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

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67% Ball Possession ITALY and 33% Ball Possession VENEZUELA

   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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 International Friendly Game

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

20:45

Goals:

🟨 Booked:

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.

Italy Head Coach Luciano Spalletti: “Something modern needed”

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The Azzurri Head Coach spoke alongside Gigio Donnarumma on the eve of the game against Venezuela

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Source: figc.it

From meeting with Jannik Sinner to an encounter with Venezuela on Thursday: the Azzurri are ready to take to the pitch for the first of their two friendlies in the United States. It’ll be the first time Italy have faced the Venezuelans in their history, with the match set to kick off at 22:00 CET at the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. As Luciano Spalletti pointed out during his press conference in Rome before the team’s departure for the US, it’ll be opportunity to assess the group with less than three months to go until EURO 2024. “In today’s game, there is a tendency to be able to interpret different formations and systems, which is why we need to do something modern,” said the Head Coach in today’s press conference ahead of the group’s final session at the Inter Miami Training Complex before the game. “Before, we didn’t have much time, so we focused on a certain system. Now that we have these two friendlies, we can try something different. Commitment- and time-wise, I’m doing everything I can for the National Team, but it’s our results that will make the difference. The choice to play these opponents was made with growth in mind, also because we’ll be up against sides who will test us.”

Spalletti will have these next two friendlies (the other game will be against Ecuador on Sunday) and the two June matches against Turkey (Tuesday 4 June in Bologna) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sunday 9 June in Empoli) to help him make his choices: “We’ll take a close look at these friendlies, our training sessions and club matches and see how some new players get on. We need to constantly create something stronger; you have these tests and results emerge from them.”

Like all the players, the Head Coach was delighted to see Sinner: “He is a great example and a perfectly normal young man who, from a difficult situation, has climbed his way up towards the very top. Yesterday, he showed us that to reach the top level, you have to manage yourself in an elite way in the hours when you’re not playing your sport. He has this great mentality, as reflected by his choice to change his trainer. He knows where he wants to go.”

Yesterday, Italian football was shaken by the passing of Joe Barone, Fiorentina’s General Manager. “As a group, we are close to Barone’s family, Fiorentina and President Commisso. We know what we have lost in our sport. He influenced football more in five years than many others do in a lifetime. The Viola Park structure is testament to that, the example of what it means to be a great entrepreneur.”

Sitting next to Spalletti in the press conference was Gigio Donnarumma: “We’re delighted to be here in the US, where there are many Italians supporting us. We want to entertain them and make them proud,” said the goalkeeper. “All our matches are important in terms of preparing for the Euros. Playing these two friendlies with the right mindset will help get us ready. We’ll take every opportunity we can to try to add that little bit extra. We’ll need to be ready for any situation tomorrow and are preparing for the game in the best way possible.”