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FIFA World Cup: Mexico vs Poland, Official Starting Lineups, Tuesday 22 November 2022

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🏆👉 Here are Mexico vs Poland official starting lineups – formations for the FIFA World Cup Group C on Tuesday 22 November 2022 at the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium in Doha, Qatar at 19:00 (local time).

  •  Italian Serie A players called up in this game 

🇵🇱  Poland:  Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus), Łukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Bartłomiej Drągowski (Spezia), Kamil Glik (Benevento), Bartosz Bereszyński (Sampdoria), Nicola Zalewski (Roma), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), Szymon Żurkowski (Fiorentina), Arzadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piątek (Salernitana).

🇲🇽  Mexico:  Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Johàn Vasquez (Cremonese)

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Lineup MEXICO (4-3-3): Ochoa; Sanchez, Montes, Moreno, Gallardo; Alvarez, Herrera, Chavez; Lozano, Martin, Vega.

Subs: Talavera, Araujo, K. Alvarez, Vasquez, Arteaga, Romo, C. Rodriguez, R. Jimenez, Funes Mori, Cota, Gutierrez, Pineda, Guardado, Antuna, Alvarado.

Head Coach: Gerardo Martino

Lineup POLAND (3-5-2): Szczesny; Cash, Glik, Kiwior; Bereszynski, Kaminski, Krychowiak, Zielinski, Zalewski; Szymanski, Lewandowski.

Subs:  Skorupski, Witeska, Jedrzejczyk, Skoras, Bednarek, Bielik, Milik, D. Szymanski, Grosicki, Swiderski, Zurkowski, Grabara, Piatek, Frankowski, Gumny.

Head Coach: Czesław Michniewicz

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Group C

Mexico – Poland
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Ras Abu Aboud Stadium
Doha, Qatar

19:00 (local time in Qatar)

Referee: Christopher Beath (AUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Ashley Beecham (AUS)
Fourth Official: Stephanie Frappart (FRA)
Reserve AR: Neuza Back (BRA)
VAR: Shaun Evans (AUS)
AVAR: Nicolas Gallo (COL)
OVAR: Martin Soppi (URU)
SVAR: Juan Soto (VEN)
SAVAR: Djibril Camara (SEN)

FIFA World Cup: Result USA 1 – 1 WALES, Monday 21 November 2022

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59% Ball Possession USA and 41% Ball Possession WALES

             USA 1 – 1 Wales  
36′ Timothy Weah                         82′ Gareth Bale (pen)
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🏆👉USA and Wales playing for the first time in a World Cup game ended the FIFA World Cup Group B with a draw on Monday 21 November 2022 at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. Wales attend a World Cup 64 years after their last participation (1958) – the longest gap between appearances by a single team in the history of the tournament.

USA and Wales have 1 point each. This draw is a flop for the United States after leading the game while conceded a penalty which was the equalizer for Wales.  The two teams are behind leaders England with 3 points. Group B is closed by Iran with 0 points.   In the first half of the game, US domination, was sealed by Weah’s opening goal. In the second half, the Welsh reaction was vehement, resulting in the penalty kick converted by Gareth Bale.

  •  Italian Serie A players called up in this game

🇺🇸 United States:  Weston McKennie (Juventus), 13th minute got a yellow card. He played until the 66th minute replaced by Brenden Aaronson.
Sergino Dest (Milan) 11th minute got a yellow card and played until the 74th minute replaced by DeAndre Yedlin.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales:  Ethan Ampadou (Spezia) played until the 95th minute and was replaced by Joe Morrell.

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United States opened the score in the 36th minute. Timothy Weah defeated Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Christian Pulisic.

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Wales equalized for the 1 – 1 in the 82nd minute. Captain Gareth Bale converted a penalty with a left-footed shot. The penalty is conceded by Walker Zimmerman after a foul on Bale.

