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Goals and Highlights
93'
It's over! Italy pulls out the victory after a hard-fought duel.
89'
Andrei's powerful shot, but the goalkeeper ends up holding the ball.
83'
Sali's cross, but Turiccia ends up intervening and cuts the ball well.
75'
Italy looks for the second, but Romania is well positioned at the back.
68'
Romania change. Cubis and Radaslavescu are replaced by Pantea and Popescu.
66'
Goal, goal, goal for Italy! Volpato counter-attacks after a series of attempts on goal, and ends up putting Italy ahead.
57'
Change from Italy. Volpato replaces Baldanzi
53'
Goal, goal, goal for Romania! Andrei sends a lethal shot that Despanches can't keep out of the path of his goal.
47'
Goal, goal, goal for Italy! Baldanzi recovers the ball and sends in a lethal shot from the halfway line to open the scoring.
46'
Change of Romania. Andrei replaces Bodisteanu.
45'
The action resumes for the second half.
45+1'
The first half is over, Italy and Romania are tied at 0-0 at halftime.
41'
Baldanzi's shot, but Popa ends up deflecting and again prevents the scoreboard from opening.
34'
Baldanzi is looking for a pass, but the Romanian defense ends up preventing the ball from going through.
27'
Italy dominates the match, but fails to convert its supremacy into a goal.
19'
Close! Fabbian's shot, but Popa ends up saving the first.
9'
The match is still very tight in the midfield, with both teams looking for the opponent's goal.
0'
Slovakia is underway.
Romania: LineUp
R. Popa; A. Pantea, G. Danuleasa, B. Gergely, S. Pirvulescu; D. Sirbu, A. Pandele, L. Andronache, E. Radaslavescu, S. Bodisteanu; A. Chiritoiu.
Italy: LineUp
S. Desplanches; G. Mulazzi, D. Ghilardi, D. Coppola, S. Giovane; G. Fabbian, G. Faticanti, C. Casadei, T. Baldanzi; M. Nasti, G. Di Bruttopilo.
To the court
Both teams are already on the field warming up before kickoff.
Arrived
Romania is already at the Dac Arena stadium, looking for its first three points in this tournament.
Present
Italy is also already at the Dac Arena, this afternoon they will be looking for three points and start the tournament with a valuable victory.
All in all
Fans of both teams are already beginning to gather at the venue for this highly anticipated match.
In advance
Both teams arrived well in advance in Slovakia, the host country of this championship, seeking to adapt to this place to give a good performance.
Romania call-up list
These are the players who will see action during this U-19 national team match.
Romania statement
Adrian Văsîi, Romania U19 coach, said, "I have been working with this group of players for almost 5 years and I am sure they can achieve great things in this last tournament. In these two training seasons we have felt them motivated, they have worked hard in every training session. We are not afraid of the names of our opponents. Our goal is to qualify for next year's U20 World Championship."
What a stat
Both Rares Ilie and goalkeeper Robert Popa were included among the top 30 U-19 players of the season. They are ranked 24th and 26th in the list published by the French newspaper L'Équipe.
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Italy Quotes
Italy coach Carmine Nunziata spoke ahead of this match: "The first match is important, in this preliminary stage of the European Championship, not only from the point of view of the result but also from a psychological point of view."
"At this stage, every team we meet will not be taken lightly. On paper we are favorites, but Romania is a tough team, both physically and technically: they have good attack and temperament, we will have to be careful."
Having reached this level, all teams hide pitfalls: in Slovakia we will find the 8 best European teams and, at youth level, it is not always the shield to give strength to the team. Each match is a story in itself". On the dangers of the group stage: "Let's start with Romania, which has good individuals in the attacking department, to move on to the hosts Slovakia, who in front of their fans will give everything to make the game difficult; an essential team that knows how to stop the opponent's game and use the counter-attack well: in pre-European friendlies they beat Portugal, Holland and drew with France. We know the transalpine team well, because of their physicality and the quality of their game".
Italy's call-up list
Goalkeepers : Sebastiano Desplanches, Gioele Zacchi.
Defenders : Diego Coppola, Alessandro Fontanarosa, Daniele Ghilardi, Gabriele Mulazzi, Riccardo Stivanello, Filippo Terracciano, Riccardo Turicchia.
Midfielders : Cesare Casadei, Duccio Degli Innocenti, Giovanni Fabbian, Giacomo Faticanti, Jacopo Fazzini, Samuel Giovane, Fabio Miretti.
Forwards : Giuseppe Ambrosino Di Bruttopilo, Tommaso Baldanzi, Marco Nasti, Cristian Volpato.
Going for it all
Both Italy and Romania will be looking to start the tournament on the right foot, going for the three points in their quest to top Group A.
Keep an eye on the group
Italy and Romania are placed in Group A along with Slovakia and France, the tournament will be opened by Slovakia and France, and then the match between these two teams, which is expected to be quite exciting.
The match will be played at the Dac Arena Stadium.
The match Italy vs Romania will be played at the Dac Arena Stadium located in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia. The stadium has a capacity of 12,700 people.
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