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ITALY vs. AUSTRALIA
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Fritz-Walter Stadion

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
ITALY
1 – 0
AUSTRALIA
✦ REFEREE: Luis Medina
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 45' •
  • 55' •
  • 75' •
  • 81' •
  • 90' • Francesco Totti
▶ MATCH STATS
ITA 42% POSSESSION 58% AUS
ITA 12 SHOTS 10 AUS
ITA 7 SHOTS ON TARGET 4 AUS
ITA 17 FOULS 24 AUS
ITA 7 SAVES 5 AUS
ITA 1 RED CARDS 0 AUS
▶ LINE-UPS
ITALY
STARTING XI
  1. GKGianluigi Buffon
  2. DFGianluca Zambrotta
  3. DFFabio Cannavaro
  4. DFMarco Materazzi
  5. DFFabio Grosso
  6. MFSimone Perrotta
  7. MFGennaro Gattuso
  8. MFAndrea Pirlo
  9. FWAlessandro Del Piero
  10. FWAlberto Gilardino
  11. FWLuca Toni
SUBSTITUTES
  • Andrea Barzagli▲ 55'
  • Francesco Totti▲ 75'
  • Vincenzo Iaquinta▲ 45'
AUSTRALIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKMark Schwarzer
  2. DFScott Chipperfield
  3. DFLucas Neill
  4. DFCraig Moore
  5. MFJason Culina
  6. MFLuke Wilkshire
  7. MFTim Cahill
  8. MFVince Grella
  9. MFMarco Bresciano
  10. MFMile Sterjovski
  11. FWMark Viduka
SUBSTITUTES
  • John Aloisi▲ 81'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

ITALY
Gli Azzurri
EST. 1898
VS
AUSTRALIA
The Socceroos
EST. 1922
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ ITALY
▶ AUSTRALIA
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