Italy 1 - 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina: Finished | 2020-09-04 | UEFA Nations League

Goalkeepers	G	GC	SAV
Gianluigi Donnarumma	0	1	3

Forwards	GA	S	FC	FW
Insigne	1	6	0	0
Andrea Belotti 73'	0	1	2	2
Federico Chiesa 71'	0	2	0	2

Midfielders	G	S	FC	FW
Stefano Sensi 67'	1	2	0	1
Nicolò Barella	0	1	1	2
Lorenzo Pellegrini 86'	0	0	0	1

Defenders	S	FC	FW
Alessandro Florenzi	1	0	0
Cristiano Biraghi	0	1	1
Leonardo Bonucci	1	1	0
Francesco Acerbi	1	1	0

Substitutes	S	FC	FW
Nicolò Zaniolo 71'(Federico Chiesa)	1	1	0
Ciro Immobile 73'(Andrea Belotti)	1	0	0
Moise Kean 86'(Lorenzo Pellegrini)	0	0	1
Giorgio Chiellini	0	0	0
Manuel Locatelli	0	0	0
Gianluca Mancini	0	0	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	0	0	0
Bryan Cristante	0	0	0
Jorginho	0	0	0
Leonardo Spinazzola	0	0	0
Alex Meret	0	-	-
Salvatore Sirigu	0	-	-

Goalkeepers	G	GC	SAV
Ibrahim Sehic	0	1	3

Forwards	G	GA	S	FC	FW
Edin Dzeko 57'	1	0	3	2	3

Midfielders	S	FC	FW
Amir Hadziahmetovic	0	0	1
Gojko Cimirot	0	1	0
Amer Gojak	1	1	0
Edin Visca 86'	2	1	1
Armin Hodzic 77'	2	1	1

Defenders	GA	FC	FW
Branimir Cipetic	0	1	0
Toni Sunjic	1	1	0
Sinisa Sanicanin	0	0	0
Sead Kolasinac 84'	0	2	1

Substitutes	S	FC	FW
Muhamed Besic 77'(Armin Hodzic)	1	0	0
Eldar Civic 84'(Sead Kolasinac)	0	1	0
Deni Milosevic 86'(Edin Visca)	0	1	0
Haris Duljevic	0	0	0
Haris Hajradinovic	0	0	0
Zoran Kvrzic	0	0	0
Ermin Bicakcic	0	0	0
Elvir Koljic	0	0	0
Vladan Danilovic	0	0	0
Anel Sabanadzovic	0	0	0
Asmir Begovic	0	-	-
Jasmin Buric	0	-	-

90'+5'

That's all from us today folks, we hope you enjoyed the game!

90'+5'

Both sides will play again on Monday, with Italy travelling to the Netherlands, whilst Bosnia will welcome Poland in their second group game.

90'+5'

It ends 1-1 between Italy and Bosnia in Florence, with both goals coming in the second half after a quiet opening period. The visitors took the lead through Dzeko, however, it took just 10 minutes for Sensi to fire Italy back into the game and level the scoreline. Both teams then pushed forward in search of a winning goal, with Besic going the closest for Bosnia, but he fired his shot wide, to send each side away with a point.

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FULL-TIME: ITALY 1-1 BOSNIA

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It doesn't look like either side is going to be able to take all three points in their opening Nations League game, with just a minute left on the clock.

90'+2'

Italy are the side pushing for a winner now, but they just can't get near the Bosnia final third. The visitors look happy with a point and are slowing the pace down whenever they can.

90'

There will be a minimum of FOUR minutes added time played here.

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CLOSE! Bosnia break forward quickly on the counter and Besic gets a clear sight of goal, he cuts inside and tries to place the ball in the bottom right-hand corner of the net, but it flies wide of the Italy goal. He should've done better there, that was an excellent chance to score the winning goal late on.

88'

There's just a few minutes plus any additional time added on to be played now, can either side nick a winner?

86'

Meanwhile for Italy, Pellegrini has been replaced by Kean.

86'

A couple of late substitutions coming from both sides now, first is Bosnian as Visca comes off and he has been replaced by Milosevic.

84'

Another Bosnia substitution now, with Kolasinac the man coming off and he has been replaced by Civic.

81'

The other game in Group A sees Netherlands in the lead against Poland, so as it stands they will be top of Group A, with Italy and Bosnia behind them on one point each.

79'

Bonucci is the latest Italian to be booked.

79'

Cimirot is the first Bosnian player to be booked after time wasting with a free-kick, they are trying to run down the clock.

79'

Zaniolo is booked for a late challenge on Kolasinac down the right wing.

77'

Bosnia make their first substitution of the game now, with Hodzic coming off and he has been replaced by Besic.

75'

He should be doing better! Insigne cuts inside from the left and whips a good cross into the penalty area towards Zaniolo, but the recently introduced substitute gets his header all wrong and it goes well wide of goal.

