UEFA EURO 2024: Result ITALY 2 – 1 ALBANIA, Saturday 15 June 2024

Italian National Team, UEFA EURO 2024

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68% Ball Possession ITALY and 32% Ball Possession ALBANIA

   Italy 2 – 1 Albania

11′ Alessandro Bastoni     1′ Nedim Bajrami
16′ Nicolò Barella
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✅    Italy defending the title making their debut for the UEFA EURO 2024 Group B game against Albania with a win on Saturday 15 June 2024 at the BVB Stadium in Dortmund, Germany. Despite a shocking start, with Sassuolo midfielder Nedim Bajrami’s record goal immediately after 23 seconds following a wicked throw-in by Dimarco.  Italy did not lose their composure and overturned the result thanks to the goals by Alessandro Bastoni and Nicolò Barella. This is a fundamental success for their path in the Europeans. Thanks to this 2-1, the Azzurri reached the top of Group B over Spain, who defeated Croatia 3-0 in the afternoon.

The Azzurri’s journey will continue on Thursday 20 June: Italy will face Spain.

This is Italy’s 11th participation in the UEFA European Championships: only Germany and Spain have won the tournament more times than the Azzurri (twice, in 1968 and 2020), who could also become the second team to win two consecutive UEFA European Championships after Spain itself (2008 and 2012).

The UEFA EURO 2024 Group B Standing shows Spain in the 1st position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +3.  Italy in the 2nd position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1. Albania in the 3rd position with 0 points. Croatia in the 4th position also with 0 points.

Serie A and Serie B players called up for Albania National Football team:

GK: Etrit Berisha (Empoli) did not play
GK: Elhan Kastrati (Cittadella) did no play
DF: Elseid Hysaj (Lazio) played all 90 minutes
DF: Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) played all 90 minutes
DF: Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) listed among substitutes
DF: Marash Kumbulla (Sassuolo) listed among substitutes
MF: Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo) scored in the 1s minute, played 87 minutes, replaced by Ernest Muçi.
MF: Medon Berisha (Lecce) listed among substitutes
MF: Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) played all 90 minutes.
MF: Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan) played all 90 minutes.

What a blow! An early goal gave the lead to Albania in the very 1st minute!!! Nedim Bajrami defeated Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

Good news! Italy equalized in the 11th minute. Alessandro Bastoni defeated Albania goalkeeper with a headed shot to the high center. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner conceded by Elseid Hysaj.

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Italy took the lead in the 16th minute!! Nicolò Barella scored with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.A special goal because Barella has surpassed Francesco Totti’s record of 9 goals.

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✅  Stats before the game: This will be the first meeting between Italy and Albania in a major competition. The Azzurri have won all four previous matches (friendly and qualifiers) against the Eagles (seven goals scored and one conceded in the partial), all played from 2014 onwards. This will be Italy’s 11th participation in the UEFA European Championships: only Germany and Spain have won the tournament more times than the Azzurri (twice, in 1968 and 2020). Italy could become the second team to win two consecutive UEFA European Championships after Spain (2008 and 2012). Italy has never conceded more than one goal in the last two editions of the UEFA European Championships (2016 and 2020): only six goals were conceded by the Azzurri in the period. In the 45 matches played by Italy at the UEFA European Championships, an average of 1.84 goals per match was recorded (52 scored, 31 conceded): this is the lowest average among the 25 teams that took part in more than 10 matches in the competition.

👉🇮🇹  ITALIA (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Calafiori, Bastoni, Dimarco; Jorginho, Barella; Chiesa, Frattesi, Pellegrini; Scamacca.

👉🇦🇱 ALBANIA (4-3-3): Strakosha; Hysaj, Djimsiti, Ajeti, Mitaj; Asllani, Ramadani, Bajrami; Asani, Broja, Seferi.

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The BVB Stadium set for Italy vs Albania
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 UEFA EURO 2024
Group B

Italy 2 – 1 Albania
Saturday 15 June 2024
BVB Stadium
Dortmund, Germany

21:00

Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant referees: Stefan Lupp (GER) and Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth official: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)

Goals: 1′ Nedim Bajrami (A), 11 Alessandro Bastoni (I), 16′ Nicolò Barella (I)

🟨 Booked: 21′ Lorenzo Pellegrini (I), 51′ Armando Broja (A), 51′ Riccardo Calafiori (I), 74′ Arbër Hoxha (A)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉🇮🇹  ITALIA (4-2-3-1):  Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori, Dimarco (82′ Darmian); Jorginho, Barella (92′ Folorunsho); Frattesi, Pellegrini (77′ Cristante), Chiesa (77′ Cambiaso); Scamacca (82′ Retegui).

Subs.: Vicario, Meret, Buongiorno, Gatti, Raspadori, Bellanova, Mancini, Zaccagni, Fagioli, El Shaarawy.

Head Coach: Luciano Spalletti

👉🇦🇱 ALBANIA (4-3-3):  Strakosha; Hysaj, Djimsiti, Ajeti, Mitaj; Asllani, Ramadani, Bajrami (87′ Maçi); Asani (68’Hoxha), Broja (76′ Manaj), Seferi (68′ Laçi).

Subs: E. Berisha, Kastrati, Balliu, Gjasula, Mihaj, M. Berisha, Ismajli, Daku, Abrashi, Kumbulla, Aliji.

Head Coach: Sylvinho.