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International Friendly: Result NAPOLI 3 – 0 MANTOVA, Saturday 20 July 2024

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Napoli won their second pre-season friendly game defeating Mantova 3-0 on Saturday 20 July 2024. The scorers were Jesper Lindstrom, Leo Spinazzola and Walid Cheddira.  Mantova who are the newly promoted Serie B had a tough lesson and a lot to learn.

Napoli’s next friendly game is against Albanian champions KF Egnatia in Castel di Sangro on Sunday 28 July.

Napoli 3-0 Mantova 
Scorers: Lindstrom 4, Spinazzola 11, Cheddira 17.

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Napoli first half: Caprile, Rafa Marin, Rrahmani, Natan, Mazzocchi, Anguissa, Iaccarino, Spinazzola, Politano, Lindstrom, Cheddira.

Napoli second half: Contini, Rrahmani (Mezzoni 77), Ostigard, Juan Jesus, Zerbin, Anguissa, Iaccarino (Russo 77), Mario Rui, Ngonge, Lindstrom (Gaetano 65), Simeone (Ambrosino 63).

Coach: Antonio Conte.

Referee: Zufferli (Udine).

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Friendly: Result ITALY 1 – 0 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, Sunday 9 June 2024

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   Italy 1  – 0  Bosnia and Herzegovina 

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Italy won the last international friendly game against Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead of the UEFA EURO 2024 on Sunday 9 June 2024 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy. The Azzurri will make their debut at the European Championship on Saturday 15 June in Dortmund.
Italy beat Bosnia in an entertaining game in the first half, decidedly in the second. Under the deluge of Empoli, Spalletti’s national team ended its pre-European training camp with a victory by thanks to a goal by Davide Frattesi, who did well to take advantage of a splendid assist from Chiesa in the first half.

The Azzurri are focused with maximum concentration as we are closer to the EURO 2024 debut. Luciano Spalletti hasn’t lost any of his first three friendly games in charge of the Azzurri (W2 D1); the last coach of the senior national team to remain unbeaten in the first four matches were Dino Zoff, between November 1998 and April 1999 (1W, 3D). Empoli is the 42nd different Italian city to host an Italy match, the fifth Tuscan after Florence, Livorno, Pisa and Siena; The Azzurri are unbeaten in 35 of their 36 games played in Tuscany (W26 D9), losing only in the friendly against Croatia in Livorno on 16 August 2006 (0-2).

Italy took the lead in the 38th minute. Davide Frattesi defeated Bosnia goalkeeper Kenan Piric with a right footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Federico Chiesa.

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Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma kept a clean sheet. Well done!


✅  Stats before the game: After losing their first competitive match against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-1 in Sarajevo on 6 November 1996), Italy went unbeaten in their next four matches against them (W3 D1). Italy have kept a clean sheet in their last two matches (against Ecuador and Turkey) and could keep three clean sheets in a row for the first time since the run of 11 recorded between November 2020 and June 2021 under Roberto Mancini. Italy have drawn two of their last four games (W2), as many draws as in the previous 16 games (W9 D5); in general, the Azzurri have not recorded two consecutive “X” signs since November 2021, two draws against Switzerland and Northern Ireland in that case, in the World Cup qualifiers.

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👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALIA (3-4-2-1): Donnarumma, Darmian, Buongiorno, Calafiori – Bellanova, Jorginho, Fagioli, Cambiaso, Frattesi, Chiesa, Scamacca.

👉🇧🇦 Lineup BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA (3-5-2): Piric – Ahmedhodzic, Katic, Bicakcic – Gazibegovic, Hajradinovic, Tahirovic, Saric, Mujakic – Gigovic, Demirovic.

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 International Friendly Game

Italy – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sunday 9 June 2024
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy

21:00

Goals: 0

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Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALIA (3-4-2-1): Donnarumma, Darmian, Buongiorno, Calafiori – Bellanova, Jorginho, Fagioli, Cambiaso, Frattesi, Chiesa, Scamacca.

Subs: Vicario, Meret, Di Lorenzo, Gatti, Mancini, Bastoni, Folorunsho, Dimarco, Pellegrini, Cristante, El Shaarawy, Retegui, Zaccagni, Raspadori.

Head Coach: Luciano Spalletti.

👉🇧🇦 Lineup BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA (3-5-2): Piric – Ahmedhodzic, Katic, Bicakcic – Gazibegovic, Hajradinovic, Tahirovic, Saric, Mujakic – Gigovic, Demirovic.

Subs: Hadzikic, Hadzikadunic, Muharemovic, Huseinbasic, Burnix, Tabakovic, Sosic.

