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InternationalTelegraphAlphabetNo.2--__PLACE_0_HOLDER__InternationalFriendly-18/02/04
Italy2-2CzechRep
Vieri15(I),Stajner42(C),DiNatale86(I),Rosicky88(C)
StadioRenzoBarbera,Palermo(21,000)
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Italygavethreeplayerstheirinternationaldebuts,buteventwogoals
couldn'tendtheCzechRepublic'sunbeatenrun.
GiovanniTrapattoniperformedseveralexperimentsinthisfriendlygameasa
warm-uptotheEuro2004Championships.
Sampdorialeft-backStefanoBettarinireceivedhisfirstcapattheripeold
ageof32inadefencethatwasforcedtodowithouttheinjuredFabio
CannavaroandMarcoMaterazzi.
FellowSampstarSergioVolpiandyoungParmamidfielderSimoneBaronewere
alsopreparedtomaketheirdebuts,butdidnotstartthematch.
MilanmanAndreaPirlowasgivenararestartinadeepmidfieldrole,while
Lazio'sonformStefanoFioretooktherightsideofthesupporttrident
behindlonestrikerChristianVieri.
AntonioCassanowasoriginallyincludedinthesquad,butpulledoutwitha
kneeprobleminfavourofhisRomateammateMarcoDelvecchio.
TherewereseveralfamiliarfacesintheCzechside,aboveallJuventushero
PavelNedvedandMarekJankulovskiofUdinese.GoingintothisgameItalyhad
wonjustoneoftheirthirteenencounterswiththeCzechs,whoareunbeaten
sinceNovember2001.
ItwasaparticularlyspecialoccasionforNedved,whocaptainedhisside
afterwinningthe2003CzechPlayeroftheYearawardandtheBalond'Or.
ThevisitorshadthefirstrealchanceaftersevenminuteswhenNedvedtook
advantageofNicolaLegrottaglie'swoefulerror,butJuveteammateGianluigi
Buffonperformedafinesaveatthenearpost.
Soonafterex-LaziomidfielderKarelPoborskysprungtheoffsidetrapand
managedtolifttheballoverBuffon,butAlessandronestawaswellplaced
foragoallineclearance.
TheAzzurrihadmoreofthepossessionandeventuallytooktheleadin
determinedfashion.AbrilliantAndreaPirlopassfoundAlessandroDelPiero
outwideontheleftandhiscrosswasnoddedontotheuprightbyVieri.
ThemovecontinuedandDelPierosawhisowneffortparriedatthenearpost,
buttheIntermanpouncedonthelooseballtobundleitovertheline.
ReplayssuggesthemayhaveusedhisarmasaCzechdefenderclearedtheball
straightathistorso.
VierinearlydoubledhistallysoonafterwhenheranontoFrancescototti's
splendidthroughball,butgoalkeeperBlazeksomehowmanagedtopalmitaway
fromhisfeet.
TheAzzurrithoughttheyhadmadeittwoon24minuteswhenChristian
Panucci'sheaderbackacrossthefaceofgoalwasmetbyVieri,butthegoal
wasdisallowedforanextremelytightoffsidedecision.
Nestawasagaindecisivewithawell-timedinterventionafterJanKollerhad
chesteddowntheballinthesixyardbox.
JustbeforethebreakTotti'spreciselongpassfoundVieriandhisangled
driveshavedthefarpost.
TomasRosicky,whohasbeenlinkedwithJuventusthisseason,drilledover
thebarandcausedafewproblemsintheItalydefence.
ButitwasStajnerwhoequalisedfortheCzechRepublicinthefinalminutes
ofthefirsthalf.Themidfielderwasleftrelativelyunmarkedtonodina
freekickfromsixyards.
ThiswasthefirstgoaltheAzzurrihadconcededinthePeninsulafor644
minutesoffootball.
Trapmadesevenchangesathalf-time,includingadebutforParmamidfielder
SimoneBarone.DelPieromovedtoacentralpositionbehindnewstriker
BernardoCorradi,whileDelvecchiotooktheleftpointflank.
GoalkeeperFrancescoToldo'sfirsttouchcameonthehourmarkwhenhe
blockedafreeheaderfromsubstituteLokvenc.
AntonioDiNatalemadehisreturntotheinternationalsceneafteraseries
offitnessworriesfortheEmpoliman,whileBologna'sCarloNervoearnedhis
fourthcap.
TheCzechsseemedtosettleintotheirnewline-upmorequicklyandToldo
turnedaHeinzangleddriveroundthenearpost.
Italy'sfirstrealchanceofthesecondhalfcameon74minutes.Massimo
Oddo'sfreekickwasnoddedbackbyCorradi,butDelvecchioballoonedover
fromcloserange.
WhenNedvedwassubstitutedinthefinalstages,hewaswarmlyapplaudedby
thePalermocrowdandrespondedtothegesture.
SergioVolpiwasalsoallowedtomakehisinternationaldebutattheageof
30,takingtothefieldinthelasteightminutes.
Thegamelookedtobedraggingitselftowardsaninevitabledraw,butCarlo
NervobrokepastthreedefendersandputinaperfectcrossforDiNatale's
headerasItalyrestoredtheirlead.ItwastheEmpolistar'sfirstAzzurri
goal.
ButtheCzech'swerenotgoingtoletgooftheirunbeatenrunafterallthis
timeandTomasRosickycurledinamagnificentshotthatbeatToldoatthe
nearpost.
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Italy:Buffon(Toldo46);Panucci(Oddo46),Nesta(Adani46),Legrottaglie
(Ferrari46),Bettarini(Pancaro78);Perrotta(Volpi82),Pirlo(Barone46);
Fiore(Nervo64),Totti(Delvecchio46),DelPiero(DiNatale64);Vieri
(Corradi46)
CzechRep:Blazek(Kinsky46);Grygera(Jiranek46),Rozenhal,Bolf(Vorisek
89),Jankulovski(Tyce46);Poborsky(Heinz46),Galasek(Hubschmann55),
Nedved(Jarosik78),Stajner(Drobny46);Koller(Lokvenc46),Rosicky
Ref:Bramhaar(Hol)
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