International Friendly

Italy vs France, International Friendly

· International Friendly
Italy
  • 21': Graziano Pellè
FT
1 - 3
France
  • 17': Anthony Martial
  • 28': Olivier Giroud
  • 81': Layvin Kurzawa

Anthony Martial, Olivier Giroud score as France beat Italy

Anthony Martial, Olivier Giroud and Layvin Kurzawa were on target as France inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Italy.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 2': Corner, Italy. Conceded by N'Golo Kanté.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Graziano Pellè (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Antonio Candreva with a cross following a corner.
  • 3': Daniele De Rossi (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Djibril Sidibe (France).
  • 4': Djibril Sidibe (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 6': Foul by Éder (Italy).
  • 6': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Antonio Candreva (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 7': Foul by Layvin Kurzawa (France).
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Daniele De Rossi (Italy) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonio Candreva with a cross.
  • 8': Foul by Daniele De Rossi (Italy).
  • 8': Laurent Koscielny (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Anthony Martial (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 10': Foul by Andrea Barzagli (Italy).
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 15': Corner, Italy. Conceded by N'Golo Kanté.
  • 17': Goal! Italy 0, France 1. Anthony Martial (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
  • 20': Corner, France. Conceded by Antonio Candreva.
  • 21': Goal! Italy 1, France 1. Graziano Pellè (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Éder with a cross following a fast break.
  • 23': Foul by Blaise Matuidi (France).
  • 23': Marco Parolo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Blaise Matuidi (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
  • 27': Corner, France. Conceded by Antonio Candreva.
  • 28': Goal! Italy 1, France 2. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Layvin Kurzawa with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 30': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Blaise Matuidi.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrea Barzagli.
  • 30': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Layvin Kurzawa.
  • 31': Offside, Italy. Daniele De Rossi tries a through ball, but Graziano Pellè is caught offside.
  • 32': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Layvin Kurzawa.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Daniele De Rossi (Italy) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonio Candreva with a cross.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Éder (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Graziano Pellè.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Antonio Candreva (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniele De Rossi.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Giacomo Bonaventura (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Italy 1, France 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Italy 1, France 3.
  • 45': Second Half begins Italy 1, France 2.
  • 45': Substitution, France. André-Pierre Gignac replaces Olivier Giroud.
  • 45': Substitution, France. Dimitri Payet replaces Anthony Martial.
  • 45': Substitution, Italy. Daniele Rugani replaces Daniele De Rossi.
  • 45': Substitution, Italy. Gianluigi Donnarumma replaces Gianluigi Buffon.
  • 45': Substitution, Italy. Riccardo Montolivo replaces Andrea Barzagli.
  • 50': Foul by Mattia De Sciglio (Italy).
  • 50': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 53': Attempt missed. André-Pierre Gignac (France) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Giacomo Bonaventura (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 54': Hand ball by Davide Astori (Italy).
  • 55': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
  • 58': Offside, Italy. Mattia De Sciglio tries a through ball, but Éder is caught offside.
  • 58': Substitution, Italy. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Mattia De Sciglio.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Riccardo Montolivo (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giacomo Bonaventura.
  • 59': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Steve Mandanda.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Dimitri Payet (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
  • 61': Foul by Graziano Pellè (Italy).
  • 61': Layvin Kurzawa (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Blaise Matuidi (France).
  • 62': Giacomo Bonaventura (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Blaise Matuidi.
  • 63': Substitution, France. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  • 63': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Layvin Kurzawa.
  • 65': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Layvin Kurzawa.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Giacomo Bonaventura (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marco Parolo following a corner.
  • 66': Substitution, Italy. Marco Verratti replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  • 68': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Moussa Sissoko.
  • 70': Foul by Moussa Sissoko (France).
  • 70': Marco Parolo (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Graziano Pellè (Italy) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Antonio Candreva with a cross.
  • 71': Foul by André-Pierre Gignac (France).
  • 71': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 72': Offside, Italy. Éder tries a through ball, but Alessandro Florenzi is caught offside.
  • 72': Davide Astori (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by André-Pierre Gignac (France).
  • 74': Foul by Éder (Italy).
  • 74': Laurent Koscielny (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Substitution, Italy. Andrea Belotti replaces Éder.
  • 78': Foul by Layvin Kurzawa (France).
  • 78': Riccardo Montolivo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
  • 78': Laurent Koscielny (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Moussa Sissoko (France).
  • 79': Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 81': Goal! Italy 1, France 3. Layvin Kurzawa (France) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
  • 83': Substitution, France. Samuel Umtiti replaces Laurent Koscielny.
  • 85': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
  • 85': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Hand ball by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
  • 88': Hand ball by Marco Verratti (Italy).
  • 89': Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
  • 90'+1': Moussa Sissoko (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Andrea Belotti (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Layvin Kurzawa.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Italy 1, France 3.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 10
1 Saves 2
40.2 Possession 59.8
10 SHOTS 12
5 ON GOAL 2
0.5 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
342 Accurate Passes 529
417 Passes 600
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 11
10 Crosses 35
0.1 Cross % 0.3
59 Long Balls 58
39 Accurate Long Balls 39
0.7 Long Balls % 0.7
3 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 10
11 Tackles 13
0.8 Tackle % 0.8
0 Interceptions 0
30 Effective Clearances 10
38 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: San Nicola
Location: Bari, Italy
Attendance: 39,000

Line-Ups

ITA Italy (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Gianluigi Buffon (GK)
4 Davide Astori
3 Giorgio Chiellini
15 Andrea Barzagli
7 Giacomo Bonaventura
8 Marco Parolo
16 Daniele De Rossi
2 Mattia De Sciglio
6 Antonio Candreva
17 Éder
9 Graziano Pellè
Italy Substitutes:
Luca Antonelli, Leonardo Pavoletti, Manolo Gabbiadini, Ciro Immobile, Federico Bernardeschi, Angelo Ogbonna, Federico Marchetti, Alessandro Florenzi, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Daniele Rugani, Andrea Belotti, Riccardo Montolivo, Marco Verratti.

FRA France (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Steve Mandanda (GK)
21 Laurent Koscielny
4 Raphaël Varane
3 Layvin Kurzawa
19 Djibril Sidibé Yellow Card
13 N'Golo Kanté
14 Blaise Matuidi
6 Paul Pogba
9 Olivier Giroud
11 Anthony Martial
7 Antoine Griezmann
France Substitutes:
Adil Rami, André-Pierre Gignac, Ousmane Dembélé, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Samuel Umtiti, Sébastien Corchia, Alphonse Areola, Benoit Costil, Dimitri Payet, Moussa Sissoko, Kevin Gameiro, Lucas Digne.

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