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Portugal 1-2 Italy - March 31, 2004 / Friendlies 2004

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Friendlies 2004 - Europe

Estádio Municipal - Braga - Portugal

March 31, 2004

20 000

Portugal

1 - 2

Italy

Assist by Rui Costa (left foot) Nuno Valente

40'

Christian Vieri (header) Assist by Francesco Totti

75'

Fabrizio Miccoli (other)

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5' - Goal Nuno Valente5

40' - Goal Christian Vieri

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46' - Substitution Nuno Valenteis substituted by Luis Boa Morte photo Deco

46' - Substitution Tiagois substituted by Deco photo Cristiano Ronaldo

46' - Substitution Simãois substituted by Cristiano Ronaldo46

46' - Substitution Giuseppe Pancarois substituted by Fabrizio Miccoli photo Giuseppe Favalli

46' - Substitution Gennaro Gattusois substituted by Giuseppe Favalli photo Massimo Ambrosini

46' - Substitution Andrea Pirlois substituted by Massimo Ambrosini photo Francesco Totti

46' - Substitution Francesco Totti

57' - Substitution Christian Panucciis substituted by Bernardo Corradi photo Christian Vieri

57' - Substitution Christian Vieri

60' - Substitution Pauleta60

60' - Substitution Stefano Fioreis substituted by Mauro Camoranesi

62' - Substitution Fernando Couto62

73' - Substitution Luis Figois substituted by Miguel photo Nuno Gomes

73' - Substitution Rui Costais substituted by Nuno Gomes73

75' - Goal Fabrizio Miccoli

77' - Substitution Paulo Ferreirais substituted by Ricardo Carvalho77

87' - Substitution Carlo Nervois substituted by Alessandro Birindelli

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portugal

1 - 2

Italy

Portugal Italy

Team line-ups

Portugal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Pauleta60

Pauleta

Portugal

B.date28/04/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Simão46

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age24 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10Rui Costa73

Rui Costa

Portugal

B.date29/03/1972

Age32 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Figo73

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Tiago46

Tiago

Portugal

B.date02/05/1981

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

Costinha

Portugal

B.date01/12/1974

Age29 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Valente546

Nuno Valente

Portugal

B.date12/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Andrade

Jorge Andrade

Portugal

B.date09/04/1978

Age25 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Couto62

Fernando Couto

Portugal

B.date02/08/1969

Age34 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Paulo Ferreira77

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Ricardo

Portugal

B.date11/02/1976

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Ricardo		28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Fernando Couto	62	34	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Jorge Andrade		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Paulo Ferreira	77	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Nuno Valente	546	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Costinha		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Tiago	46	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Simão	46	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Rui Costa	73	32	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Luis Figo	73	31	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Pauleta	60	30	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Italy

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Vieri4057

Christian Vieri

Italy

B.date12/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m87

positionStriker

Totti46

Francesco Totti

Italy

B.date27/09/1976

Age27 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

7Fiore60

Stefano Fiore

Italy

B.date17/04/1975

Age28 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

11Nervo87

Carlo Nervo

Italy

B.date29/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Pirlo46

Andrea Pirlo

Italy

B.date19/05/1979

Age24 years

H1m77

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Gattuso46

Gennaro Gattuso

Italy

B.date09/01/1978

Age26 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Pancaro46

Giuseppe Pancaro

Italy

B.date26/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

Ferrari

Matteo Ferrari

Italy

B.date05/12/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5Adani

Daniele Adani

Italy

B.date10/07/1974

Age29 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

2Panucci57

Christian Panucci

Italy

B.date12/04/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon

Italy

B.date28/01/1978

Age26 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gianluigi Buffon		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Daniele Adani		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Matteo Ferrari		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Christian Panucci	57	30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Giuseppe Pancaro	46	32	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Gennaro Gattuso	46	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Carlo Nervo	87	32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Andrea Pirlo	46	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Stefano Fiore	60	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Francesco Totti	46	27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Christian Vieri	4057	30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ricardo Carvalho	77	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Beto		27
D	Miguel	73	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Boa Morte	46	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Deco	46	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cristiano Ronaldo	46	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nuno Gomes	73	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hélder Postiga		21

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Giuseppe Favalli	46	32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Alessandro Birindelli	87	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Massimo Oddo		27
	M	Massimo Ambrosini	46	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Simone Perrotta		26
21	M	Mauro Camoranesi	60	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Bernardo Corradi	57	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Fabrizio Miccoli	7546	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nuno Valente

