italian Soccer Serie A supports Serie A players with their National teams
There are 7 Italian Serie A Players called up in the World Cup Group C game, Japan vs Greece on Thursday 19 June 2014 at the Estadio das Dunas in Natal, Brazil.
Italian Serie A Players in FIFA World Cup Group C:
Greece: 5 Italian Serie A players with Greece National Football team:
- AS Roma defender Vasilis Torosidis, got a yellow card in the 88th minute for a handball, played all 90 minutes
- Torino midfielder Panagiotis Tachtsidis, did not play, listed among Subs
- Genoa midfielder Giannis Fetfatzidis, played 42 minutes after being replaced by Giorgios Karagounis.
- Bologna midfielder Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, did not play, listed among Subs
- Bologna midfielder Panagiotis Kone, played 81 minutes after being replaced by Dimitrios Salpingidis
Note: Bologna were relegated to Serie B for next season..
Japan: 2 Italian Serie A players with Japan National Football team:
- Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo, played all 90 minutes
- AC Milan forward Keisuke Honda, played all 90 minutes
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP
Group C
Japan 0 – 0 Greece
Estadio das Dunas
Natal, Brazil,
Thursday 19 June 2014
Referee: Joel AGUILAR (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: William TORRES (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan ZUMBA (SLV)
Fourth official: Norbert HAUATA (TAH)
Official formations – lineups:
JAPAN (4-2-3-1): 1 Kawashima; 2 Uchida, 5 Nagatomo, 22 Yoshida, 15 Konno; 16 Yamaguchi, 17 Hasebe; 4 Honda, 13 Okubo, 18 Osako; 9 Okazaki
Subs: 12 Nisikawa, 23 Godna, 3 Sakai, 7 Endo, 8 Kiyotake, 11 Kakitani, 10 Kagawa, 14 Aoyama, 6 Morishige, 19 Inoha, 20 Saito, 21 Sakai
Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni
GREECE (4-3-3): 1 Karnezis; 15 Torosidis, 20 Holebas, 4 Manolas, 19 Papastathopoulos; 2 Maniatis, 21 Katsouranis, 8 Kone; 18 Fetfatzidis (41′ Karagounis), 7 Samaras, 9 Mitroglou (34′ Gekas)
Subs.: 12 Glykos, 3 Tzavelas, 5 Moras, 6 Tziolis, 11 Vyntra, 13 Kapino, 16 Christodoulopoulos, 14 Salpingidis, 22 Samaris, 23 Tachtsidis
All.: Fernando Santos
