Italy vs Liechtenstein (6-0)
Italy faces a game against Principality of Liechtenstein this weekday as they appear to banish the painful memory of missing out on the 2018 World Cup and into the past.
They’ll powerfully be expected to win this monetary unit 2020 qualifier which can contend in Parma, and something but a convincing win would be a blow for Roberto Mancini’s revolution.
The previous Man town boss has ushered in a very new generation of talent while making an attempt to carry onto those solid defensive foundations that Italy is best acknowledged.
Experienced Juventus pair technologist Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini stay at the rear however Mancini has been experimenting in the center and up front.
He would are inspired to work out stripling Moise Kean get his 1st international goal within the 2-0 to convince the European nation on Sabbatum.
Principality of Liechtenstein got their campaign afoot with a 2-0 home defeat against Greece. It’d be an underestimation to mention not a lot of is predicted of them during this cluster.
Even within the Nations League against fellow minnows, they might solely win one of their half-dozen matches, losing all their away games together with a defeat in Gibraltar.
If they’re not careful, this might flip ugly for them and that they were crushed 5-0 in Italy throughout 2018 World Cup qualifying. Even the house match made a 4-0 defeat.
There’s a massive gulf at school here. However, it’s conjointly valued noting that this Italy squad is filled with relative newcomers to the international scene which will be hungry to form some extent.
They a minimum of appearing to be shopping for into Mancini’s philosophy and motivation shouldn’t be an element with Italy keen to form amends for the failure to make it to Russia.
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Goals
| 17′ | Italy | S. Sensi |
| 32′ | Italy | M. Verratti |
| 35′ | Italy | F. Quagliarella (pen.) |
| 45+3′ | Italy | F. Quagliarella (pen.) |
| 70′ | Italy | M. Kean |
| 76′ | Italy | L. Pavoletti |
Italy Lineups
| 1 | Salvatore Sirigu |
| 5 | Gianluca Mancini |
| 19 | Leonardo Bonucci |
| 13 | Alessio Romagnoli |
| 7 | Leonardo Spinazzola |
| 15 | Stefano Sensi |
| 8 | Jorginho |
| 6 | Marco Verratti |
| 16 | Matteo Politano |
| 21 | Fabio Quagliarella |
| 14 | Moise Kean |
Liechtenstein Lineups
| 1 | Benjamin Buchel |
| 20 | Sandro Wolfinger |
| 4 | Daniel Kaufmann |
| 5 | Jens Hofer |
| 3 | Maximilian Göppel |
| 8 | Aron Sele |
| 23 | Michele Polverino |
| 10 | Sandro Wieser |
| 9 | Simon Kühne |
| 18 | Nicolas Hasler |
| 11 | Dennis Salanović |
Italy – Liechtenstein Match Statistics
Italy |
Liechtenstein |
|
| 41 | Shots Total | 3 |
| 12 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 17 | Shots off goal | 2 |
| 12 | Shots blocked | 0 |
| 30 | Shots inside box | 1 |
| 11 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 12 | Fouls | 6 |
| 11 | Corners | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 5 |
| 77% | Possession Time | 23% |
| 673 | Passes Total | 195 |
| 585 | Accurate Passes | 106 |
| 87% | Accurate Passes% | 54% |