Italy – Croatia 1-1 Euro 2012, head to dead, formations and result

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Davide

Italy-Croatia 1-1

Scorers: 39’ Pirlo; 72’ Mandzukic

Italy: Buffon; Bonucci, De Rossi, Chiellini; Maggio, Marchisio, Pirlo, Thiago Motta (63’ Montolivo), Giaccherini; Balotelli (70’ Di Natale), Cassano (83’ Giovinco). Team manager: C. Prandelli.

Croatia: Pletikosa; Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic; Rakitic, Vukojevic, Perisic (68’ Pranijc); Modric; Mandzukic (94’ Kranjcar), Jelavic (83’ Eduardo). Team manager: S. Bilic.

Referee: Webb (Inghilterra)

Warnings: Thiago Motta, Montolivo e Schildenfeld.

Italy does not manage to beat its bugbear Croatia and now is near to elimination: an other 1-1 for Prandelli players obliges Italy to win against Republic of Ireland in the last match on Monday but if Spain and Croatia will draw 2-2 both of them will pass to quarter-finals. It has been not enough for Italy to dominate the first half: a masterly free kick of Pirlo clears the match at 39’, after many occasions to score thrown away by Balotelli and Marchisio, while in the second half Italy physically breaks down and Croatia, although without creating much opportunities, draw at 72’ with Mandzukic, who scores his second gol in Euro 2012.

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Italy – Croatia Euro 2012

Italy – Croatia, match of European Championships 2012, will be played in Poznan at Stadion Miejski on Thursday, June 14th at 18:00 . Italy and Croatia belong to Euro 2012 Group C. Continue reading →

Italy – Spain 1-1 Euro 2012, head to dead, formations and result

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Davide

Spain-Italy 1-1

Scorers: 61’ Di Natale; 65’ Fabregas

Spain: Casillas; Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Piquè, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Xavi, Xabi Alonso; Iniesta, Fabregas (74’ Torres), Silva (65’ Jesus Navas). Team Manager: V. Del Bosque.

Italy: Buffon; Bonucci, De Rossi, Chiellini; Maggio, Thiago Motta (89’ Nocerino), Pirlo, Marchisio, Giaccherini; Balotelli (56’ Di Natale), Cassano (65’ Giovinco). Team manager: C. Prandelli.

Referee: Kassai (Hungary)

Warning: Balotelli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Jordi Alba, Arbeloa and Torres.

A spectacular draw: Italy and Spain ended 1-1 the awaited match which has opened Euro 2012 Group C. At Gdansk the two teams have created many occasions to score, many of them foiled by two of the strongest goalkeeper in the world, Buffon, deciding in the second half on Iniesta and Torres, and Casillas who has cleared a header by Thiago Motta. Two goals arrived in the second half between 61’ and 65’: Di Natale, who has just replaced Balotelli, scores after a magic assist by Pirlo, than Fabregas takes advantage a magic no-look assist by Torres. The final part of the game is all for Spain but Italy resist: Group C is going to become very uncertain.

Before the match

Italy – Spain Euro 2012

Italy – Spain, match of European Championships 2012, will be played in Gdańsk at PGE Arena Gdańsk on Sunday, June 10th at 18:00 . Spain and Italy belong to Euro 2012 Group C. Continue reading →

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