RESULTS Italy National Team vs Northern Macedonia in the 2022 World Cup playoffs the European zone is already known. After 90 minutes of the match, Italy surprisingly lost 0-1 to North Macedonia
North Macedonia’s only goal was scored by Aleksandar Trajkovski in the 90+2 minute. As a result, Italy failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup despite being the champion of the 2020 European Cup. Meanwhile, North Macedonia qualified for the playoff final to face Portugal on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 in the early hours of WIB.
The course of the match
First round
Starting the first half, the Italian national team immediately dominated the game. Their first chances were created from the feet of Emerson and Domenico Berardi, but were saved by the North Macedonian defender.
In the first 15 minutes, the Italian national team was able to control the ball as much as almost 80 percent. However, every time he entered a third of the opponent’s defense, he was always blocked by the opposing player. The opposing goalkeeper has not received a significant challenge.
The Italian national team got another chance in the 30th minute. At that time, North Macedonian goalkeeper Dimitrievski made a clearance error that fell to Berardi’s feet. It also ended with a left-footed kick, but his Power was still weak and could be saved again.
A minute later, Marco Verratti worked well with Ciro Immobile on the left side of attack. He also ended with a powerful shot on goal, but Dimitrievski was able to save it brilliantly.
Another opportunity was obtained by Italy at the end of the first half. This time Emerson fed Marco Verratti in the penalty box which ended with a header but was blocked by the opponent. Then the rebound was kicked by Immobile who was finally pushed aside. Score 0-0 still decorate the first half.
Second round
A barrage of attacks from Italy was immediately intensified at the beginning of the second half. Opened with a Berardi shot that was blocked by the opposing defender.
Domenico Berardi again created opportunities from the results of penetrating inside from the right wing. Found space to shoot, but his shot could not beat Dimitrievski in this second opportunity.
One minute later Berardi created another dangerous chance. Utilizing Verratti’s pass on the right side, his shot is now wide of the North Macedonia goal.
Meanwhile, North Macedonia created an opportunity from Enis Bardhi in the 52nd minute. But, unfortunately the opportunity failed because it was too wide of the goal.
Another North Macedonian opportunity was created by Trajkovski also from outside the penalty box. However, his shot still bounced high over the crossbar.
Dimitrievski deserves credit for this match. Some of his saves were crucial and even frustrated the Italian striker.
Disaster fell upon Italy during injury time because they had to concede. It was Alexandar Trajkovski who scored from a long-range shot. The 1-0 score for North Macedonia’s victory made Italy lose hope of appearing in the 2022 World Cup.
Here’s the line-up for Italy vs North Macedonia:
ITALY (4-3-3): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Alessandro Florenzi, Alessandro Bastoni, Gianluca Mancini, Emerson; Nicolo Barella, Jorginho, Marco Verratti; Domenico Berardi, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne
Cadangan: Salvatore Sirigu, Mattia De Sciglio, Giorgio Chiellini, Sandro Tonali, Bryan Cristante, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Joao Pedro, Matteo Pessina, Alessio Cragno, Francesco Acerbi, Matteo Politano, Giacomo Raspadori
Coach: Roberto Mancini
NORTHERN MACEDONIA (4-4-2): Stole Dimitrievski; Stefan Ristovski, Darko Velkoski, Visar Musliu, Ezgjan Alioski; Darko Churlinov, Arijan Ademi, Enis Bardhi, Boban Nikolov; Alexander Trajkovski, Milan Ristovski
CADANGAN: Todor Todoroski, Stefan Askovski, Kire Ristevski, David Babunski, Kristijan Naumovski, Nikola Serafimov, Valon Ethemi, Dorian Babunski, Stefan Spirovski, Jani Atanasov, Damjan Siskovski, Bojan Miovski
COACH: B. Milevski
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