| Last Match ( International Friendly Match ) |
| GERMANY 0 VS 1 ITALY |
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| Table of Group 9: - Italy Wales Finland Serbia & Montenegro Azerbaijan |
| 14 pts 13 pts 10 pts 09 pts 04 pts |
| Italy won 1-0 the friendly match against Germany in Stuttgart and confirmed the progress that was already seen at the end of last season after the post-World Cup crisis. Vieri scored the winning goal on the 16th minute of the first half allowing the head coach Trapattoni to make a good impression on front of his ex-public. The success, however, was above all a good omen for the Italian national team in light of the double appointment in September against Wales and then Serbia, especially after the excellent first half. |
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| Bobo scored a great goal after a good combination with Totti and Del Piero. |
| EURO 2004 (Last Match) |
| An intelligent and aggressive Italy in the first half, and little submissive and tired in the second half ended the important match in Belgrade against Serbia Montenegro with a 1-1 score. A draw that allows the National team coached by Trapattoni to stay in first place of the group 9 standings for the 2004 European championships, thanks also to the same result (1-1) between Wales and Finland. If the Italians beat Azerbaijan in the last match scheduled for October 11, they will automatically keep the first place in the standings and qualify for Portugal. |
| SERBIA (3-5-2): Jevric; Gavrancic, Krstajic, Stefanovic; Cirkovic, Mladenovic, Ilic, P. Djordjevic, Dragutinovic (Boskovic 70'); Kezman (Ljuboja 58'), Milosevic. Subs. not used: - Zilic, , N. Djordjevic, Markovic, Duljaj, Bunjevcevic. Coach: - Petkovic. ITALY (4-4-2): Buffon; Panucci, Nesta, Cannavaro, Zambrotta; Camoranesi (Gattuso 51'), Perrotta, Tacchinardi, Del Piero; Vieri (Corradi 79'), Inzaghi (Fiore 63'). Subs. not used: - Toldo, Oddo, Legrottaglie, Corradi, Delvecchio. Coach: - Trapattoni. Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) |
| SERBIA 1 VS ITALY 1 |