Italy and Albania drew 0-0 in the first Under-21 international friendly of the season.
The match took place at the Stadio Riviera delle Palme in Benedetto del Tronto and Coach Gigi Di Biagio took the opportunity for some experiments.
There were few scoring opportunities from either side, as Albania’s defensive solidity held out.
Danilo Cataldi, Luca Garritano and Domenico Berardi went closest in the first half, while Milan’s teenage goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was relatively undisturbed.
Italy 0-0 Albania
Italy and Albania drew 0-0 in the first Under-21 international friendly of the season.
The match took place at the Stadio Riviera delle Palme in Benedetto del Tronto and Coach Gigi Di Biagio took the opportunity for some experiments.
There were few scoring opportunities from either side, as Albania’s defensive solidity held out.
Danilo Cataldi, Luca Garritano and Domenico Berardi went closest in the first half, while Milan’s teenage goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was relatively undisturbed.
Italy 0-0 Albania
Italy U21: Donnarumma (Cragno 46); Conti, Biraschi (Calabresi 60), Caldara, Murru; Berardi (Ricci 60), Cataldi (Capezzi 88), Verre (Grassi 46), Garritano (Gagliardini 74); Cerri (Monachello 46), Rosseti (Parigini 74)
Albania U21: Strakosha; Gurishta, Lulaj, Shkalla (Karriqi 71), Gjini; Hoxhallari; Latifi, Laci, Bare, Fiili (Uzuni 55); Manaj