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  • Italy vs Sweden Head to Head: Italy football team's 3rd victory in 10 matches

Italy vs Sweden match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 9 October 1971, 14:30 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Italy
3-0
Sweden
Competition:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 6
Referee:
Roger Machin, Nancy /
France
Attendance, venue:
65 582, Stadio San Siro, Milan
Goals:
1-0 (3') Gigi Riva, 2-0 (41') Roberto Boninsegna, 3-0 (83') Gigi Riva
Italy football team line-up in match Nr.300
Managed by technical commissioner Ferruccio Valcareggi
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Dino Zoff   46' 
16
29
SSC Napoli, Napoli
46' Enrico Albertosi  
31
31
Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari
Tarcisio Burgnich  
46
32
FC Inter, Milano
Giacinto Facchetti  Captain 
60
29
FC Inter, Milano
Mario Bertini  
22
27
FC Inter, Milano
Roberto Rosato  
30
28
Milan AC, Milano
Pierluigi Cera  
15
30
Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari
Alessandro Mazzola   81' 
51
28
FC Inter, Milano
81' Mario Corso  
23
30
FC Inter, Milano
Romeo Benetti  
2
25
Milan AC, Milano
Roberto Boninsegna  
13
27
FC Inter, Milano
Gianni Rivera  
46
28
Milan AC, Milano
Gigi Riva  
26
26
Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari
Sweden football team line-up in match Nr.480
Managed by association captain Georg Ericson
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ronnie Hellström  
21
22
Hammarby IF, Stockholm
Christer Hult   52' 
7
25
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
52' Claes Cronqvist  
7
26
Landskrona BoIS, Landskrona
Björn Nordqvist  Captain 
58
29
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping
Krister Kristensson   59' 
31
29
Malmö FF, Malmö
59' Hans Nilsson  
1
29
Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
Roland Grip  
38
30
IK Sirius FK, Uppsala
Thomas Nordahl  
10
25
Örebro SK, Örebro
Kurt Olsberg  
1
26
Malmö FF, Malmö
Bosse Larsson  
39
27
Malmö FF, Malmö
Inge Danielsson  
17
30
Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg
Ove Grahn   79'
21
28
FC Lausanne-Sports, Lausanne
Roland Sandberg  
4
24
Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Italy
13
29.308
29.055
4
3
0
0
Sweden
13
19.615
27.430
10
0
1
0
Historical data sources
Il Piccolo (Trieste), №7643, 10 Oct 1971; Archivio Storico de Il Piccolo
L’Unità (Rome), №278, 10 Oct 1971; L’Unità - Archivio storico
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), №275, 10 Oct 1971; DN.arkivet
Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm), №275, 10 Oct 1971; Svenska Dagbladet – Historiskt sidarkiv
Comments

Vijay77 - posted on 7 October 2018 at 12:29:08

Yellow cards:
ITA: none
SWE: Ove Grahn (79’) (link: )
Italy vs Sweden post-match head-to-head
WP
55.0
P
10
W
3
D
5
L
2
GF
16
GA
14
GF/P
1.600
GA/P
1.400
Av attendance
32 217
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Italy national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Italy vs Mexico 2-0
Genoa, Saturday 25 September 1971
Next match:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying
Italy vs Austria 2-2
Rome, Saturday 20 November 1971
Italy football matches
Sweden national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying
Austria vs Sweden 1-0
Vienna, Saturday 4 September 1971
Next match:
Friendly International
Switzerland vs Sweden 1-1
Geneva, Wednesday 26 April 1972
Sweden football matches
Top Italy goal scorers
1. Giuseppe Meazza (1930 - 1938) - 33 goals
2. Silvio Piola (1935 - 1946) - 30 goals
3. Adolfo Baloncieri (1920 - 1930) - 25 goals
4. Gigi Riva (1967 - 1971) - 24 goals
... Roberto Boninsegna (1970 - 1971) - 7 goals
(correct as of October 9, 1971)
Italy goal scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 09 Oct 1971
Stadio San Siro, Milan
Italy 3-0 Sweden
Goals: Riva 3, Boninsegna 41, Riva 83

Italy: Zoff (Albertosi 46), Burgnich, Facchetti (c), Bertini, Rosato, Cera, Mazzola (Corso 81), Benetti, Boninsegna, Rivera, Riva. Managed by Valcareggi.

Sweden: Hellström, Hult (Cronqvist 52), Nordqvist (c), Kristensson (Nilsson 59), Grip, Nordahl, Olsberg, Larsson, Danielsson, Grahn, Sandberg. Managed by Ericson.
Booked: Grahn 79.

Att: 65 582,
Ref: Machin (France)

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