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% Ball Possession ITALY and % Ball Possession MALTA
Italy 4 – 0 Malta 
22′ Giacomo Bonaventura
45+1′ Domenico Berardi
63′ Domenico Berardi
93′ Davide Frattesi
Italy won the UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers against Malta on Saturday 14 October 2023 at the San Nicola Stadium in Bari, Italy. The Azzurri are rampant in the second half and easily dismiss the Malta problem, catching Ukraine in second place. Domenico Berardi’s first double with the national team. Goals also by Giacomo Bonaventura and Davide Frattesi, debut for Udogie.
On Tuesday, Italy return to the field. Spalletti’s boys are expected from the big match at Wembley against England, Marcolini’s team will host Ukraine.
Italy Head Coach “thumbs up” enjoying to see his squad winning the match against Malta
Italy opened the score in the 22nd minute. It is Giacomo Bonaventura to defeat Malta goalkeeper Henry Bonello with a top right footed shot to the top right corner.
👉🇮🇹 Italy 1 – 0 Malta 🇲🇹, 22nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Giacomo Bonaventura for @Azzurri_En with a top right footed shot to the top right corner. https://t.co/gDA1s0k1ub
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 14, 2023
Goal against Serie A champions Napoli ✅
First call up to Italy since October 2020 ✅
First EVER goal for Italy ✅34-year-old Giacomo “Jack” Bonaventura is loving life. 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/YSnP6ZCyL1
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 14, 2023
Italy closed the first half with another goal in the 45+1 minute. Forward Domenico Berardi scored with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolò Barella.
👉🇮🇹 Italy 2 – 0 Malta 🇲🇹, 45+1′ minute, ⚽️ goal by Domenico Berardi for @Azzurri_En with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolò Barella. https://t.co/F0W5MWZMqg
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 14, 2023
Party time! Domenico Berardi with a brace ! In the 63rd minute, Berardi scored with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Moise Kean.
👉🇮🇹 Italy 3 – 0 Malta 🇲🇹, 63rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Domenico Berardi for @Azzurri_En with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Moise Kean. https://t.co/1xzix3JZ0h
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 14, 2023
Italy sealed the victory in the 93rd minute with a poker. Davide Frattesi scored with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner.
👉🇮🇹 Italy 4 – 0 Malta 🇲🇹, 93rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Davide Frattesi for @Azzurri_En with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. https://t.co/ggoLj2APXJ
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 14, 2023
✅ Stats before the game: Among the opponents against whom Italy boasts 100% victories, Malta is the one faced the most times by the Azzurri: nine successes in nine matches. In the nine matches against Malta, Italy scored 23 goals (2.6 on average per match), conceding only two goals. More specifically, the Azzurri have kept a clean sheet in their last five matches against Malta, only against Northern Ireland do they have a longer open streak of clean sheets in a row (seven). The Azzurri’s last home match between Italy and Malta dates back to 3 September 2015: 1-0 victory thanks to Graziano Pellè’s goal in the EURO 2016 qualifiers. Luciano Spalletti recorded a draw and a win in his first two matches for Italy, since 2000 only two of the seven Azzurri coaches have remained unbeaten in all of their first three matches in charge of the national team: Antonio Conte and Giovanni Trapattoni. Italy has recorded only one clean sheet in the last eight matches (11 goals conceded in the period): against Malta on March 26 (2-0). Italy has scored in 31 games in a row in qualifying for the European Championships (72 goals in the period – 2.3 on average), the last time they were without a goal in these matches dates back to 8 October 2010 (0-0 v Northern Ireland).
🏆👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALIA (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni, Dimarco; Barella, Locatelli, Bonaventura; Berardi, Raspadori, Kean.
🏆👉 🇲🇹 Lineup MALTA (5-3-2) – Bonello, J.Mbong, Apap, Pepe, Z.Muscat, Camenzuli; Guillaumier, Kristensen, Yankam; Montebello, P.Mbong.
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📺 Click the video to watch Italy 4 – 0 Malta highlights on Saturday 14 October 2023
The San Nicola Stadium ready for Italy vs Malta
Photo via twitter.com/azzurri_en
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Italy Head Coach Luciano Spalletti
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👉 First half is over. Italy 2 – 0 Malta
⚽️ Goals: 22′ Giacomo Bonaventura, 45+1’Domenico Berardi
🟨 Booked: 44′ Paul Mbong (M)
Corners: Italy 7, Malta 1
✍ Ball Possession: 59% @Azzurri_En and 41% Malta
✅ https://t.co/yauOZl6zAw@SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys @Vergara1899 https://t.co/ewSBIG4X9Z
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 14, 2023
Thank you, Bari 🇮🇹💫#ITAMLT #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/4S4JOwiNiZ
— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) October 14, 2023
👉 Result Italy 4 – 0 Malta
⚽️ Goals: 22′ Giacomo Bonaventura, 45+1′, 63′ Domenico Berardi, 93′ Davide Frattesi
🟨 Booked: 44′ Mbong (M), 53′ Yankam (M), 54′ Apap (M)
✍ Ball Possession: 67% @Azzurri_En and 33% Malta
✅ https://t.co/yauOZl6zAw@SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys https://t.co/2IUfXzRok3
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 14, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/azzurri_en
UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers
Group C
Italy 4 – 0 Malta
Saturday 14 October 2023
San Nicola Stadium
Bari, Italy
20:45
Referee: Duje Strukan (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Bojan Zobenica (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2:Alen Jakšić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Fran Jović (CRO)
VAR: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
AVAR: Mario Zebec (CRO)
Referee Observer: Joao Ferreira (POR)
Goals: 22′ Giacomo Bonaventura, 45+1′, 63′ Domenico Berardi
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
🏆👉🇮🇹 Lineup ITALIA (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni, Dimarco; Barella, Locatelli, Bonaventura; Berardi, Raspadori, Kean.
Subs: Vicario, Meret, Di Lorenzo, Biraghi, Udogie, Scamacca, Acerbi, Cristante, Frattesi, Scalvini, Orsolini, El Shaarawy.
Head Coach: Luciano Spalletti.
🏆👉 🇲🇹 Lineup MALTA (5-3-2) – Bonello, J.Mbong, Apap, Pepe, Z.Muscat, Camenzuli; Guillaumier, Kristensen, Yankam; Montebello, P.Mbong.
Subs: Al-Tumi, Galea, Attard, J.Borg, Shaw, Pisani, Degabriele, Paiber, Satariano, Corbolan, Nwoko, N.Muscat
Head Coach: Michele Marcolini.