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✅  Stats before the game:  The US team is so far unbeaten in the previous two meetings played in friendly matches (W1, D1). The United States qualified for the 11th time at a World Cup and for the first time since 2014, when they were eliminated by Belgium in the round of 16. Including 2022, only Mexico (17) has appeared in more World Championships than the United States (11) among CONCACAF nations, with the latter able to reach the knockout stages in three of its last four participations (2002, 2010 , 2014). The United States have kept only two clean sheets in their last 27 World Cup matches, conceding 46 goals in the run, after keeping three clean sheets in three of their first six matches in the tournament between 1930 and 1950. In 33 World Cup matches, the United States has never drawn 0-0. No other team has played so many matches in the tournament without finishing a goalless match.

🏆👉 Lineup USA (4-3-3): Turner; Dest, Ream, Robinson; Zimmerman; McKennie, Adams (C), Musah; Pulisic, Sargent, Weah.

🏆👉 Lineup WALES (3-4-3): Hennessey; Rodon, Davies, Mepham; Roberts, Ampadu, Ramsey, Williams; Bale (C), James, Wilson.

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Group B

USA 1 – 1 WALES
Monday 21 November 2022
Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar

22:00 (local)

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al-Marri (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al-Maqaleh (QAT)
Fourth Official: Ma Ning (CHN)
Reserve AR: Cao Yi (CHN)
VAR: Abdullah Al-Marri (QAT)
AVAR: Redouane Jiyed (MAR)
OVAR: Mokrane Gourari (ALG)
SVAR: Adil Zourak (MAR)
SAVAR: Elvis Noupue (CMR)

⚽️ Goals: 36′ Timothy Weah (U), 82′ Gareth Bale (W)(pen)

🟨 Yellows: 11’Sergiño Dest (U), 13′ Weston McKennie (U) 40′ Gareth Bale (W), 45+2′ Chris Mepham (W), 51′ Tim Ream (U),  100′ Kellyn Acosta (U)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

🏆👉 Lineup USA (4-3-3): Turner; Dest, Ream, Robinson; Zimmerman; McKennie, Adams (C), Musah; Pulisic, Sargent, Weah.

 Subs: Horvath, S. Johnson, Reyna, Ferreira, Aaro

Head Coach: Berhalter.

🏆👉 Lineup WALES (3-4-3): Hennessey; Rodon, Davies, Mepham; Roberts, Ampadu, Ramsey, Williams; Bale (C), James, Wilson.

Subs: Ward, Davies, Gunter, Allen, Johnson, Moore, Morrell, Lockyer, J. Williams, Harris, Thomas, Levitt, Cabango, Colwill, Smith.

Head Coach: Page.

FIFA World Cup: USA vs Wales, Official Starting Lineups, Monday 21 November 2022

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🏆👉 Here are United States vs Wales official starting lineups for the FIFA World Cup Group B on Monday 21 November 2022 at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar at 22:00 (local time).

  •  Italian Serie A players called up in this World Cup

🇺🇸 United States:  Weston McKennie (Juventus), Sergino Dest (Milan)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales:  Ethan Ampadou (Spezia).

Lineup USA (4-3-3): Turner; Dest, Ream, Robinson; Zimmerman; McKennie, Adams (C), Musah; Pulisic, Sargent, Weah.

 Subs: Horvath, S. Johnson, Reyna, Ferreira, Aaro

Head Coach: Berhalter.

Lineup WALES (3-4-3): Hennessey; Rodon, Davies, Mepham; Roberts, Ampadu, Ramsey, Williams; Bale (C), James, Wilson.

Subs: Ward, Davies, Gunter, Allen, Johnson, Moore, Morrell, Lockyer, J. Williams, Harris, Thomas, Levitt, Cabango, Colwill, Smith.

Head Coach: Page.

