UEFA Nations League

Italy vs Israel, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
Italy
  • 41': Mateo Retegui (P)
  • 54': Giovanni Di Lorenzo
  • 72': Davide Frattesi
  • 79': Giovanni Di Lorenzo
FT
4 - 1
Israel
  • 66': Mohammad Abu Fani

Italy outclass Israel, on brink of Nations League quarterfinal berth

Italy defender Giovanni Di Lorenzo scored twice in a 4-1 home win over Israel in the Nations League on Monday as Luciano Spalletti's side sealed their spot in the quarter-finals.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ilay Feingold.
  • 3': Foul by Elad Madmon (Israel).
  • 3': Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 3': Davide Frattesi (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Dolev Haziza (Israel).
  • 6': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Matan Baltaxa.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Oscar Gloukh (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gabi Kanichowsky.
  • 10': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Riccardo Calafiori.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Dimarco.
  • 12': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Matan Baltaxa.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Mateo Retegui (Italy) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
  • 14': Foul by Gabi Kanichowsky (Israel).
  • 14': Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Mateo Retegui (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a through ball.
  • 16': Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 16': Foul by Liel Abada (Israel).
  • 18': Attempt saved. Elad Madmon (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilay Feingold.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Mateo Retegui (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Davide Frattesi.
  • 18': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Omri Glazer.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Mateo Retegui (Italy) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolò Fagioli with a cross following a corner.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Sandro Tonali (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Davide Frattesi.
  • 20': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Matan Baltaxa.
  • 20': Delay in match because of an injury Omri Glazer (Israel).
  • 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Fagioli (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 25': Foul by Riccardo Calafiori (Italy).
  • 25': Gabi Kanichowsky (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Sandro Tonali (Italy).
  • 26': Mohamed Abu Fani (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Mateo Retegui (Italy) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Oscar Gloukh (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dor Peretz.
  • 32': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Idan Nachmias.
  • 33': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ilay Feingold.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 34': Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Elad Madmon (Israel).
  • 36': Attempt missed. Mateo Retegui (Italy) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
  • 39': Penalty Italy. Sandro Tonali draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 39': Penalty conceded by Dor Peretz (Israel) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 41': Goal! Italy 1, Israel 0. Mateo Retegui (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 43': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Italy).
  • 43': Matan Baltaxa (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Hand ball by Riccardo Calafiori (Italy).
  • 45': Foul by Dolev Haziza (Israel).
  • 45': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Italy 1, Israel 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Italy 1, Israel 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Israel. Mahmoud Jaber replaces Gabi Kanichowsky.
  • 45': Substitution, Italy. Samuele Ricci replaces Nicolò Fagioli.
  • 46': Foul by Elad Madmon (Israel).
  • 46': Samuele Ricci (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by Samuele Ricci (Italy).
  • 46': Mohamed Abu Fani (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Italy).
  • 48': Mohamed Abu Fani (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Mohamed Abu Fani.
  • 53': Hand ball by Ilay Feingold (Israel).
  • 54': Goal! Italy 2, Israel 0. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 56': Offside, Israel. Elad Madmon is caught offside.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Mohamed Abu Fani (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mahmoud Jaber.
  • 57': Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Italy).
  • 57': Ilay Feingold (Israel) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 57': Foul by Sandro Tonali (Italy).
  • 57': Ilay Feingold (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Matan Baltaxa.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Davide Frattesi (Italy) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a corner.
  • 62': Delay in match (Italy).
  • 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 64': Substitution, Israel. Anan Khalaili replaces Elad Madmon.
  • 64': Substitution, Israel. Denny Gropper replaces Dolev Haziza.
  • 65': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 66': Goal! Italy 2, Israel 1. Mohamed Abu Fani (Israel) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 66': Andrea Cambiaso (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
  • 68': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ilay Feingold.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
  • 69': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Mohamed Abu Fani.
  • 72': Goal! Italy 3, Israel 1. Davide Frattesi (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
  • 73': Substitution, Italy. Destiny Udogie replaces Federico Dimarco.
  • 74': Substitution, Italy. Daniel Maldini replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  • 74': Foul by Daniel Maldini (Italy).
  • 74': Ilay Feingold (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Substitution, Israel. Tai Baribo replaces Liel Abada.
  • 76': Foul by Idan Nachmias (Israel).
  • 76': Mateo Retegui (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Goal! Italy 4, Israel 1. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Destiny Udogie.
  • 81': Substitution, Israel. Ramzi Safouri replaces Dor Peretz.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Daniel Maldini (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 84': Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Mateo Retegui.
  • 85': Foul by Lorenzo Lucca (Italy).
  • 85': Matan Baltaxa (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Delay in match because of an injury Davide Frattesi (Italy).
  • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 87': Substitution, Italy. Alessandro Buongiorno replaces Davide Frattesi because of an injury.
  • 88': Delay in match because of an injury Idan Nachmias (Israel).
  • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Italy 4, Israel 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Italy 4, Israel 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 11
4 Saves 1
31.4 Possession 68.6
5 SHOTS 17
2 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
224 Accurate Passes 560
283 Passes 609
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 8
2 Crosses 26
0.0 Cross % 0.3
39 Long Balls 50
19 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 2
14 Effective Tackles 6
23 Tackles 8
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
3 Interceptions 6
25 Effective Clearances 2
25 Clearances 2

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Bluenergy Stadium
Location: Udine, Italy
Attendance: 11,700

Line-Ups

ITA Italy (3-5-1-1)

No. Name
13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
21 Alessandro Bastoni
5 Riccardo Calafiori
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
8 Sandro Tonali
16 Davide Frattesi
7 Nicolò Fagioli
3 Federico Dimarco
20 Andrea Cambiaso Yellow Card
9 Mateo Retegui
10 Giacomo Raspadori
Italy Substitutes:
Caleb Okoli, Lorenzo Lucca, Samuele Ricci, Matteo Gabbia, Michele Di Gregorio, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Alessandro Buongiorno, Niccolò Pisilli, Daniel Maldini, Destiny Udogie, Raoul Bellanova, Nicolò Zaniolo.

ISR Israel (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
18 Omri Glazer (GK)
5 Idan Nachmias
3 Matan Baltaksa
2 Ilay Feingold
14 Gavriel Kanichowsky
16 Mohammad Abu Fani
10 Dolev Hazizia
11 Liel Abada
20 Elad Madmon
15 Oscar Gloukh
8 Dor Peretz
Israel Substitutes:
Tai Baribo, Nikita Stoioanov, Anan Khalaili, Eliel Peretz, Shareef Keouf, Ethane Azoulay, Doron Leidner, Mahmoud Jaber, Dan Biton, Yoav Gerafi, Ramzi Safuri, Danny Gruper.

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