International Friendly

Italy vs Estonia, 2020 International Friendly

· International Friendly
Italy
  • 14': Vincenzo Grifo
  • 27': Federico Bernardeschi
  • 75': Vincenzo Grifo (P)
  • 86': Riccardo Orsolini (P)
FT
4 - 0
Estonia

    Italy beat Estonia with makeshift side as Grifo scores first international goals

    Vincenzo Grifo scored his first two international goals at the age of 27 to help a makeshift Italy side beat Estonia 4-0 in a friendly.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt blocked. Pavel Marin (Estonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Miller.
    • 1': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Artur Pikk (Estonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high following a corner.
    • 2': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Italy).
    • 2': Mihkel Ainsalu (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
    • 14': Goal! Italy 1, Estonia 0. Vincenzo Grifo (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Lasagna.
    • 16': Foul by Markus Soomets (Estonia).
    • 16': Vincenzo Grifo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Italy).
    • 16': Martin Miller (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Hand ball by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy).
    • 18': Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 26': Offside, Italy. Danilo D'Ambrosio tries a through ball, but Emerson is caught offside.
    • 26': Foul by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
    • 26': Roberto Gagliardini (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Goal! Italy 2, Estonia 0. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
    • 28': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Salvatore Sirigu.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Markus Soomets (Estonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 31': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Karol Mets.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross following a corner.
    • 34': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Nikita Baranov.
    • 34': Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Martin Miller (Estonia).
    • 36': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).
    • 36': Pavel Marin (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
    • 42': Hand ball by Kevin Lasagna (Italy).
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Roberto Soriano (Italy) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
    • 44': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Artur Pikk.
    • 45': First Half ends, Italy 2, Estonia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Italy 2, Estonia 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Estonia. Edgar Tur replaces Pavel Marin.
    • 45': Substitution, Estonia. Georgi Tunjov replaces Mihkel Ainsalu.
    • 45': Substitution, Estonia. Michael Lilander replaces Taijo Teniste.
    • 45': Substitution, Italy. Matteo Pessina replaces Sandro Tonali.
    • 46': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).
    • 46': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Foul by Roberto Soriano (Italy).
    • 48': Frank Liivak (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Foul by Edgar Tur (Estonia).
    • 52': Matteo Pessina (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy).
    • 53': Frank Liivak (Estonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 53': Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Foul by Artur Pikk (Estonia).
    • 54': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Artur Pikk.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Roberto Soriano (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Lasagna.
    • 55': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Michael Lilander.
    • 56': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Emerson.
    • 57': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Salvatore Sirigu.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Martin Miller (Estonia) right footed shot from long range on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Lilander with a headed pass.
    • 58': Substitution, Estonia. Erik Sorga replaces Martin Miller.
    • 59': Substitution, Estonia. Mark Anders Lepik replaces Rauno Sappinen.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Frank Liivak (Estonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Sorga.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Georgi Tunjov (Estonia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Frank Liivak.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Emerson (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Vincenzo Grifo (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Pessina.
    • 71': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Nikita Baranov.
    • 71': Substitution, Italy. Pietro Pellegri replaces Kevin Lasagna.
    • 71': Substitution, Italy. Riccardo Orsolini replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
    • 71': Substitution, Italy. Luca Pellegrini replaces Emerson.
    • 74': Penalty Italy. Roberto Gagliardini draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 74': Penalty conceded by Georgi Tunjov (Estonia) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 75': Goal! Italy 3, Estonia 0. Vincenzo Grifo (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Georgi Tunjov (Estonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Sorga with a cross.
    • 78': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).
    • 78': Mark Anders Lepik (Estonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 78': Substitution, Estonia. Henri Jarvelaid replaces Artur Pikk.
    • 79': Foul by Georgi Tunjov (Estonia).
    • 79': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Georgi Tunjov (Estonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 80': Substitution, Italy. Davide Calabria replaces Danilo D'Ambrosio.
    • 80': Substitution, Italy. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Vincenzo Grifo.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roberto Gagliardini.
    • 81': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Marko Meerits.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Riccardo Orsolini (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roberto Gagliardini.
    • 85': Penalty Italy. Riccardo Orsolini draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 85': Penalty conceded by Henri Jarvelaid (Estonia) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 86': Goal! Italy 4, Estonia 0. Riccardo Orsolini (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Roberto Gagliardini (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luca Pellegrini.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Mark Anders Lepik (Estonia).
    • 90'+1': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Mark Anders Lepik (Estonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Italy 4, Estonia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Italy 4, Estonia 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/est.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originEST ITAhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/ita.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    9 Fouls 9
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    4 Corner Kicks 7
    3 Saves 0
    28.9 Possession 71.1
    7 SHOTS 14
    0 ON GOAL 7
    0.0 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 2
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
    191 Accurate Passes 609
    274 Passes 686
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    5 Accurate Crosses 4
    11 Crosses 18
    0.5 Cross % 0.2
    65 Long Balls 42
    17 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
    4 Blocked Shots 4
    3 Effective Tackles 14
    6 Tackles 18
    0.5 Tackle % 0.8
    14 Interceptions 17
    16 Effective Clearances 11
    16 Clearances 11

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Artemio Franchi
    Location: Firenze, Italy

    Line-Ups

    ITA Italy (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Salvatore Sirigu (GK)
    13 Alessandro Bastoni
    2 Danilo D'Ambrosio Yellow Card
    3 Emerson
    23 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
    21 Roberto Soriano
    5 Roberto Gagliardini
    4 Sandro Tonali
    9 Kevin Lasagna
    11 Vincenzo Grifo
    10 Federico Bernardeschi
    Italy Substitutes:
    Pietro Pellegri, Riccardo Orsolini, Davide Calabria, Luca Pellegrini, Leonardo Bonucci, Matteo Pessina, Manuel Locatelli, Gian Marco Ferrari, Alessio Cragno, Jorginho, Stephan El Shaarawy, Alex Meret.

    EST Estonia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Marko Meerits (GK)
    18 Karol Mets
    21 Nikita Baranov
    3 Artur Pikk
    23 Taijo Teniste
    17 Martin Miller
    20 Mihkel Ainsalu
    10 Markus Soomets
    15 Rauno Sappinen
    19 Pavel Marin
    11 Frank Liivak
    Estonia Substitutes:
    Michael Lilander, Erik Sorga, Märten Kussk, Joonas Tamm, Karl Hein, Edgar Tur, Georgi Tunjov, Mark Anders Lepik, Vlasiy Sinyavskiy, Henri Anier, Henri Jarvelaid, Matvei Igonen.

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