Italy 0 Cameroon 0: match report

Bystaff and agencies Published: 8:00AM GMT 04 March 2010

Stalemate: Cameroon"s Georges Mandjeck (centre) battles with Italy"s Giorgio Chiellini (left) and Claudio Marchisio Photo: AP

As both countries attempted out initial teams forward of World Cup 2010, conjunction side appeared peaceful to take the beginning in a compare that drifted to an anticlimax.

Italy manager Marcello Lippi gave debuts to Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Cossu but conjunction player took the event to pull their box for inclusion in the fortifying champions" patrol for South Africa.

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Cameroon will right afar encounter Slovakia and Portugal in friendlies prior to drifting to South Africa, whilst Italy meets Mexico and Switzerland prior to it starts the World Cup defense.

"It was a really utilitarian match," Lippi said. "It was utilitarian since we had a possibility to have a see at a integrate of the younger guys who haven"t been concerned before. Cossu and Bonucci were assured and showed personality, so it was really useful."

Given the changes done by both teams, the initial half lacked smoothness and rhythm. Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini thought he had non-stop the scoring following a dilemma but his bid was ruled out for offside.

Antonio Di Natale had a series of chances but unsuccessful to find the aim with any of his efforts.

Cameroon did not furnish most opportunities and looked as though it was still feeling the goods of losing in the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations.

Captain Samuel Eto"o was left removed on the left of an aggressive trident and the Italy invulnerability absolutely kept him afar from the risk areas.

Both teams done a raft of substitutions that stopped possibly from construction any movement and took the gait out of the game.