România U21		Italia U21
Capello	Tactics	U21 ATT Elastico
56%	Possession	44%
36%	Play in the half	64%
7	Shots	4
3	Fouls	7
1	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
11	Offsides	2
59	average mark	58.2
very good	Shooting	solid
solid	Passing	solid
excellent	Defending	excellent

6 minute.
Tătar lobs the ball high into the air. The ball is kicked out of play. Nerli throws the ball in. Listo centers. Olivato gets his head on it. Velescu miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

14 minute.
Merişor makes a sublime pass. Peccenati cleverly intercepts the pass. Truie makes a sublime pass. Constantinescu takes over possession. Constantinescu takes a swing and hits it... Lesizza palms the ball clear.

15 minute.
Constantinescu tries to trap the ball. Mingolini just manages to reach the ball first. Merişor fouls. Merişor is cautioned.

17 minute.
Dan tries to trap the ball. Merişor takes over possession. Merişor passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Truie just manages to reach the ball first. Truie lobs the ball high into the air. Lesizza palms the ball clear. Mirea tries to trap the ball. Constantinescu takes over possession.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Italia U21 1:0

42 minute.
Rednic throws the ball in. Coşerea approaches the ball. Peccenati trips an opponent. That`s a foul! Peccenati is cautioned.

45 minute.
Merişor attempts to pass. Rednic approaches the ball. Lusiti fouls. Lusiti is cautioned.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: România U21 36%, Italia U21 64%.
România U21 - Italia U21 1:0

53 minute.
The assistant referee points to the corner. Rasori comes on to the pitch. Truie takes the corner. Constantinescu rises up and heads the ball. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar. Lesizza palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers. Mirea takes over possession. Mirea shoots.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Italia U21 2:0

60 minute.
Throw-in. Pascalis comes on to the pitch. Săvoiu comes on to the pitch.

64 minute.
Cazzulani cleverly intercepts the pass. Truie approaches the ball. Truie makes an instep pass. Săvoiu approaches the ball. Săvoiu shoots. Lesizza miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

71 minute.
The linesman holds his flag up. Săvoiu is off-side. Scremato comes on to the pitch.

80 minute.
Rasori makes a sublime pass. Cazzulani plays the ball through. Lusiti ineptly catches the ball. Rednic just manages to reach the ball first. Rednic lobs the ball high into the air.
It was close.

80 minute.
Lesizza hoofs the ball clear. Rasori plays the ball off with his head. Here comes Dediu, having a little trouble catching the ball. Scremato just manages to reach the ball first. Scremato shoots. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball. Truie plays the ball through. Coşerea takes over possession. Cazzulani takes the opponents legs away. Cazzulani is cautioned.

84 minute.
Scremato has a fantastic effort at goal. following a swift pass, Dediu attempts to control the ball. The assistant referee points to the corner. Listo approaches the corner-kick. He crosses towards the box. Scremato gets his head on it. Velescu palms the ball clear.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: România U21 36%, Italia U21 64%.
România U21 - Italia U21 2:0