Greece 2-1 Italy - March 04, 1972 / Friendlies 1972
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ITA
ITA
Team line-ups
Greece
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Nikos Christidis | 27 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Apostolos Toskas | 24 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Dimitris Dimitriou | 24 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Athanasios Aggelis | 25 | 4 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Takis Synetopoulos | 23 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Spiros Pomonis | 5579 | 28 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Giorgios Koudas | 25 | 18 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Dimitris Domazos | 30 | 35 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Dimitris Papaioannou | 67 | 29 | 38 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Stavros Sarafis | 70 | 22 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Antonis Antoniadis | 12 | 25 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Average age
25.6 years
Average number of matches played for the team
14
Italy
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Dino Zoff | 30 | 18 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Roberto Rosato | 66 | 28 | 31 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Tarcisio Burgnich | 32 | 47 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Giacinto Facchetti | 29 | 62 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Pierluigi Cera | 31 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Romeo Benetti | 46 | 26 | 4 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Sandro Mazzola | 29 | 52 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Giancarlo De Sisti | 28 | 27 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Claudio Sala | 24 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Luigi Riva | 27 | 28 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Roberto Boninsegna | 19 | 28 | 15 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Average age
28.4 years
Average number of matches played for the team
27
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Kostas Eleftherakis | 70 | 21 | 13 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Dimitris Paridis | 67 | 26 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Kostas Papaioannou | 79 | 27 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Gianfranco Bedin | 66 | 26 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Mario Bertini | 46 | 28 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Dimitris Dimitriou
IN
Anthimos Kapsis
OUT
Dimitris Papaioannou
IN
Thomas Mavros
OUT
Antonis Antoniadis
IN
Giorgos Dedes
OUT
Spiros Pomonis
IN
Theodoros Pallas
OUT
Giorgios Koudas
IN
Koulis Apostolidis
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Sandro Mazzola
IN
Mario Bertini
OUT
Pierluigi Cera
IN
Tazio Roversi
OUT
Roberto Rosato
IN
Pierino Prati
OUT
Tarcisio Burgnich
IN
Aldo Bet
OUT
Claudio Sala
IN
Sergio Santarini
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
40
4
Success rate in this team:
25 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
45 %
Bingham vs Italy
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Bingham vs Valcareggi
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
53
45
Success rate in this team:
58 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
36 %
Valcareggi vs Greece
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Valcareggi vs Bingham
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Referee
Liuben Radunchev
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Greece1 match | General total | Italy1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Greece1 match | Season total | Italy1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
Latest figure on March 04, 1972 | Latest figure on March 04, 1972 |
Videos
Key figures

Italy keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded away from home running (since 17/06/1970). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/06/1924-29/05/1928 time period (3 matches).

It's the first time Roberto Boninsegna scores 1 goal vs Italy in his professional career

End of streak for Greece after 9 consecutive matches without a win in Friendlies (since 28/10/1970). It was the best streak for the club since 27/12/1934-25/05/1949 (13 matches).
Pre-match
Current form
Home | LGreece 0-1 Switzerland16/12/1970 | LGreece 0-1 Bulgaria07/04/1971 | VGreece 2-0 Malta18/06/1971 | LGreece 0-1 Mexico30/09/1971 | LGreece 0-2 England01/12/1971 | LGreece 0-5 Netherlands16/02/1972 |
Overall | VGreece 2-0 Malta18/06/1971 | DMexico 1-1 Greece06/07/1971 | LGreece 0-1 Mexico30/09/1971 | DBulgaria 2-2 Greece17/11/1971 | LGreece 0-2 England01/12/1971 | LGreece 0-5 Netherlands16/02/1972 |
Current form
Away | VPortugal 1-2 Italy10/05/1970 | VMexico 1-4 Italy14/06/1970 | DSwitzerland 1-1 Italy17/10/1970 | VAustria 1-2 Italy31/10/1970 | VIreland 1-2 Italy10/05/1971 | DSweden 0-0 Italy09/06/1971 |
Overall | LItaly 1-2 Spain20/02/1971 | VIreland 1-2 Italy10/05/1971 | DSweden 0-0 Italy09/06/1971 | VItaly 2-0 Mexico25/09/1971 | VItaly 3-0 Sweden09/10/1971 | DItaly 2-2 Austria20/11/1971 |
Running streaks
Home | Total | |
---|---|---|
Loosing streak | 3 | 2 |
Winless streak | 3 | 5 |
Drawless streak | 6 | 2 |
Goalless streak | 3 | 2 |
Conceding streak | 3 | 5 |
Running streaks
Away | Total | |
---|---|---|
Drawing streak | 1 | 1 |
Unbeaten streak | 11 | 5 |
Winless streak | 1 | 1 |
Scoring streak | 0 | 3 |
Goalless streak | 1 | 0 |
Conceding streak | 0 | 1 |
Invincibility streak | 1 | 0 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
1 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
0 |
1 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
0 |
0 |
Victories (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
0 |
0 |
Draws (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
0 |
1 |
Losses (Competition total) |
0 |
1 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
0 |
Goals
0 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
0 |
5 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
0 |
5 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
0 |
0 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
0 |
5 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
0 |
5 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
0 |
Betting aid
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
0 |
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
0 |
0 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
0 |
1 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
0 |
1 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
0 |
0 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
0 |
0 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
0 |
0-5 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
0
|
Bookings
0 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
0
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
0
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0
|
Key players
Historical head to head
Away
0 gf
4 ga
Total
0 gf
4 ga
Historical head to head
Home
4 gf
0 ga
Total
4 gf
0 ga
Largest victory
No success yetLargest victory
Overall | 4 - 0 |
March 25, 1934 |
Away | No success yet |
Latest head to head
March 25, 1934 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1934
Best historical scorers against Italy
Best historical scorers against Greece
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Giuseppe Meazza | 2 goals | 1934 - 1934 |
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Anfilogino Guarisi | 1 goal | 1934 - 1934 |
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Giovanni Ferrari | 1 goal | 1934 - 1934 |
Players with most games played vs Italy
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Nikiforos Vikelidis | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Antonis Migiakis | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Giannis Vazos | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Aris Chrysafopoulos | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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A. Grammatikopoulos | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Philippos Kourantis | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
Players with most games played vs Greece
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Luigi Allemandi | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Giuseppe Meazza | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Anfilogino Guarisi | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Pietro Serantoni | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Ottavio Fantoni | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
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Mario Montesanto | 1 match | 1934 - 1934 |
Competition info
The other matches
January 12, 1972
February 16, 1972
March 29, 1972
April 08, 1972
April 12, 1972
April 26, 1972
May 10, 1972
May 14, 1972
May 26, 1972
June 07, 1972
June 17, 1972
June 21, 1972
June 25, 1972
June 29, 1972
July 02, 1972
July 03, 1972
July 06, 1972
July 12, 1972
July 16, 1972
August 06, 1972
August 30, 1972
September 02, 1972
September 03, 1972
September 20, 1972
October 04, 1972
October 11, 1972
October 15, 1972
November 01, 1972
November 15, 1972
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