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ITALY vs. UNITED STATES
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Fritz-Walter Stadion

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
ITALY
1 – 1
UNITED STATES
✦ REFEREE: Jorge Larrionda
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 22' ⚽ Alberto Gilardino
  • 27' • Cristian Zaccardo
  • 35' •
  • 51' •
  • 54' •
  • 61' •
  • 62' •
▶ MATCH STATS
ITA 54% POSSESSION 46% USA
ITA 11 SHOTS 10 USA
ITA 4 SHOTS ON TARGET 3 USA
ITA 13 FOULS 22 USA
ITA 2 SAVES 3 USA
ITA 1 RED CARDS 2 USA
▶ LINE-UPS
ITALY
STARTING XI
  1. GKGianluigi Buffon
  2. DFCristian Zaccardo
  3. DFAlessandro Nesta
  4. DFFabio Cannavaro
  5. DFGianluca Zambrotta
  6. MFSimone Perrotta
  7. MFAndrea Pirlo
  8. MFDaniele De Rossi
  9. MFFrancesco Totti
  10. FWLuca Toni
  11. FWAlberto Gilardino⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Gennaro Gattuso▲ 35'
  • Alessandro Del Piero▲ 54'
  • Vincenzo Iaquinta▲ 61'
UNITED STATES
STARTING XI
  1. GKKasey Keller
  2. DFSteve Cherundolo
  3. DFOguchi Onyewu
  4. DFEddie Pope
  5. DFCarlos Bocanegra
  6. DFPablo Mastroeni
  7. MFClint Dempsey
  8. MFClaudio Reyna
  9. MFBobby Convey
  10. MFLandon Donovan
  11. FWBrian McBride
SUBSTITUTES
  • Jimmy Conrad▲ 51'
  • DaMarcus Beasley▲ 62'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

ITALY
Gli Azzurri
EST. 1898
VS
UNITED STATES
The Stars and Stripes
EST. 1913
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ ITALY
▶ UNITED STATES
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