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Friendly: Result ITALY 0 – 0 TURKEY, Tuesday 4 June 2024

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   Italy 0  – 0  Turkey

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Italy and Turkey ended the international friendly game with a goalless draw on Tuesday 4 June 2024 at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium in Bologna, Italy. A game that as a whole offered few chances to score. The end of the first half, Bryan Cristante hit the post who, on the developments of a corner kick taken by Lorenzo Pellegrini, hit the woodwork on the right with a header.

Italy faced Vincenzo Montella’s Turkey. Among Turkey’s squad there were also some Serie A players: Celik (Roma), Calhanoglu (Inter) and Yildiz (Juventus). Also worth mentioning is the presence of the young talent Arda Guler, new European champion with Real Madrid.

Italy will face Bosnia and Herzegovina this Sunday in a final friendly before reaching the European Championship, where Albania will make their debut.

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✅  Stats before the game: Turkey are the national team Italy have faced the most times in their history without ever having recorded a defeat: in 12 matches, nine Azzurri wins and three draws. Italy have scored in 11 of their 12 matches against Turkey (24 goals for the Azzurri, an average of 2.0 per match), the only game in which they have failed to score against this opponent dates back to 13 January 1973 (0-0 in World Cup qualifying). Italy are unbeaten in eight of their last nine games (W6 D2), their only defeat in that period coming against England on 17 October (1-3). Italy have won nine of their last 10 friendlies, including the two against Luciano Spalletti (vs Venezuela and Ecuador last March), losing only to Austria on 20 November 2022. Italy return to play in Bologna for the first time since 4 June 2022: 1-1 against Germany in the Nations League.

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👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALIA (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Dimarco; Cristante, Jorginho; Orsolini, Pellegrini, Chiesa; Retegui.
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 International Friendly Game

Italy 0 – 0 Turkey
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Bologna, Italy

21:00

Goals: 0

🟨 Booked: 39′ Riccardo Orsolini (I), 91′ Gianluca Mancini (I)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALIA (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Dimarco; Cristante, Jorginho; Orsolini, Pellegrini, Chiesa; Retegui.

Subs: Donnarumma, Meret, Darmian, Buongiorno, Gatti, Calafiori, Cambiaso, Bellanova, Ricci, Fagioli, Folorunsho, Frattesi, Raspadori, Zaccagni, El Shaarawy.

Head Coach: Luciano Spalletti.

👉 Lineup TURKEY (4-2-3-1): Bayndir; Celik, Bardakci, Kabak, Muldur; Calhanoglu, Ayhan; Aydin, Yazici, Yildiz; Yilmaz.

Subs: Gunok, Cakir, Demiral, Akaydin, Yokuslu, Kokcu, Akturkoglu, Yuksek, Tosun, Ozkacar, Kahveci, Ozdemir, Omur, Kilicsoy, Uzun.

Head Coach: Vincenzo Montella.

Friendly: Result ECUADOR 0 – 2 ITALY, Sunday 24 March 2024

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   Ecuador 0 – 2 Italy   

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Italy won the friendly game against Ecuador on Sunday 24 March 2024 at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey, USA. An early goal from Lorenzo Pellegrini and a goal at the end from Nicolò Barella, the Azzurri ended the American mini tour with another win. Italy got 2 victories in this tour in preparation for the next European Championship, the Azzurri, after the 2-1 success against Venezuela.

Italy will meet again in June for two more friendlies – against Turkey and Bosnia – before the start of the European Championship.

Italy with a fast start took the lead in the 2nd minute. Lorenzo Pellegrini defeated Ecuador goalkeeper Javier Burrai with a left-footed shot to the top right corner.

Italy sealed the victory in the 93rd minute. Nicolò Barella scored with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Riccardo Orsolini.

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Stats before the game: This will be the third meeting in history between Italy and Ecuador, with the Azzurri unbeaten in the previous two: 1-1 in the most recent one played on 11 June 2005 (friendly) and 2-0 victory in the group stage match at the 2002 World Cup, thanks to Christian Vieri’s brace. Two of the only three matches between Ecuador and Italy were played in the United States; the friendly match in June 2005 was in fact staged at the Giants Stadium – now MetLife Stadium – in East Rutherford, just over 15 km away from the Red Bull Arena, the scene of today’s match between these two teams. Italy has won two of the last three friendlies played against South American opponents (L1), including the most recent last Thursday against Venezuela, after failing to win the first seven matches of this type in the 2000s (D3, L4 ). More specifically, the Azzurri could score two consecutive victories in non-competitive matches against these opponents for the first time since the period between 1980 and 1987. Ecuador’s last victory against a European team dates back to February 2013: 3-2 in a friendly match played in Guimaraes against Portugal. Since then for La Tricolor seven matches without success in the matches in question (D4, L3) but two draws in the last two, against France and Holland at the World Cup between 2014 and 2022.

