UEFA Champions League

Linfield vs Fiorita, 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying First Round

· 1st Leg
  • 89': Jordan Stewart
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1 - 0
1st Leg

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Match Timeline

  • 22': Crocefisso Miglietta (La Fiorita) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Substitution, Linfield. Jordan Stewart replaces Niall Quinn.
  • 63': Gianluca Vivan (La Fiorita) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Adolfo Hirsch (La Fiorita) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Substitution, Linfield. Cameron Stewart replaces Aaron Burns.
  • 80': Substitution, La Fiorita. Tommaso Zafferani replaces Adolfo Hirsch.
  • 89': Goal! Linfield 1, La Fiorita 0. Jordan Stewart (Linfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 90': Substitution, La Fiorita. Lorenzo Lunadei replaces Crocefisso Miglietta.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, La Fiorita. Alessandro Guidi replaces Emiliano Olcese.
  • 90'+3': Cameron Stewart (Linfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Windsor Park
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Attendance: 2,839

Line-Ups

LIN Linfield

No. Name
1 Roy Carroll (GK)
5 Mark Haughey
2 Mark Stafford
16 Matthew Clarke
14 Aaron Burns
31 Niall Quinn
18 Chris Casement
8 Stephen Lowry
22 Jamie Mulgrew
38 Paul Smyth
7 Andrew Waterworth

FIO Fiorita

No. Name
27 Gianluca Vivan (GK) Yellow Card
6 Samuele Olivi
18 Marco Gasperoni
5 Roberto Di Maio
3 Andrea Martini
8 crocefisso Miglietta Yellow Card
4 Marco Brighi
17 Damiano Tommasi
9 Emiliano Olcese
20 Adolfo Hirsch Yellow Card
16 Danilo Rinaldi

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