Italy vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024 International Friendly
· International FriendlyItaly beat Bosnia 1-0 in final pre-Euro 2024 friendly
Italy edged Bosnia 1-0 on Sunday as midfielder Davide Frattesi scored a stunning first-half goal in their final warm-up match ahead of the European Championship starting in Germany next week.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Federico Chiesa (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Dario Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 5': Hand ball by Davide Frattesi (Italy).
- 6': Alessandro Buongiorno (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 8': Attempt saved. Haris Hajradinovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 8': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 8': Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 8': Raoul Bellanova (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Jusuf Gazibegovic.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Davide Frattesi.
- 11': Attempt saved. Nicolò Fagioli (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
- 14': Dario Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Jorginho (Italy).
- 17': Armin Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Foul by Nicolò Fagioli (Italy).
- 18': Attempt saved. Jusuf Gazibegovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 18': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Anel Ahmedhodzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Tahirovic with a cross.
- 19': Attempt missed. Haris Hajradinovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nihad Mujakic following a corner.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Haris Hajradinovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 21': Foul by Haris Hajradinovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 21': Nicolò Fagioli (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Attempt missed. Raoul Bellanova (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Davide Frattesi.
- 24': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Nihad Mujakic.
- 24': Attempt missed. Davide Frattesi (Italy) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Fagioli with a cross following a corner.
- 29': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Anel Ahmedhodzic.
- 29': Attempt missed. Alessandro Buongiorno (Italy) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andrea Cambiaso with a cross following a corner.
- 30': Alessandro Buongiorno (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 31': Offside, Italy. Gianluca Scamacca is caught offside.
- 33': Delay in match because of an injury Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 38': Goal! Italy 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0. Davide Frattesi (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Chiesa with a cross.
- 41': Offside, Italy. Raoul Bellanova is caught offside.
- 43': Foul by Nikola Katic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 43': Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45': Armin Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Gianluca Scamacca (Italy).
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
- 45'+1': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Nikola Katic.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Italy 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Italy 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.
- 47': Foul by Haris Hajradinovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 47': Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 51': Riccardo Calafiori (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Nihad Mujakic.
- 53': Attempt missed. Davide Frattesi (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Andrea Cambiaso following a corner.
- 55': Delay in match because of an injury Ermin Bicakcic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 57': Offside, Italy. Gianluca Scamacca is caught offside.
- 58': Dario Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Nicolò Fagioli (Italy).
- 61': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Anel Ahmedhodzic.
- 61': Dario Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Italy).
- 63': Davide Frattesi (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Armin Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 63': Attempt saved. Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Alessandro Buongiorno with a through ball.
- 63': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Kenan Piric.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 64': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ermedin Demirovic.
- 65': Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Jorginho.
- 66': Substitution, Italy. Bryan Cristante replaces Nicolò Fagioli.
- 66': Substitution, Italy. Federico Dimarco replaces Raoul Bellanova.
- 66': Attempt missed. Bryan Cristante (Italy) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner.
- 67': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Denis Huseinbasic replaces Dario Saric.
- 67': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dzenis Burnic replaces Haris Hajradinovic.
- 70': Armin Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy).
- 73': Attempt saved. Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Cambiaso.
- 75': Attempt saved. Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
- 76': Substitution, Italy. Michael Folorunsho replaces Davide Frattesi.
- 77': Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Federico Chiesa.
- 77': Delay in match because of an injury Nihad Mujakic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 81': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dennis Hadzikadunic replaces Nihad Mujakic.
- 82': Attempt missed. Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
- 84': Substitution, Italy. Mateo Retegui replaces Gianluca Scamacca.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 88': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Riccardo Calafiori.
- 89': Attempt missed. Dzenis Burnic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 89': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Madzid Sosic replaces Armin Gigovic.
- 89': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tarik Muharemovic replaces Nikola Katic.
- 90': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Dennis Hadzikadunic.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Anel Ahmedhodzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 90'+1': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Tarik Muharemovic.
- 90'+2': Hand ball by Matteo Darmian (Italy).
- 90'+3': Federico Dimarco (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+3': Foul by Denis Huseinbasic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 90'+3': Denis Huseinbasic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Ermin Bicakcic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Italy).
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Italy 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.
- 0': Match ends, Italy 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.
Statistics
 BIH |
ITA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 36.4 | Possession | 63.6 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 316 | Accurate Passes | 590 |
| 376 | Passes | 647 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 4 | Crosses | 24 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 59 | Long Balls | 48 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 32 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 11 | Tackles | 7 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 19 | Clearances | 5 |
Game Information
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 12,000
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 12,000
Line-Ups
Italy (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) |
| 4 | Alessandro Buongiorno |
| 5 | Riccardo Calafiori |
| 13 | Matteo Darmian |
| 21 | Nicolo Fagioli |
| 8 | Jorginho |
| 24 | Andrea Cambiaso |
| 15 | Raoul Bellanova |
| 9 | Gianluca Scamacca |
| 14 | Federico Chiesa |
| 7 | Davide Frattesi |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Kenan Piric (GK) |
| 18 | Nikola Katic |
| 4 | Ermin Bicakcic |
| 16 | Anel Ahmedhodzic |
| 20 | Haris Hajradinovic |
| 14 | Dario Saric |
| 6 | Benjamin Tahirovic |
| 15 | Nihad Mujakic |
| 24 | Jusuf Gazibegovic |
| 10 | Ermedin Demirovic |
| 8 | Armin Gigovic |
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