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Italy 1-0 Turkey - September 23, 1978 / Friendlies 1978

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Friendlies 1978 - Europe

Stadio Artemio Franchi - Florence - Italy

September 23, 1978

29 256

Italy

1 - 0

Turkey

Francesco Graziani

26'

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26' - Goal Francesco Graziani26

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46' - Substitution Gaetano Scireais substituted by Mauro Bellugi photo Eraldo Pecci

46' - Substitution Romeo Benettiis substituted by Eraldo Pecci photo Marco Tardelli

46' - Substitution Patrizio Salais substituted by Marco Tardelli photo Walter Novellino

46' - Substitution Franco Causiois substituted by Walter Novellino photo Roberto Pruzzo

46' - Substitution Francesco Grazianiis substituted by Roberto Pruzzo46

82' - Substitution Antonello Cuccuredduis substituted by Antonio Cabrini82

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Team line-ups

Italy

Conti

Paolo Conti

Italy

B.date01/04/1950

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Scirea46

Gaetano Scirea

Italy

B.date25/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionSweeper

Cuccureddu82

Antonello Cuccureddu

Italy

B.date04/10/1949

Age28 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Manfredonia

Lionello Manfredonia

Italy

B.date27/11/1956

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Gentile

Claudio Gentile

Italy

B.date27/09/1953

Age24 years

H1m82

positionVersatile Defender

Benetti46

Romeo Benetti

Italy

B.date20/10/1945

Age32 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Sala46

Patrizio Sala

Italy

B.date16/06/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Causio46

Franco Causio

Italy

B.date01/02/1949

Age29 years

H1m72

positionRight central midfielder

Antognoni

Giancarlo Antognoni

Italy

B.date01/04/1954

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Graziani2646

Francesco Graziani

Italy

B.date16/12/1952

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

Pulici

Paolino Pulici

Italy

B.date27/04/1950

Age28 years

H1m77

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paolo Conti		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaetano Scirea	46	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Antonello Cuccureddu	82	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lionello Manfredonia		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claudio Gentile		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Romeo Benetti	46	32	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrizio Sala	46	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Franco Causio	46	29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giancarlo Antognoni		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francesco Graziani	2646	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paolino Pulici		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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			Age	Match num	Note
D	Mauro Bellugi	46	28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Antonio Cabrini	82	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marco Tardelli	46	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eraldo Pecci	46	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Walter Novellino	46	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roberto Pruzzo	46	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paolo Conti

Dino Zoff

OUT

Paolino Pulici

Roberto Bettega

OUT

Antonello Cuccureddu

Mauro Bellugi

OUT

Lionello Manfredonia

Marco Tardelli

OUT

Patrizio Sala

Antonio Cabrini

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Enzo Bearzot

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Bearzot vs Turkey

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1978

Bearzot vs Metin

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Türel Metin

Success rate in this team:

17 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

28 %

Metin vs Italy

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1978

Metin vs Bearzot

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1978

Referee

Antonio Garrido

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Italy2 matches	General total	Turkey1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Italy1 match	Season total	Turkey1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 18, 1980					Latest figure on September 23, 1978

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Key figures

Italy keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 18/06/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/11/1975-15/10/1977 time period (16 matches).

Italy keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Friendlies running (since 23/05/1937). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Italy after 4 consecutive losses at home in Friendlies (since 26/04/1953). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VItaly 2-1 Belgium26/01/1977

VItaly 6-1 Finland15/10/1977

VItaly 3-0 Luxembourg03/12/1977

DItaly 2-2 France08/02/1978

DItaly 0-0 Yugoslavia18/05/1978

VItaly 1-0 Bulgaria20/09/1978

Overall

VArgentina 0-1 Italy10/06/1978

DItaly 0-0 Germany14/06/1978

VItaly 1-0 Austria18/06/1978

LNetherlands 2-1 Italy21/06/1978

LBrazil 2-1 Italy24/06/1978

VItaly 1-0 Bulgaria20/09/1978

Current form

Away

LRomania 4-0 Turkey23/03/1977

LAustria 1-0 Turkey17/04/1977

LCzechoslovakia 1-0 Turkey07/09/1977

LBulgaria 3-1 Turkey21/09/1977

VMalta 0-3 Turkey27/11/1977

LIreland 4-2 Turkey05/04/1978

Overall

LBulgaria 3-1 Turkey21/09/1977

LTurkey 0-1 Austria30/10/1977

LTurkey 1-2 East Germany16/11/1977

VMalta 0-3 Turkey27/11/1977

DTurkey 1-1 Romania22/03/1978

LIreland 4-2 Turkey05/04/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	27	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	4
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	2
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	4

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-4 (1 times)

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

Francesco Graziani	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Francesco Graziani	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Francesco Graziani	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Francesco Graziani	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Antonio Cabrini	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

6 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

0 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 02, 1962
Home	6 - 0	December 02, 1962

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

February 25, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Turkey

0 - 1

Italy

January 13, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Italy

0 - 0

Turkey

March 27, 1963 - Eliminatoires Euro 1964

Turkey

0 - 1

Italy

December 02, 1962 - Eliminatoires Euro 1964

Italy

6 - 0

Turkey

Best historical scorers against Turkey

Alberto Orlando	4 goals	1962 - 1962
Gianni Rivera	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Pietro Anastasi	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Angelo Sormani	1 goal	1963 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Italy

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Turkey

Gianni Rivera	2 matches	1962 - 1973
Giacinto Facchetti	2 matches	1963 - 1973
Luciano Spinosi	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Tarcisio Burgnich	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Alberto Orlando	2 matches	1962 - 1963
Fabio Capello	2 matches	1973 - 1973