Football
Latvia U21 vs Italy U21. European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group A.
3:00pm, Friday 8th September 2023.
Slokas StadionsAttendance: Attendance348.
Match ends, Latvia U21 0, Italy U21 0.
Second Half ends, Latvia U21 0, Italy U21 0.
Corner, Italy U21. Conceded by Deniss Melniks.
Foul by Lorenzo Colombo (Italy U21).
Jegors Novikovs (Latvia U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Cher Ndour (Italy U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mattia Zanotti.
Roberts Melkis (Latvia U21) is shown the yellow card.
Daniele Ghilardi (Italy U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Roberts Melkis (Latvia U21).
Foul by Cesare Casadei (Italy U21).
Aleksejs Kudelkins (Latvia U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Latvia U21. Artjoms Puzirevskis replaces Valerijs Lizunovs because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Valerijs Lizunovs (Latvia U21).
Substitution, Latvia U21. Kaspars Anmanis replaces Kristians Kauselis.
Attempt missed. Cesare Casadei (Italy U21) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Matteo Ruggeri with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Cesare Casadei (Italy U21) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Colombo.
Attempt missed. Matteo Prati (Italy U21) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Colombo with a headed pass.
Bruno Melnis (Latvia U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mattia Zanotti (Italy U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bruno Melnis (Latvia U21).
Attempt missed. Cesare Casadei (Italy U21) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cher Ndour with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Matteo Ruggeri (Italy U21) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Offside, Italy U21. Edoardo Bove tries a through ball, but Mattia Zanotti is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Cher Ndour (Italy U21) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Edoardo Bove.
Attempt missed. Francesco Esposito (Italy U21) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matteo Prati with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Italy U21. Conceded by Niks Sliede.
Substitution, Latvia U21. Bruno Melnis replaces Lukass Vapne.
Substitution, Latvia U21. Roberts Melkis replaces Olgerds Rascevskis.
Attempt missed. Lorenzo Colombo (Italy U21) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matteo Ruggeri with a cross.
Attempt saved. Francesco Esposito (Italy U21) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Colombo.
Attempt saved. Olgerds Rascevskis (Latvia U21) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Deniss Melniks with a cross.
Corner, Latvia U21. Conceded by Mattia Zanotti.
Corner, Italy U21. Conceded by Jegors Novikovs.
Foul by Francesco Esposito (Italy U21).
Substitution, Italy U21. Cher Ndour replaces Fabio Miretti.
Kristians Kauselis (Latvia U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lorenzo Pirola (Italy U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kristians Kauselis (Latvia U21).
Offside, Latvia U21. Janis Beks tries a through ball, but Valerijs Lizunovs is caught offside.
Lukass Vapne (Latvia U21) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
Foul by Mattia Zanotti (Italy U21).
Valerijs Lizunovs (Latvia U21) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Italy U21. Lorenzo Colombo replaces Gaetano Oristanio.
Substitution, Italy U21. Francesco Esposito replaces Marco Nasti.
Attempt missed. Marco Nasti (Italy U21) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mattia Zanotti with a cross.
Edoardo Bove (Italy U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Olgerds Rascevskis (Latvia U21).
Fabio Miretti (Italy U21) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Oskars Vientiess (Latvia U21).
Corner, Italy U21. Conceded by Janis Beks.
Attempt blocked. Fabio Miretti (Italy U21) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Ruggeri.
Gaetano Oristanio (Italy U21) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Gaetano Oristanio (Italy U21).
Niks Sliede (Latvia U21) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Second Half begins Latvia U21 0, Italy U21 0.
First Half ends, Latvia U21 0, Italy U21 0.
Attempt missed. Edoardo Bove (Italy U21) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Matteo Prati.
Attempt blocked. Matteo Prati (Italy U21) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edoardo Bove.
Attempt blocked. Marco Nasti (Italy U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Edoardo Bove (Italy U21) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Prati.
Cesare Casadei (Italy U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kristians Kauselis (Latvia U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Olgerds Rascevskis (Latvia U21) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Edoardo Bove (Italy U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Edoardo Bove (Italy U21).
Deniss Melniks (Latvia U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Fabio Miretti (Italy U21) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gaetano Oristanio.
Attempt saved. Marco Nasti (Italy U21) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edoardo Bove with a cross.
Offside, Latvia U21. Ralfs Maslovs tries a through ball, but Valerijs Lizunovs is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Ralfs Maslovs (Latvia U21) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oskars Vientiess.
Foul by Daniele Ghilardi (Italy U21).
Lukass Vapne (Latvia U21) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Fabio Miretti (Italy U21) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Gaetano Oristanio with a cross.
Attempt missed. Kristians Kauselis (Latvia U21) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Valerijs Lizunovs.
Corner, Italy U21. Conceded by Olgerds Rascevskis.
Fabio Miretti (Italy U21) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Gaetano Oristanio (Italy U21) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabio Miretti.
Attempt missed. Edoardo Bove (Italy U21) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Edoardo Bove (Italy U21) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Fabio Miretti.
Hand ball by Lukass Vapne (Latvia U21).
Offside, Italy U21. Fabio Miretti tries a through ball, but Gaetano Oristanio is caught offside.
Olgerds Rascevskis (Latvia U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Cesare Casadei (Italy U21) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Fabio Miretti with a cross following a corner.
Sebastiano Desplanches (Italy U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Deniss Melniks (Latvia U21).
Corner, Latvia U21. Conceded by Sebastiano Desplanches.
Deniss Melniks (Latvia U21) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Latvia U21. Oskars Vientiess tries a through ball, but Valerijs Lizunovs is caught offside.
Foul by Jegors Novikovs (Latvia U21).
Foul by Ralfs Maslovs (Latvia U21).
Hand ball by Olgerds Rascevskis (Latvia U21).
Foul by Matteo Prati (Italy U21).
Lukass Vapne (Latvia U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.