The Italian national team defeated the North Macedonian team in the ninth round of qualifying for the 2024 European Championship. The game took place in Rome at the Stadio Olimpico and ended with a score of 5:2 in favor of the home team.
In the 17th minute, Italian defender Mattero Darmian printed zeros on the scoreboard. In the 41st minute, the advantage of the Azzura squad was doubled by Federico Chiesa, who in the second added minute of the first half brought the score to a devastating one.
After the break, Macedonian midfielder Yani Atanasov played one goal back, and on the 74th he managed to score a double.
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However, Giacomo Raspadori's goal in the 81st again provided a comfortable lead for Luciano Spalletti's men. Already in stoppage time by the referee in the second half of the match , Stefan El-Shaarawy established the final result of the match – 5:2 in favor of Italy.
Italy – North Macedonia – 5:2
- Italy: Donnarumma, Dimarco, Acerbi, Gatti, Darmian, Bonaventura, Jorginho, Barella, Chiesa, Berardi, Raspadori.
- North Macedonia: Dimitrievski, Dimoski, Musliu, Serafimov, Manev, Ademi, Elezi, Elmas, Bardi, Alioski, Miovski.
- Goals: Darmin, 17 Chiesa, 41, 45+2 Raspadori, 81 El-Shaarawy, 90+3 — Atanasov, 52, 74
After the result of this match, the Italian team overtook the Ukrainian team in the quintet C table, taking second place. After seven matches played, both teams have 13 points, but the Italians are ahead of the blue-yellows due to their victory in the head-to-head match in September.
To guarantee a direct ticket to Euro 2024, the Ukrainian national team will only need a victory in the final qualifying match against the Italian team. The game will take place on Monday, November 20, in Leverkusen at the BayArena.
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