Dafter having overcome the obstacle Finland, Italy overwhelms Liechtenstein 6-0 on matchday two of Euro 2020 qualifiers.
Coach Mancini prefers Quagliarella to Immobile as Kean's attacking partner. The defense has been revolutionized: only Bonucci has been confirmed with the debutant Mancini and Romagnoli in front of goalkeeper Sirigu.
In midfield Sensi is more advanced than Jorginho and Verratti, on the wings Spinazzola on the left and Politano on the right. The referee is the Russian Levnikov, the game is at the stadium Tardini of Parma. Present in the stands, guests of the FIGC, Ramy Shehata and Adam El Hamami, the two little big heroes who last week saved 51 peers from the kidnapping of the school bus driver.
Sensi opened the scoring with a header and Verratti doubled the lead with a fine individual move, then Quagliarella scored twice from a penalty and thus became the oldest scorer in the history of the Italian national team. Liechtenstein was reduced to ten men after Kaufmann was sent off and in the second half they collapsed under the blows of Kean and Pavoletti, who had just come on to replace Quagliarella, to whom the crowd Tardini offers a standing ovation. Mancini also gives space from the bench to Zaniolo and Izzo, who replaced Jorginho and Bonucci (who was booed by a part of the crowd as he left the pitch). The next commitments are in June: first in Greece and then at home with Bosnia, who today drew 2-2.
ITALY-LIECHTENSTEIN 6-0
17′ Sensi, 32′ Verratti, 35′ Quagliarella penalty, 45′ + 1 penalty Quagliarella, 69′ Kean, 76′ Pavoletti
ITALY (4-3-3): Sirigu; Mancini, Bonucci (79′ Izzo), Romagnoli, Spinazzola; Sensi, Jorginho (57′ Zaniolo), Verratti; Politano, Quagliarella (72′ Pavoletti), Kean. Coach: Left-handed
LIECHTENSTEIN (4-1-4-1): B. Büchel; S. Wolfinger, Kaufmann, Hofer, Göppel; Sele (46′ Malin), Polverino, Wieser, Kühne (68′ Meier); Hasler, Salanovic (82′ M. Buchel). Coach: Kolvidsson
Yellow cards: Hasler (L), Izzo (I)
Article published on March 26, 2019 - 23pm