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Ecuador – Italy
Sunday 24 March 2024
Red Bull Arena
Harrison, New Jersey, USA

21:00

Goals: 2′ Lorenzo Pellegrini (I)

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Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

Lineup ECUADOR (3-4-3): Burrai – Torres, Pacho, Hincapie – Preciado, Moises Caicedo, Franco, Estupinan – Plata, Minda, Sarmiento.

Subs: Galindez, Dominguez, Arboleda, Cifuentes, Gruezo, Yeboah, Hurtado, Chala, Mena, Paez, Ortiz, Caicedo J., Realpe, Ordonez, Obando.

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👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALY (3-4-2-1): Vicario,Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni, Bellanova, Barella, Jorginho, Dimarco – Zaniolo, Pellegrini, Raspadori.

Subs: Donnarumma, Carnesecchi, Di Lorenzo, Buongiorno, Scalvini, Cambiaso, Locatelli, Bonaventura, Frattesi, Zaccagni, Orsolini, Chiesa, Retegui.

Coach: Luciano Spalletti

Friendly: Result ITALY 2 – 1 VENEZUELA, Thursday 21 March 2024

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   Italy  2- 1 Venezuela 

40′ Mateo Retegui              43′ Darwin Machís.
80′ MateoRetegui                 3′ ❌ Salomón Rondón (pen)
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Italy face Venezuela for the first time in their history on Thursday 21 March 2024 at the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. Italy’s first game in nearly 19 years, after facing Ecuador in New York in 2005 in their most recent game in the United States. Italy preparing ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024. The Azzurri claimed this victory thanks to a brace by Mateo Retegui.

Good start with Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saving a penalty shot in the 3rd minute. Salomón Rondón failed to convert the penalty conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno.

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Italy took the lead in the 40th minute. Mateo Retegui defeated Venezuela goalkeeper Rafael Romo with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Andrea Cambiaso.

Venezuela with a quick reaction equalized the game in the 43rd minute. Darwin Macis defeated goalkeeper Donnarumma with a left-footed shot to the center.

Italy took back the lead in the 80th minute.It is Mateo Retegui to score with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Jorginho.

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✅  Stats before the game: This will be the first challenge in history between Italy and Venezuela. The Azzurri have won only one of their last 13 matches against South American national teams (D4, L8): 3-0 in a friendly against Uruguay, on 7 June 2017 in Nice. The Azzurri will return to play a match in the United States for the first time since 11 June 2005, in the 1-1 friendly draw against Ecuador in New York (East Rutherford) with Marcello Lippi as coach. This will also be Italy’s first match in Florida. Italy have remained unbeaten in nine of their last 10 friendlies (W7, D2), however losing the most recent one: 0-2 against Austria, on 20 November 2022 – the Azzurri have not recorded two friendly defeats in a row since the period between June and November 2015 (against Portugal and Belgium in that case). After the 0-0 draw against Ukraine in the last match of the European Championship qualifiers, Italy could draw two consecutive matches for the first time since November 2021 (in the World Cup qualifiers against Switzerland and Northern Ireland). The Azzurri could keep a clean sheet in two games in a row for the first time since September 2022 (in the Nations League against England and Hungary in that case).

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Italy 2 – 1 Venezuela
Thursday 21 March 2024
San Siro Stadium
Milan, Italy

20:45

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Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALIA (3-5-2):  Donnarumma – Di Lorenzo, Buongiorno, Scalvini – Cambiaso, Frattesi, Locatelli, Bonaventura, Udogie – Chiesa, Retegui.

Subs.: Vicario, Meret, Bellanova, Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni, Dimarco, Barella, Jorginho, Pellegrini, Folorunsho, Orsolini, Zaccagni, Zaniolo, Raspadori.

Coach: Luciano Spalletti

👉 Lineup VENEZUELA (4-2-3-1): Romo – Ferraresi, Angel, Osorio, Navarro – Aramburu, Martinez – Machis, Casseres, Savarino – Rondon.

Subs.: Graterol, Contreras, Andrade, Cadiz, Castillo, Gonzalez, Makoun, Murillo, Pena, Pereira, Rincon, Rivas, Romulo, Segovia, Cordova.