73'

Another Italy change now, with Belotti replaced by Immobile up front.

71'

Italy make their first substitution of the game, with Chiesa the man coming off and he has been replaced by Zaniolo.

70'

Italy chance! Florenzi finds space in behind the Bosnian defence and goes for goal from a tight angle, but Sehic reads it well and manages to get a good hand to it and turns it away for a corner.

70'

Good chance! Gojak powers a header towards goal at the far post after the ball flies all the way over the Italian defence. However, it's straight at Donnarumma who makes a good save.

67'

Insigne has been lively all night and he has finally got his reward with an impressive assist, looking up and spotting the run of Sensi on the edge of the box, who was unmarked and produced a fine finish.

67'

GOOOAAALLL! Italy have equalised, it's 1-1! Sensi with a good finish after some excellent play down the left by Insigne, who found space and looked like he might go for goal himself, but instead cut it back for Sensi who sprinted into the box and calmly fired it into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.

65'

Yellow Card Armin Hodžić

65'

The first yellow card of the game is shown to Belotti after his high foot on Hadziahmetovic, who took a boot to the face.

63'

CHANCE! Italy with a free-kick which is drilled into the penalty area and not dealt with by Bosnia, so the ball falls to Barella in the middle of the penalty area, who volleys it towards goal, but it takes a slight deflection and Sehic makes a good save at his near post.

62'

How much longer will Roberto Mancini leave it until he makes some changes to his Italian side? They are in control of the ball, but Bosnia are playing a good pressing game and not letting the hosts get into the final third.

60'

Decent effort! Dzeko does really well to hold off a couple of Italy defenders and gets to the edge of the penalty area, but his shot is straight at Donnarumma who makes a comfortable save.

59'

The game has opened up a lot now, it's end to end, with both teams pushing forward and Italy now have no choice but to get into the final third in order to get back into the game.

57'

Sunjic did really well to win the header under pressure and made sure he found his team-mate, rather than go for goal himself and Dzeko made no mistakes with the finish.

57'

GOOOAAALLL! Bosnia take the lead, it's 1-0! It comes from a corner, which Sunjic meets at the back post, he gets above his marker and heads the ball back into the danger area for Dzeko to latch onto and the striker is unmarked and fires the ball into the back of the net from close range. Great finish.

54'

Good play down the left by Italy, with Insigne fed deep inside the Bosnia penalty area, but his shot is well blocked by Sunjic. The resulting corner comes to nothing.

52'

These two sides are meeting for fourth time; Italy’s record in past three encounters is winning two and losing the other.

50'

Immobile is getting warmed up on the sidelines for Italy, the striker had a very strong case for starting the game after his goal scoring exploits in Serie A last season and he could make the difference here tonight.

45'+2'

It's goalless at the break between Italy and Bosnia, with the hosts looking the more likely to break the deadlock, having dominated much of the possession in the first half. However, Bosnia have defended well and kept them at bay for much of the game, with Sehic untested in the Bosnia goal. The closest Italy came to scoring was when Chiesa fired into the sidenetting from close range and Insigne went close with a free-kick.

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Bosnia haven't tested Donnarumma at all in the Italy goal, with Dzeko cutting an isolated figure up top for the visitors. The other game in Group A between Netherlands and Poland is also 0-0 at the break.

48'

The second half has started the same way the first half ended, with Italy on top and dominating possession, so far just in midfield, with Bosnia pushing slighly higher up the pitch now.

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HALF-TIME: ITALY 0-0 BOSNIA

46'

The second half is under way!

45'

There will be a minimum of two minutes added time played at the end of the first half.

43'

Despite their dominance, Italy haven't tested Sehic in the Bosnian goal, who is yet to have a save to make, with his defence doing a good job at keeping the hosts out of the penalty area.

41'

Bosnia are struggling to string more than a couple of passes together, they will be eager to hear the half-time whistle now as it is wave after wave of attack from the Italians.

39'

There's not long left to play here before the end of the first half now, can either side break the deadlock before the half-time whistle?

37'

Italy are starting to push for a goal before the break, the tempo of their play has increased slightly and every player apart from Donnarumma is in the Bosnia half of the pitch.

35'

It looks like Bosnia are trying to break forward quickly on the counter-attack when they do get on the ball or get Dzeko to hold up the ball and allow team-mates to get up with him. However, that has been very difficult against Bonucci and Acerbi so far.

33'

Bosnia just can't get out of their half at the moment, they are sitting deep and just trying to soak up the pressure and hold out until half-time.

31'

It's still goalless after 30 minutes between Italy and Bosnia, with only one real goal scoring chance to speak of so far, which fell to Chiesa early on.

29'

Stoppage in play here as Florenzi is down on the pitch receiving some medical treatment after he landed awkwardly following an aerial challenge. However, it looks like he will be fine to continue.

