Interesting Statistic of Italy’s Defeat of Portugal

DBasia.news – Roberto Mancini’s experiment strategy by sending 10 new players as the team starter in the match against Portugal, Monday (10/9) was a total failure.

Sevilla player Andre Silva scored the goal that brought Portugal won with a 1-0 score. By this score, Portugal lead the temporary standing of Group 3 in the League 1 Nations League with three points. The second and third positions belong to Poland and Italy with one point each.

Here are 4 interesting statistics of Italy during the defeat against Portugal:

1. No Juventus Player As the Starter

Mancini did a surprising news by benching Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini. Practically, there was no Juventus player as the Italy starter in the defeated match. This is the first time since 20 years ago, Juventus player absented from the main squad of Gli Azzurri. The last time was during the 1998 World Cup against Cameroon.

2. Smudge the Excellent Record Against Portugal

Italy had the excellent record when playing against Portugal of all time. The winning percentage of Gli Azzurri to Fernando Santos squad reached 72 percent. Italy also succeeded win 10 times and 1 draw in 11 matches. But now, in two recent matches, Portugal gained the victory.

 

Italia vs Portugal

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3. Lack of Passing

During the Nations League, Portugal dominated the match. By considering this fact, Italy just made 167 passings in the first round. This is the least passing of Italy since the match against Spain in October 2016.

4. Failed to Score the Goal

In the record, Italy always scored at least one goal in five consecutive matches before playing against Portugal. Now, the fact is the team failed to score a goal. This is the first negative record after the failure against Argentina with a 0-2 score on March 24.