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Group B

USA – WALES
Monday 21 November 2022
Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar

22:00 (local)

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al-Marri (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al-Maqaleh (QAT)
Fourth Official: Ma Ning (CHN)
Reserve AR: Cao Yi (CHN)
VAR: Abdullah Al-Marri (QAT)
AVAR: Redouane Jiyed (MAR)
OVAR: Mokrane Gourari (ALG)
SVAR: Adil Zourak (MAR)
SAVAR: Elvis Noupue (CMR)

List: Italian Serie A and Serie B Players participating in the 2022 FIFA World Cup

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Hello, my friends!  Although Italy will not take part in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, many of our  Italian Serie A players will be participating with their respective national teams. The World Cup will kick off on Sunday 20 November 2022 with Qatar vs Ecuador at the Al-Bayt Stadium. The Final will be on Sunday 28 December at the Lusail National Stadium.  The Serie A will resume until Wednesday 4 January 2023.

✅   I will be covering the games giving priority to our Serie A players.  Here is the breakdown: (Updated November 17)

  • Serbia with the most called up players with a total of 11 players.  Poland have 10 players.
  • Group G (Cameroon, Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland) there are 20 players.
  • Group C (Argentina, Poland, Mexico and Saudi Arabia) includes 16.
  • Group E (Spain, Costa Rica, Germany and Japan) does not include any Serie A players.
  • Juventus have the most called up players, a total of 11, followed by AC Milan with 7, and Inter with 6.
  • We have also 3 players from Serie B: Brescia, Benevent, and Bari

** November 17: Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina) and Joaquin Correa (Inter) were knocked out for injuries and forced to return home missing the World Cup.

🏆👉Serie A Players in World Cup Group A

🇶🇦   Qatar:  None
🇪🇨  Ecuador:  None
🇸🇳  Senegal:  Ballo Tourè (Milan), Boulaye Dia (Salernitana).
🇳🇱  Netherlands:  Stefan de Vrij (Inter), Denzel Dumfries (Inter), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta).

🏆👉Serie A Players World Cup Group B

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  England:  None
🇺🇸 United States:  Weston McKennie (Juventus), Sergino Dest (Milan)
🇮🇷 Iran:  None
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales:  Ethan Ampadou (Spezia).

🏆👉Serie A Players World Cup Group C

🇦🇷 Argentina:  Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Paulo Dybala (Roma),

** Updated November 17:  Forced to return home for injury Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina) and Joaquin Correa (Inter).

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia:  None
🇵🇱 Poland:  Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus), Łukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Kamil Glik (Benevento), Bartosz Bereszyński (Sampdoria), Nicola Zalewski (Roma), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), Szymon Żurkowski (Fiorentina), Arzadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piątek (Salernitana).
🇲🇽 Mexico:  Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Johàn Vasquez (Cremonese)

🏆👉Serie A Players World Cup Group D

🇫🇷 France:  Theo Hernández (Milan), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Olivier Giroud (Milan).
🇦🇺 Australia:  Fran Karacic (Brescia), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona)
🇩🇰 Denmark:   Simon Kjaer (Milan), Joakim Mæhle (Atalanta)
🇹🇳 Tunisia:  None

🏆👉Serie A Players World Cup Group E

🇪🇸 Spain: None
🇨🇷 Costa Rica:  None
🇩🇪 Germany:  None
🇯🇵 Japan:  None

🏆👉Serie A Players World Cup Group F

🇧🇪 Belgium:  Romelu Lukaku (Inter), Charles De Ketelaere (Milan)
🇨🇦 Canada:  None
🇲🇦 Morocco:  Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), Walid Cheddira (Bari)
🇭🇷 Croatia:  Martin Erlic (Sassuolo), Marcelo Brozović (Inter), Mario Pašalić (Atalanta), Nikola Vlašić (Torino).