27'

Good chance! Visca makes a late run into the penalty area, he controls the ball on the edge of the penalty area from the left and then fires a powerful shot towards goal, but it flies well over the crossbar and doesn't test Donnarumma.

26'

Italy need to up the pace of their play if they are to break through this Bosnia defence, as they aren't playing the ball quick enough in the final third to stretch their opponents.

24'

It's still Italy who are dominating much of the possession, with Bosnia camped inside their own half at the moment and Dzeko has hardly touched the ball during this first half.

22'

Insigne has been the liveliest of the Italy attackers so far, he has been involved in much of their final third play and looks to have the pace to beat the Bosnia backline.

20'

Most recently, teams were paired in EURO 2020 qualifying; Italy won both game, 2-1 in Turin, then 3-0 in Sarajevo.

18'

Not too far away! Insigne steps up to take a free-kick, trying to find the top left-hand corner of the net, but he gets too much on the ball and it flies just over the crossbar.

17'

Free-kick to Italy in a very good shooting position around 30 yards out, after Belotti is barged into the back of by Sunjic. This is definitely a chance for the hosts to take the lead.

15'

Bosnia win their first corner of the game, but the set piece ball is poor and the Italian defence clear the danger at the front post.

13'

Biraghi is perhaps lucky to get away with just a warning after a high footed challenge on Visca, catching the Bosnia winger painfully high on his leg.

12'

CLOSE! Chiesa with a very good opportunity to open the scoring for Italy, as the ball is played out wide to him in the penalty area by Insigne. The forward drifts one way and then cuts back and fires a shot at goal, but it flies narrowly wide, striking the side netting.

11'

Pellegrini has been heavily involved for the hosts so far, he is drifting away from his marker and finding a lot of space in midfield, linking up the attacking play nicely.

9'

Italy win the first corner of the game, can they create something here? Sehic reads the set piece well and rushes off his line to punch the ball clear. Good goalkeeping.

7'

Italy are the team on top at the moment, they are keeping Bosnia penned inside their own half and are finding space down the wings and behind the visitors defence. Pellegrini manages to pick out Insigne over the top, but he fires his shot at goal high over the crossbar.

5'

Both sides are lining up in a 4-3-3 formation to start off with here, but you can see Bosnia dropping into a 4-5-1 when they are defending and just leaving Dzeko up top to try and close the space for the hosts to play into.

3'

Decent play and cross into the box by Hodzic from the right wing, he cuts inside and whips a good ball into the area, but none of his team-mates are on the same wavelength and it flies straight out of play.

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We're under way!

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The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all of the match action!

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Bosnia are without Barcelona's summer signing Miralem Pjanic, after he tested positive for COVID-19. However, they do have their skipper Dzeko available and starting tonight. The Roma striker scored 16 Serie A goals last season, as his side finished fifth in the table.

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Surprisingly, Immobile doesn't start tonight, despite topping the Serie A goal scoring charts this season for Lazio, with 36 goals. Instead, it is Belotti who leads the line for the Italians today. Italy are missing Marco Verratti due to PSG competing in the Champions League final recently, he is given extra time off. Federico Bernardeschi is also missing after the Juventus man picked up an injury and had to withdraw from the squad.

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BOSNIA SUBS: Elvir Koljic, Jasmin Buric, Ermin Bicakcic, Muhamed Besic, Haris Duljevic, Haris Hajradinovic, Vladan Danilovic, Asmir Begovic, Eldar Civic, Deni Milosevic, Zoran Kvrzic, Anel Sabanadzovic.

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BOSNIA (4-3-3): Ibrahim Sehic; Branimir Cipetic, Toni Sunjic, Sinisa Sanicanin, Sead Kolasinac; Gojko Cimirot, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Amer Gojak; Edin Visca, Edin Dzeko, Armin Hodzic.

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ITALY SUBS: Leonardo Spinazzola, Moise Kean, Alex Meret, Nicolo Zaniolo, Gianluca Mancini, Jorginho, Salvatore Sirigu, Giorgio Chiellini, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Ciro Immobile, Bryan Cristante, Mauel Locatelli.

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ITALY (4-3-3): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Alessandro Florenzi, Leonardo Bonucci, Francesco Acerbi, Cristiano Biraghi; Lorenzo Pellegrini, Stefano Sensi, Nicolo Barella; Federico Chiesa, Andrea Belotti, Lorenzo Insigne.

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Meanwhile Bosnia will have to wait until the play-offs to secure their place at the European Championship, as they face Northern Ireland in October, after they won their previous Nations League group.

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The Nations League games will come thick and fast this year and Group A is going to be a tough group, with the Netherlands and Poland the other two sides. Italy were unbeaten in 2019, winning all six of their Euro 2020 fixtures, which includes a victory over Bosnia.

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Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Group A Nations League clash between Italy and Bosnia-Herzegovina at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence.

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