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58% Ball Possession ITALY and 42% Ball Possession ENGLAND
Italy 1 – 2 England
56′ Mateo Retegui 13′ Declan Rice
. 44′ Harry Kane (pen)
. 🟥 Red Card: 81′ Luke Shaw
🏆👉 Italy lost the UEFA European 2024 Qualifiers Group Stage – Group C defeated by England on Thursday 23 March 2023 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy. The Azzurri react in the second half, Retegui scored with his debut goal by shortening the distance on an assist from Pellegrini, the English remain in 10 due to Luke Shaw’s expulsion but manage to hold on and win the first match of the qualifiers thanks to goals in the first half by Declan and Harry Kane.
Italy began the process of qualifying for the next European Championships as reigning Champions, facing the English, eliminated by France in the quarter-finals of the recent World Cup.European Qualification: Here we are again, as reigning Champions.
We return to the pitch on Sunday for the second day: Mancini’s boys will visit Malta while Southgate’s team will host Ukraine.
UEFA European Championship Qualifying Standings – Group C after Matchday 1
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | England | 1 | +1 | 3 |
2 | North Macedonia | 1 | +1 | 3 |
3 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Malta | 1 | -1 | 0 |
5 | Italy | 1 | -1 | 0 |
England opened the score in the 13th minute. Declan Rice defeated Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma with a left-footed shot to the top right corner following a corner conceded by Donnarumma.
🏆👉 🇮🇹 Italy 0 – 1 England 🏴, 13th minute, ⚽️ goal by Declan Rice for @England with a left-footed shot to the top right corner following a corner conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma. https://t.co/0FqwJcBPJw pic.twitter.com/Ev3bAUqtN1
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 23, 2023
Problems for Italy conceding a penalty. In the 44th minute, Harry Kane converted the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo after a handball.
🏆👉 🇮🇹 Italy 0 – 2 England 🏴, 44th minute, ⚽️ goal by Harry Kane for @England converted a penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo after a handball. https://t.co/5trTjzias1 pic.twitter.com/4dck1dSG3f
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 23, 2023
🚨 HARRY KANE HAS BECOME ENGLAND MEN’S LEADING GOALSCORER 🚨
The 29-year-old has passed Wayne Rooney on his 81st appearance for Three Lions. pic.twitter.com/izvQ7HNyc2
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Italy shortened the distance in the 56th minute Mateo Retegui defeated England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
🏆👉 🇮🇹 Italy 1 – 2 England 🏴, 56th minute, ⚽️ goal by Mateo Retegui for @Azzurri_En with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini. https://t.co/Pr8p0zVNra
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 23, 2023
England remained with 10 players since the 80th minute. Luke Shaw got his second yellow card making it the automatic red card.
Red card for Luke Shaw. England down to ten men 🟥#ITAENG 🇮🇹 1-2 🏴 (80′)#Azzurri #VivoAzzurro #EURO2024
— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) March 23, 2023
Stats before the game: Italy are unbeaten in six games against England (W2, D4), a record run of consecutive games without defeat for the Azzurri against this opponent. Italy have won four of their last six home matches against England (D2), the last home knockout by the Azzurri against the Three Lions dates back to May 24, 1961, 2-3 in a friendly. England’s last goal against Italy was scored by Luke Shaw in the Euro final on 11 July 2021 (excluding penalty lottery) – the Three Lions failed to score in their next two games against the Azzurri and did not have ever played three matches in a row against this opponent without scoring at least one goal. Italy have won all of their last 14 Euro qualifying matches, with an aggregate score of 44-6 (an average of 3.1 goals scored by the Azzurri per game) – already a record streak of consecutive successes for the Azzurri at this stage of the demonstration. Italy has not won in four games played in Naples (D3, L1): the last blue success in the Campania capital dates back to November 15, 1997 against Russia in the World Cup qualifiers (1-0 signed by Casiraghi in the management of Cesare Maldini) .
Lineup ITALY (4-3-3): Donnarumma – Di Lorenzo, Toloi, Acerbi, Spinazzola – Barella, Jorginho, Verratti – Berardi, Retegui, Pellegrini.
Italy debut their new kits against England. 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/A4UUJQiheG
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Serbian Referee Srdjan Jovanović will be assisted by Uroš Stojković (SRB) and Milan Mihajlović (SRB). The Fourth Official will be Novak Simović (SRB). The VAR will be Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL). The AVAR will be Piotr Lsyk (POL). The Referee Observer will be Frank De Bleeckere (BEL).
🏆👉 🇮🇹 Italy vs England 🏴, Match Officials
UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifier🗓️ Thursday 23 March 2023
🏟️ Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
⏲️ 20:45🙍 Referee: Srdjan Jovanović
🚩 Assistants: U. Stojković and M. Mihajlović
4⃣ Fourth Official: Novak Simović✅ https://t.co/dQYRd0Pa0x pic.twitter.com/4pB0bjZbh6
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 23, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/Azzurri_En
Photo via twitter.com/england
Photo via twitter.com/Azzurri_En
👉 First half is over. Italy 0 – 2 England
⚽️ Goals: 13′ Declan Rice, 44′ Harry Kane (pen)
🟨 Yellows: 29′ Declan Rice (E)
✍ Ball Possession: 47% @Azzurri_En and 53% @England
✅ https://t.co/rxhsXGNbG1@TheCalcioGuys @Vergara1899 @SerieASitdown @ForzaNapoliPod https://t.co/eNTTZJ96li
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 23, 2023
🏆👉 Result 🇮🇹 Italy 1 – 2 England 🏴
⚽️ Goals: 13′ D. Rice, 44′ H. Kane (pen), 56′ Mateo Retegui (I)
🟥 Red Card: 81′ L. Shaw (E)
🟨Yellows: Italy 3, England 3
✍ Ball Possession: 58% @Azzurri_En and 42% @England
✅ https://t.co/rxhsXGNbG1@TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown https://t.co/qQIw4hRgdm
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 23, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/Azzurri_En
2024 European Qualifiers
Group Stage – Group C
Italy 1 – 2 England
Thursday 23 March 2023
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Napoli, Italy
20:45
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
AVAR: Piotr Lsyk (POL)
Referee Observer: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Goals: 13′ Declan Rice (E), 44′ Harry Kane (pen)(E), 56′ Mateo Retegui (I)
🟥 Red Card: 81′ Luke Shaw (E)
🟨 Yellows: 29′ Declan Rice (E), 53′ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (I), 57′ Harry Maguire (E), 61′ Jorginho (I), 71′ Kyle Walker (E), 78′ Luke Shaw (E), 92′ Francesco Acerbi (I)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Lineup ITALY (4-3-3): Donnarumma [C]; Di Lorenzo, Tolói, Acerbi, Spinazzola; Barella (62′ Cristante), Jorginho (69′ Tonali), Verratti (C) (88′ Scamacca); Berardi (62′ Politano), Retegui, Pellegrini (69′ Gnonto).
Subs: Falcone (GK), Meret (GK), Darmian, Pessina, Emerson Palmieri, Scalvini, Romagnoli.
Head Coach: Roberto Mancini.
Lineup ENGLAND (4-3-3): Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Phillips, Rice, Bellingham (85′ Gallagher); Saka (85′ James), Kane (C), Grealish (69′ Foden, 81′ Trippier).
Subs.: Ramsdale (GK), Forster (GK), Henderson, Dier, Chilwell, Guéhi, Maddison, Toney.