Rui Jorge

OUT

Tiago

Armando Petit

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Giuseppe Pancaro

Stefano Bettarini

OUT

Carlo Nervo

Simone Perrotta

OUT

Daniele Adani

Nicola Legrottaglie

OUT

Matteo Ferrari

Alessandro Nesta

OUT

Gennaro Gattuso

Alessandro Del Piero

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Scolari vs Italy

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 2004

Scolari vs Trapattoni

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Giovanni Trapattoni

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Trapattoni vs Portugal

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2004

Trapattoni vs Scolari

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2004

Referee

Ali Aydin

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Portugal1 match	General total	Italy1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Portugal1 match	Season total	Italy1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 31, 2004					Latest figure on March 31, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Fabrizio Miccoli scores 1 goal in his professional career with Italy

The last time Portugal has ended with the score 1-2 vs Italy, It was on the 10/05/1970

It's the first time Fabrizio Miccoli scores 1 goal vs Portugal in his professional career

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPortugal 1-0 Kazakhstan20/08/2003

LPortugal 0-3 Spain06/09/2003

VPortugal 5-3 Albania11/10/2003

DPortugal 1-1 Greece15/11/2003

VPortugal 8-0 Kuwait19/11/2003

DPortugal 1-1 England18/02/2004

Overall

LPortugal 0-3 Spain06/09/2003

VNorway 0-1 Portugal10/09/2003

VPortugal 5-3 Albania11/10/2003

DPortugal 1-1 Greece15/11/2003

VPortugal 8-0 Kuwait19/11/2003

DPortugal 1-1 England18/02/2004

Current form

Away

LWales 2-1 Italy16/10/2002

VSwitzerland 1-2 Italy30/04/2003

VFinland 0-2 Italy11/06/2003

VGermany 0-1 Italy20/08/2003

DSerbia and Montenegro 1-1 Italy10/09/2003

LPoland 3-1 Italy12/11/2003

Overall

VItaly 4-0 Wales06/09/2003

DSerbia and Montenegro 1-1 Italy10/09/2003

VItaly 4-0 Azerbaijan11/10/2003

LPoland 3-1 Italy12/11/2003

VItaly 1-0 Romania16/11/2003

DItaly 2-2 Czech Republic18/02/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	5
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	8	16
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Pauleta	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Christian Vieri
Pauleta	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Pauleta	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Christian Vieri

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

4 v

0 d

5 l

13 gf

14 ga

Away

12 matches

0 v

1 d

11 l

6 gf

32 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

22 matches

4 v

2 d

16 l

19 gf

46 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

11 v

1 d

0 l

32 gf

6 ga

Away

9 matches

5 v

0 d

4 l

14 gf

13 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

22 matches

16 v

2 d

4 l

46 gf

19 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 26, 1957
Home	3 - 0	May 26, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 01, 1929
Away	4 - 1	April 08, 1951

Latest head to head

February 12, 2003 - Rencontres amicales 2003

Italy

1 - 0

Portugal

April 26, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Italy

2 - 0

Portugal

November 17, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Italy

1 - 0

Portugal

February 24, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Portugal

1 - 3

Italy

May 31, 1992 - Rencontres amicales 1992

Italy

0 - 0

Portugal

Best historical scorers against Italy

da Fonseca Valdemar Mota	3 goals	1928 - 1928
José Manuel Soares Pepe	2 goals	1928 - 1929
Nené	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Eusebio	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Fraguito	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Antonio Teixeira	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/06/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Portugal

Raimondo Orsi	3 goals	1929 - 1931
Alessandro Altobelli	3 goals	1980 - 1987
Luigi Riva	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Virgilio Levratto	2 goals	1927 - 1927
Marcello Mihalich	2 goals	1929 - 1929
Francesco Graziani	2 goals	1976 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/06/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy

Fernando Couto	5 matches	1992 - 2003
Luis Figo	4 matches	1992 - 2003
João Pinto	4 matches	1985 - 1993
Marques Virgilio Mendes	4 matches	1949 - 1957
Augusto Silva	4 matches	1925 - 1929
Antonio Pinho	3 matches	1925 - 1929

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/06/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portugal

Franco Baresi	4 matches	1987 - 1993
Gianpiero Combi	4 matches	1925 - 1931
Alessandro Altobelli	4 matches	1980 - 1987
Marco Tardelli	4 matches	1976 - 1985
Umberto Caligaris	4 matches	1925 - 1931
Adolfo Baloncieri	4 matches	1925 - 1929