🏆👉Serie A Players World Cup Group G

🇧🇷 Brazil:  Danilo Luiz (Juventus), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Gleyson Bremer (Juventus).
🇷🇸 Serbia:  Vanja Milinković-Savić (Torino), Nikola Milenković (Fiorentina), Filip Kostić (Juventus), Nemanja Radonjić (Torino), Filip Djuricic (Sampdoria), Sergej Milinković-Savić (Lazio), Saša Lukić (Torino), Darko Lazović (Hellas Verona), Ivan Ilić (Hellas Verona), Luka Jović (Fiorentina), Dušan Vlahović (Juventus).
🇨🇭 Switzerland:  Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Michel Aebischer (Bologna)
🇨🇲 Cameroon:  Andrè Onana (Inter), Martin Hongla (Hellas Verona), Andrè Zambo Anguissa (Napoli), Enzo Ebosse (Udinese).

🏆👉Serie A Players World Cup Group H

🇵🇹 Portugal:  Rui Patricio (Roma), Rafael Leão (Milan)
🇬🇭 Ghana:  None
🇺🇾 Uruguay:  Matias Viña (Roma), Mathias Olivera (Napoli), Matias Vecino (Lazio)
🇰🇷 South Korea:  Kim Min-jae (Napoli)

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🏆👉  Italian Serie A players divided by Club teams
👉  Juventus (11)
  • Leandro Paredes (Argentina)
  • Ángel Di María (Argentina)
  • Bremer (Brazil)
  • Danilo (Brazil)
  • Alex Sandro (Brazil)
  • Adrien Rabiot (France)
  • Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland)
  • Arkadiusz Milik (Poland)
  • Filip Kostić (Serbia)
  • Dušan Vlahović (Serbia)
  • Weston McKennie (USA)
👉 Inter Milan (7)
  • Lautaro Martínez (Argentina)
  • Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
  • André Onana (Cameroon)
  • Marcel Brozović (Croatia)
  • Stefan De Vrij (Netherlands)
  • Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands)

Updated November 17:  Joaquín Correa forced to return home for injury

👉 AC Milan (7)
  • Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium)
  • Simon Kjær (Denmark)
  • Theo Hernández (France)
  • Olivier Giroud (France)
  • Rafael Leão (Portugal)
  • Ballo Touré (Senegal)
  • Sergino Dest (United States)
👉 Napoli (5)
  • André Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon)
  • Kim Min-jae (South Korea)
  • Hirving Lozano (Mexico)
  • Piotr Zieliński (Napoli)
  • Mathías Olivera (Uruguay)
👉 Fiorentina (5)
  • Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco)
  • Szymon Żurkowski (Poland)
  • Nikola Milenković (Serbia)
  • Luka Jović (Serbia)

(Note: Nico González (Argentina) returned home on November 17 for injury  missing the World Cup

👉 Torino (5)
  • Nikola Vlašić (Croatia)
  • Vanja Milinković-Savić (Serbia)
  • Saša Lukić (Serbia)
  • Nemanja Radonjić (Serbia)
  • Ricardo Rodriguez (Switzerland)
👉 AS Roma (4)
  • Paulo Dybala (Argentina)
  • Nicola Zalewski (Poland)
  • Rui Patricio (Portugal)
  • Matías Viña (Uruguay)
👉 Atalanta (4)
  • Mario Pašalić (Croatia)
  • Joakim Mæhle (Denmark)
  • Martin De Roon (Netherlands)
  • Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands)
👉 Hellas Verona (4)
  • Ajdin Hrustic (Australia)
  • Martin Hongla (Cameroon)
  • Ivan Ilić (Serbia)
  • Darko Lazović (Serbia)
👉 Sampdoria (3)
  • Abdelhamid Sabiri (Morocco)
  • Bartosz Bereszyński (Poland)
  • Filip Đuričić (Serbia)
👉 Salernitana (3)
  • Krzysztof Piątek (Poland)
  • Bouladye Dia (Senegal)
  • Dylan Bronn (Tunisia)
👉 Lazio (2)
  • Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia)
  • Matias Vecino (Uruguay)
👉 Spezia (2)
  • Ethan Ampadu (Wales)
  • Jakub Kiwior (Spice)
👉 Bologna (2)
  • Lucas Skorupski (Poland)
  • Michel Aebischer (Switzerland)
👉 Sassuolo (1)
  • Martin Erlic (Croatia)
👉 Udinese (1)
  • Enzo Ebosse (Cameroon)
 👉 Serie B team: Cremona (1)
  • Johan Vásquez (Mexico)
👉 Serie B team: Bari
  • Walid Cheddira (Morocco)
👉 Serie B team: Benevento
  • Camil Glik (Poland)
👉 Serie B team: Brescia
  • Fran Karacic (Australia)

