By Anna Italia
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Italian Soccer Serie A
48% Ball Possession SWITZERLAND and 52% Ball Possession ITALY
Switzerland Italy 
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Italy failing to win the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers game against Switzerland on Sunday 5 September 2021 at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland. The direct clash in the qualifying round ending with a goalless draw. Italy remain in the first with 11 points and the Swiss second with 7 points but with two games to recover. Despite the draw, Italy remain unbeaten though the objective was to win the game. Italy set a 36 unbeaten consecutive games.
Stats before the game: Switzerland and Italy playing 59 matches, Italy 29 wins, 22 draws and Switzerland 8 defeats. Italy have not lost any of their last nine games against Switzerland (5 wins, 4draws); the last defeat was 28 years ago, 0-1 in Bern in a qualifying match for the World Cup (May 1993). Roberto Mancini was also included in the Italian national team. Italy are unbeaten in 15 of the last 16 games played on Swiss territory (4W, 11N – including a challenge on neutral ground), nevertheless drawing the three most recent matches, including one in Basel (0-0, August 2009). Italy have not lost in 35 games in a row (27W, 8N), equaling the longest streak without a defeat for a senior European national team established by Spain in the 2007-2009 period. On the world level, however, only Brazil between 1993 and 1996 did better (36). Italy have drawn their last three games, only twice in the 21st century have they recorded more draws in a row: in November 2013 and June 2005 (both four). Italy have scored 17 games in a row, the last time they recorded a longer streak of games with goals to the credit was in May 2004 (19 in that case).
Italy with 36 unbeaten games Switzerland 0-0 Italy. The objective now is to win the next game against Lithuania to claim full 3 points. Qualification to the World Cup 2022 is the main target.
👉Italy 11 points
👉Switzerland 7 points (2 pending games)https://t.co/IeQOalhmeM https://t.co/ZLVvVVJzpD— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 5, 2021
You have a point, here. https://t.co/un2WvLejZS pic.twitter.com/O2YYrf1NpQ
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 5, 2021
Italy had the chance to take the lead. In the 53rd minute, Jorginho failed to convert a penalty saved by Switzerland goalkeeper Sommer in the bottom right corner. The penalty was conceded by Ricardo Rodríguez after a foul on Domenico Berardi inside the penalty area.
Sommer's gone and saved a Jorginho penalty now. His 2021 like no other year!https://t.co/IECDp0KSUb
— Aniket (@SweeperKeeperMN) September 5, 2021
Photo via https://twitter.com/Azzurri_En
#WCQ 🌍
⏱️ 72′ – #Insigne turns and shoots, but Sommer is there to deny the Azzurri again…#SUIITA 0️⃣-0️⃣#Azzurri #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/uIvelesLjV
— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) September 5, 2021
👉 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Group C, Italy leading with 11 points
| Group c standing | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Goal difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 |
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It is Referee Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP) will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP) and Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP). The Fourth Official will beJose Munuera Montero (ESP). The VAR will be Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP) and the AVAR will be Inigo Prieto Lopez (ESP). The Referee Assessor will be Alain Hamer (LUX)
Tonight’s setting 🏟️#SUIITA #WCQ #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/JwCH2wXtJK
— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) September 5, 2021
👉Lineup SWITZERLAND (4-3-21): Sommer; Widmer, Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez; Aeblscher, Frei, Sow; Steffen, Zuber; Seferovic.
Subs: Mvogo, Kobel, Garcia, Schar, Zeqiri, Ndoye, Zesiger, Fassnacht, Lotomba, Vargas, Zakaria.
Coach: Yakin. https://t.co/cV3S0uNaIX
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 5, 2021
🌍 #WCQ 🌍
🇨🇭 #Switzerland 🆚 #Italy 🇮🇹
⏱️ 20.45 CEST
🏟️ St. Jakob-Park, #Basel#Qatar2022 #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/GtiQFYoY2W— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) September 5, 2021
A peek inside the #Azzurri changing room 👕📸#SUIITA #WCQ #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/fvntPbwNU3
— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) September 5, 2021
🏆👉Switzerland vs Italy Match Officials
🗓️ Sunday 5 September 2021
🏟️St. Jakob-Park
⏲️20:45🙍♂️Referee Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
🚩Pau Cebrian Devis and Roberto A. Fernandez
4⃣Jose Munuera Montero
🥅VAR Juan M. Munuerahttps://t.co/PjKn7lkOtZ✅ @socios #ItalianSerieA pic.twitter.com/fDoK6qYJQ4
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 5, 2021
👉First half is over. Switzerland 0 – 0 Italy
⚽️ No goals yet…
✍️ Ball Possession: 41% @nati_sfv_asf 🇨🇭and 59% @Azzurri_En 🇮🇹
✅ https://t.co/IeQOalhmeM@IntChampionsCup @socios @TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown #AnnaItalia @milanmania #ItalianSoccerSerieA @vivoazzurri https://t.co/AEWNwWb78L
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 5, 2021
Yep, that’s what I have been trying to say…. No point on having an unbeaten record if Italy don’t qualify to the World Cup 2022. I rather lose the record but QUALIFY.
Simple as 1+1=2.@Azzurri_En @Azzurri @vivoazzurri @vivo_azzurri @TheCalcioGuys @acmilanyyc https://t.co/FMjIuJz1WF pic.twitter.com/VH97FXuX7j
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 5, 2021
36. È stata scritta un’altra pagina di storia. Testa alta, quello che ci è mancato, continuando così, arriverà. 🇮🇹 💪🏻 #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/CWSaqHKP5p
— Leonardo Bonucci (@bonucci_leo19) September 5, 2021
👉Result Switzerland 0 – 0 Italy
⚽️ No goals
✍️ Ball Possession: 48% @nati_sfv_asf 🇨🇭and 52% @Azzurri_En 🇮🇹
✅ https://t.co/IeQOalhmeM@IntChampionsCup @socios @TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown #AnnaItalia @milanmania #ItalianSoccerSerieA @vivoazzurri @vivo_azzurri https://t.co/zixSzCng7d
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 5, 2021
2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
Group C
Switzerland – Italy
Sunday 5 September 2021
St. Jakob-Park
Basel, Switzerland
20:45
Referee: Carlos Del Cerro Grande
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrian Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Alonso Fernandez (E)
Fourth Official: Jose Munuera Montero (ESP)
VAR: Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP)
AVAR: Inigo Prieto Lopez (ESP)
Referee Assessor: Alain Hamer (LUX)
Goals:
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉Lineup SWITZERLAND (4-3-21): Sommer; Widmer, Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez; Aeblscher, Frei, Sow; Steffen, Zuber; Seferovic.
Subs: Mvogo, Kobel, Garcia, Schar, Zeqiri, Ndoye, Zesiger, Fassnacht, Lotomba, Vargas, Zakaria.
Coach: Yakin.
👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALIA (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Emerson; Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli; Berardi, Immobile, Insigne.
Subs: Sirigu, Gollini, Calabria, Toloi, Bastoni, Cristante, Pellegrini, Pessina, Verratti, Zaniolo, Chiesa, Raspadori.
Coach: Mancini.