Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland

WC Qualifiers · Europe· 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoff Semifinals

Italy

Sandro Tonali 56'
Moise Kean 80'

Northern Ireland

2:0

📍 New Balance Arena

Timeline

First Half ends,
Sandro Tonali1-0
56'
Alessandro Bastoni
58'
Federico Gatti
↓ Alessandro Bastoni
63'
Pio Esposito
↓ Mateo Retegui
64'
68'
Paul Smyth
↓ Terry Devlin
79'
Jamie Reid
↓ Brodie Spencer
79'
Josh Magennis
↓ Jamie Donley
Moise Kean2-0
🅰 Sandro Tonali
80'
Marco Palestra
↓ Matteo Politano
83'
Niccolò Pisilli
↓ Sandro Tonali
83'
Giacomo Raspadori
↓ Moise Kean
88'

Game leaders

Italy

Total ShotsM. Kean6
Accurate PassesG. Mancini67
SavesG. Donnarumma1

Northern Ireland

Total ShotsR. McConville2
Accurate PassesS. Charles37
SavesP. Charles5

Stats

ItalyN Ireland

Possession

63%

37%

19Shots8

8Shots on target1

5Blocked shots3

Match info

Kick-off: Thursday 26 March
Venue: New Balance Arena · Bergamo, Italy
Referee: Danny Makkelie
Attendance: 23,439
Round: 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoff Semifinals

Form

ItalyLWWWW

W@Israel5-4
W@Estonia3-1
WvsIsrael3-0
W

423Accurate passes236

Northern IrelandWLLWL

L@Germany3-1
WvsSlovakia2-0
LvsGermany1-0
L@Slovakia1-0
WvsLuxembourg1-0

Head to head

ITA leads series 3-0-2

15 Nov 21Northern Ireland0-0Italy
25 Mar 21Italy2-0Northern Ireland
11 Oct 11Italy3-0Northern Ireland
8 Oct 10Northern Ireland0-0Italy
6 Jun 09Italy3-0Northern Ireland

423Accurate passes236

15Devenny

19Charles

14Price

7Galbraith

1Donnarumma

13Calafiori

21↓Bastoni

23Mancini

8⚽↓Tonali

3Dimarco

5Locatelli

18Barella

7↓Politano

9↓Retegui

11⚽↓Kean

Substitutes · Italy

2Marco Palestra↑
12Marco Carnesecchi
4Leonardo Spinazzola
20Giorgio Scalvini
17Davide Frattesi
14Niccolò Pisilli↑
19Federico Gatti↑
22Alex Meret
6Alessandro Buongiorno
16Bryan Cristante
15Pio Esposito↑
10Giacomo Raspadori↑

Substitutes · Northern Ireland

18Jamie Reid↑
4Tom Atcheson
22Ciaron Brown
8Callum Marshall
21Josh Magennis↑
16Brad Lyons
12Conor Hazard
1Bailey Peacock-Farrell
9Patrick Kelly
6George Saville
11

Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Italy).

88'

Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Moise Kean.

86'

Marco Palestra (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

86'

Foul by Ethan Galbraith (Northern Ireland).

83'

Substitution, Italy. Niccolò Pisilli replaces Sandro Tonali.

83'

Substitution, Italy. Marco Palestra replaces Matteo Politano.

80'

Goal! Italy 2, Northern Ireland 0. Moise Kean (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.

79'

Substitution, Northern Ireland. Josh Magennis replaces Jamie Donley.

79'

Substitution, Northern Ireland. Jamie Reid replaces Brodie Spencer.

79'

Attempt missed. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a cross.

75'

Paul Smyth (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.

75'

Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Italy).

74'

Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.

73'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Trai Hume.

73'

Attempt blocked. Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.

72'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Paul Smyth.

71'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ruairi McConville.

68'

Substitution, Northern Ireland. Paul Smyth replaces Terry Devlin.

66'

Attempt saved. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Pierce Charles (Northern Ireland). Assisted by Francesco Pio Esposito.

65'

Offside, Italy. Sandro Tonali is caught offside.

64'

Substitution, Italy. Francesco Pio Esposito replaces Mateo Retegui.

63'

Substitution, Italy. Federico Gatti replaces Alessandro Bastoni.

62'

Moise Kean (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

62'

Foul by Justin Devenny (Northern Ireland).

58'

Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

58'

Jamie Donley (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

58'

Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).

56'

Goal! Italy 1, Northern Ireland 0. Sandro Tonali (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.

55'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Pierce Charles.

55'

Attempt saved. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Pierce Charles (Northern Ireland). Assisted by Sandro Tonali.

53'

Pierce Charles (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

53'

Foul by Mateo Retegui (Italy).

52'

Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.

51'

Isaac Price (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

51'

Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).

50'

Sandro Tonali (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

50'

Foul by Shea Charles (Northern Ireland).

50'

Attempt saved. Riccardo Calafiori (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Pierce Charles (Northern Ireland).

47'

Attempt missed. Trai Hume (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

46'

Ruairi McConville (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

46'

Foul by Mateo Retegui (Italy).

45'

Second Half begins Italy 0, Northern Ireland 0.

45'+2'

First Half ends, Italy 0, Northern Ireland 0.

45'+1'

Attempt missed. Jamie Donley (Northern Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Terry Devlin.

45'+1'

Attempt saved. Mateo Retegui (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Pierce Charles (Northern Ireland). Assisted by Manuel Locatelli with a through ball.

45'

Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.

45'

Gianluca Mancini (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45'

Foul by Ethan Galbraith (Northern Ireland).

45'

Attempt blocked. Sandro Tonali (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riccardo Calafiori.

43'

Attempt blocked. Terry Devlin (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ethan Galbraith.

42'

Attempt missed. Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.

42'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ethan Galbraith.

39'

Foul by Jamie Donley (Northern Ireland).

39'

Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

38'

Attempt missed. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mateo Retegui with a headed pass.

36'

Attempt missed. Ruairi McConville (Northern Ireland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paddy McNair with a cross.

34'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Brodie Spencer.

34'

Attempt blocked. Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross.

33'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Isaac Price.

31'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

30'

Delay in match (Italy).

30'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Paddy McNair.

30'

Attempt blocked. Mateo Retegui (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

28'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Terry Devlin.

27'

Shea Charles (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

27'

Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Italy).

20'

Attempt saved. Ethan Galbraith (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy). Assisted by Shea Charles.

20'

Mateo Retegui (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

20'

Foul by Ethan Galbraith (Northern Ireland).

18'

Offside, Italy. Matteo Politano is caught offside.

14'

Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Riccardo Calafiori.

11'

Matteo Politano (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

11'

Foul by Brodie Spencer (Northern Ireland).

10'

Jamie Donley (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

10'

Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Italy).

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ruairi McConville.

Attempt saved. Federico Dimarco (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Pierce Charles (Northern Ireland). Assisted by Gianluca Mancini with a headed pass.

Attempt missed. Riccardo Calafiori (Italy) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Shea Charles.

Attempt blocked. Sandro Tonali (Italy) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Retegui.

Attempt missed. Sandro Tonali (Italy) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Brodie Spencer.

Attempt blocked. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli.

Foul by Ruairi McConville (Northern Ireland).

Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Jamie Donley (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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