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Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini Called Up 31 players for the friendlies with Albania and Austria in November 2022

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Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini called up 31 players for their final two tests of 2022 with friendly games against Albania on 16 November at 20:45 CET, at Air Albania stadium in Tirana.  This game will mark the 400th game in Italy’s history (194 wins, 115 draws, and 90 losses).  The second game will be against Austria on 20 November at 20.45 CET, at Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna.

As reported by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), players will meet up at Coverciano on Sunday 13 November. There is a first senior call-up for 16-year-old Udinese forward Simone Pafundi, and for Juventus midfielders Nicolò Fagioli (2001-born) and Fabio Miretti (2003-born). All three had already been selected by Mancini earlier in the year in a special training camp dedicated to identify young and upcoming talent in the country. Back after a year since his last call-up is Federico Chiesa, who has just returned to fitness after his left-knee cruciate ligament injury sustained last January.

🇮🇹 👉 Italy Squad

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Ivan Provedel (Lazio), Guglielmo Vicario (Empoli);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Inter), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Emerson Palmieri (West Ham), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Pasquale Mazzocchi (Salernitana), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta);

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), Fabio Miretti (Juventus), Matteo Pessina (Monza), Samuele Ricci (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Milan), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain);

Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds), Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), Simone Pafundi (Udinese), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).

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Italy will be preparing for the UEFA EURO 2024 qualification will get underway, and in June the Azzurri will compete in the Nations League Final Four along with Croatia, Spain and the hosts, the Netherlands (semi-final draw to take place in January).

🇮🇹 👉 Backgroud for the games against Albania and Austria

ALBANIA VS. ITALY. Italy and Albania have previously met on only three occasions, all of them in recent times. The first game was back in 2014 in a friendly in Genova that the Azzurri won 1-0, before two clashes in the 2018 World Cup qualification stage, with Italy winning both games in Palermo and Scutari (it was the 800th game for Italy at all levels). In the dugout for Albania will be Edy Reja, the fourth Italian in the Albanian hot-seat in four meetings (two times with De Biasi, one Panucci). In total, there have been 17 games between Italy and an Italian Head Coach on the opposing side (Trappatoni four times, the only one to beat us, and Ghedin), with 14 wins for the Azzurri, two draws and a defeat. In Italy’s first-ever visit to Albania in 2017, they won 1-0 in Scutari, as the Air Albania Stadium was being re-constructed at the time; it will be the first time they will have played in Tirana.

AUSTRIA VS. ITALY. Italy and Austria have faced each other 38 times: Italy have won 18 times, drawn eight and lost twelve, but with less goals scored (51 to 57). Italy was only able to get their first win against Austria back in 1931, after previously drawing four and losing six of the opening ten games between the sides. From 1962 onwards, things got rather better for the Azzurri as they conjured up eleven wins and three draws, remaining unbeaten to this day, 62 years in total. The last defeat came in December 1960 in a 2-1 loss in Naples. The last meeting between the two was in the round of 16 at Euro 2020, at Wembley, won 2-1 in extra-time (in that game, Austria finally broke their duck after not scoring against Italy for 1,168 minutes). This time around, it will be the Azzurri’s 15th outing in Vienna: the previous 14 were all against Austria bar one, that was against Spain at Euro 2008; their record is five wins, three draws and six losses (12/18 goals for/against). The Azzurri haven’t conceded in Vienna in their last three games (the last goal was in 1970), and are unbeaten in seven (last loss was in 1958).