Matches

Italy

1:1

Paraguay

1:1 (0:1)

Daniele DE ROSSI (63')

Antolin ALCARAZ (39')

Summary

Italy and Paraguay share spoils

Italy opened their FIFA World Cup™ defence with a come-from-behind 1-1 draw in Group F against Paraguay on a rainy Monday night in Cape Town.

Highlights

Line-up

Italy

Paraguay

1 Gianluigi BUFFON $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/159304.png'} ITA1 Gianluigi BUFFON (GK) (-46'HT )	(GK)(C) Justo VILLAR $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/185338.png'} PAR1 Justo VILLAR 1
3 Domenico CRISCITO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/228933.png'} ITA3 Domenico CRISCITO	Claudio MOREL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/185429.png'} PAR3 Claudio MOREL 3
4 Giorgio CHIELLINI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/215274.png'} ITA4 Giorgio CHIELLINI	Carlos BONET $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/189436.png'} PAR6 Carlos BONET 6
5 Fabio CANNAVARO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/155957.png'} ITA5 Fabio CANNAVARO (C)	Enrique VERA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/276117.png'} PAR13 Enrique VERA 13
6 Daniele DE ROSSI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/209119.png'} ITA6 Daniele DE ROSSI	Paulo DA SILVA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/178278.png'} PAR14 Paulo DA SILVA 14
7 Simone PEPE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254181.png'} ITA7 Simone PEPE	Victor CACERES $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/283757.png'} PAR15 Victor CACERES 15
9 Vincenzo IAQUINTA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/234927.png'} ITA9 Vincenzo IAQUINTA	Cristian RIVEROS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/253460.png'} PAR16 Cristian RIVEROS 16
11 Alberto GILARDINO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/210205.png'} ITA11 Alberto GILARDINO (-72' )	(-60') Aureliano TORRES $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/209505.png'} PAR17 Aureliano TORRES 17
15 Claudio MARCHISIO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/298664.png'} ITA15 Claudio MARCHISIO (-59' )	(-68') Nelson VALDEZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/207707.png'} PAR18 Nelson VALDEZ 18
19 Gianluca ZAMBROTTA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177655.png'} ITA19 Gianluca ZAMBROTTA	(-76') Lucas BARRIOS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/322704.png'} PAR19 Lucas BARRIOS 19
22 Riccardo MONTOLIVO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216691.png'} ITA22 Riccardo MONTOLIVO	Antolin ALCARAZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/313535.png'} PAR21 Antolin ALCARAZ 21

Substitute(s)

12 Federico MARCHETTI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/313831.png'} ITA12 Federico MARCHETTI (GK) (+46'HT)	(GK) Diego BARRETO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/181732.png'} PAR12 Diego BARRETO 12
14 Morgan DE SANCTIS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177833.png'} ITA14 Morgan DE SANCTIS (GK)	(GK) Aldo BOBADILLA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/178051.png'} PAR22 Aldo BOBADILLA 22
2 Christian MAGGIO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/210199.png'} ITA2 Christian MAGGIO	Dario VERON $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/185341.png'} PAR2 Dario VERON 2
8 Gennaro GATTUSO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177845.png'} ITA8 Gennaro GATTUSO	Denis CANIZA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/162763.png'} PAR4 Denis CANIZA 4
10 Antonio DI NATALE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/196699.png'} ITA10 Antonio DI NATALE (+72')	Julio Cesar CACERES $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/189334.png'} PAR5 Julio Cesar CACERES 5
13 Salvatore BOCCHETTI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/298656.png'} ITA13 Salvatore BOCCHETTI	(+76') Oscar CARDOZO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/276119.png'} PAR7 Oscar CARDOZO 7
16 Mauro CAMORANESI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/214022.png'} ITA16 Mauro CAMORANESI (+59')	Edgar BARRETO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/182624.png'} PAR8 Edgar BARRETO 8
17 Angelo PALOMBO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/210189.png'} ITA17 Angelo PALOMBO	(+68') Roque SANTA CRUZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/4039.png'} PAR9 Roque SANTA CRUZ 9
18 Fabio QUAGLIARELLA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/297409.png'} ITA18 Fabio QUAGLIARELLA	Edgar BENITEZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/302599.png'} PAR10 Edgar BENITEZ 10
20 Giampaolo PAZZINI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254182.png'} ITA20 Giampaolo PAZZINI	(+60') Jonathan SANTANA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/276118.png'} PAR11 Jonathan SANTANA 11
23 Leonardo BONUCCI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/321641.png'} ITA23 Leonardo BONUCCI	Nestor ORTIGOZA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/316199.png'} PAR20 Nestor ORTIGOZA 20
21 Andrea PIRLO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177876.png'} ITA21 Andrea PIRLO	Rodolfo GAMARRA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/228509.png'} PAR23 Rodolfo GAMARRA 23

Coaches

Marcello LIPPI (ITA)

(ARG) Gerardo MARTINO

Officials

Referee: Benito ARCHUNDIA (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Hector VERGARA (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Marvin TORRENTERA (MEX)
Fourth official: Joel AGUILAR (SLV)
Fifth official: Juan ZUMBA (SLV)

Injured

Standings

Team	MP	GF	GA	Pts
PAR	3	3	1	5
SVK	3	4	5	4
NZL	3	2	2	3
ITA	3	4	5	2

“I’m happy because we played as a team, but it’s a shame not to have won because we deserved to. By the end our opponents had handed us control and they didn’t create any danger in the second period, we didn’t even let them have a single shot on goal. We still have to improve, however. What happened to [Gianluigi] Buffon? He had a back problem. We’ll wait for the doctors to say how serious the injury is and how long he’ll be out.”
Marcello Lippi, Italy coach

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Latest Comments:

02/08/2010 at 11:10

lucyj32 (England)

Go paraguay! Beat Italy

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23/06/2010 at 22:05

italyrox (Canada)

don't worry italy is just getting started

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22/06/2010 at 22:50

July3066Boy (England)

Italy can't defend from set piece. Great result for Paraguay. DESERVED

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Italy		Paraguay
10	Shots	8
8	Corner kicks	4
1	Yellow cards	1
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
52%	Possession (%)	48%

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PAR3

ITA4

PAR6

ITA5

PAR13

ITA6

PAR14

ITA7

PAR15

ITA9

PAR16

ITA11

PAR17

ITA15

PAR18

ITA19

PAR19

ITA22

PAR21

ITA12

PAR12

ITA14

PAR22

ITA2

PAR2

ITA8

PAR4

ITA10

PAR5

ITA13

PAR7

ITA16

PAR8

ITA17

PAR9

ITA18

PAR10

ITA20

PAR11

ITA23

PAR20

ITA21

PAR23

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