FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Italy vs North Macedonia, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoff Semifinals

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Italy
    FT
    0 - 1
    North Macedonia
    • 90'+2': Aleksandar Trajkovski

    North Macedonia stun Italy in World Cup qualifying playoff semifinal

    Italy will miss out on the World Cup for the second successive tournament after they were stunned by a stoppage-time winner from North Macedonia.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Domenico Berardi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 1': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 3': Attempt missed. Emerson (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 4': Hand ball by Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia).
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
    • 10': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 14': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 17': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Italy).
    • 17': Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 19': Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by Ciro Immobile (Italy).
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 20': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 23': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Italy).
    • 24': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
    • 24': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Marco Verratti (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 30': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
    • 31': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Italy).
    • 31': Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
    • 32': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 33': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
    • 33': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
    • 33': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Darko Velkovski.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 36': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 36': Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Foul by Lorenzo Insigne (Italy).
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Marco Verratti (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emerson.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 38': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Arijan Ademi.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 40': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
    • 40': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emerson.
    • 42': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Boban Nikolov.
    • 44': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Emerson (Italy).
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 45'+1': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Italy 0, North Macedonia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Italy 0, North Macedonia 0.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 47': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Italy).
    • 49': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
    • 49': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
    • 52': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 56': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
    • 56': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
    • 57': Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
    • 59': Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Askovski replaces Arijan Ademi.
    • 59': Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Spirovski replaces Boban Nikolov because of an injury.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball.
    • 63': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 64': Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
    • 64': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 66': Foul by Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
    • 66': Jorginho (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stefan Spirovski.
    • 67': Attempt saved. Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross.
    • 69': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Darko Churlinov.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Domenico Berardi following a corner.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 72': Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Miovski replaces Milan Ristovski.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 72': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Stefan Askovski.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Gianluca Mancini (Italy) header from very close range is too high following a corner.
    • 75': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (Italy).
    • 76': Domenico Berardi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 76': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
    • 77': Substitution, Italy. Sandro Tonali replaces Nicolò Barella.
    • 77': Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Ciro Immobile.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Emerson.
    • 80': Domenico Berardi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 80': Foul by Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia).
    • 80': Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 81': Emerson (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 81': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 83': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 84': Domenico Berardi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 85': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 86': Substitution, North Macedonia. Kire Ristevski replaces Darko Velkovski.
    • 86': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Italy).
    • 86': Stole Dimitrievski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Substitution, Italy. João Pedro replaces Domenico Berardi.
    • 90': Substitution, Italy. Giorgio Chiellini replaces Gianluca Mancini.
    • 90': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Italy).
    • 90'+2': Goal! Italy 0, North Macedonia 1. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bojan Miovski.
    • 90'+4': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Emerson (Italy).
    • 90'+5': Offside, North Macedonia. Stefan Spirovski tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Trajkovski is caught offside.
    • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
    • 90'+6': Attempt missed. João Pedro (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Italy 0, North Macedonia 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Italy 0, North Macedonia 1.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 14
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    0 Corner Kicks 16
    5 Saves 1
    34.6 Possession 65.4
    4 SHOTS 32
    2 ON GOAL 5
    0.5 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    223 Accurate Passes 471
    309 Passes 565
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    0 Accurate Crosses 2
    3 Crosses 30
    0.0 Cross % 0.1
    56 Long Balls 52
    20 Accurate Long Balls 29
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
    0 Blocked Shots 16
    8 Effective Tackles 8
    10 Tackles 19
    0.8 Tackle % 0.4
    12 Interceptions 12
    52 Effective Clearances 4
    52 Clearances 4

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Renzo Barbera
    Location: Palermo, Italy
    Attendance: 34,129

    Line-Ups

    ITA Italy (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    21 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
    23 Alessandro Bastoni
    19 Gianluca Mancini
    13 Emerson
    16 Alessandro Florenzi
    8 Jorginho
    6 Marco Verratti
    18 Nicolò Barella
    17 Ciro Immobile
    10 Lorenzo Insigne
    11 Domenico Berardi
    Italy Substitutes:
    Alessio Cragno, Bryan Cristante, Giorgio Chiellini, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Matteo Politano, João Pedro, Sandro Tonali, Salvatore Sirigu, Mattia De Sciglio, Francesco Acerbi, Giacomo Raspadori, Matteo Pessina.

    MKD North Macedonia (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
    6 Visar Musliu
    14 Darko Velkoski Yellow Card
    5 Arijan Ademi
    8 Ezgjan Alioski
    13 Stefan Ristovski
    10 Enis Bardhi
    16 Boban Nikolov
    9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
    11 Darko Churlinov
    19 Milan Ristovski
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Kristijan Naumovski, Valon Ethemi, Jani Atanasov, Nikola Serafimov, Damjan Siskovski, Bojan Miovski, David Babunski, Stefan Askovski, Stefan Spirovski, Todor Todoroski, Kire Ristevski, Dorian Babunski.

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