Goals, cards, substitutions, and other recorded match events.
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The Italy vs Northern Ireland timeline covers World Cup - Qualification Europe, Semi-finals on 26 Mar 2026 and tracks 11 recorded match events from the game. The scoreline is Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland, so the event list can be read alongside the final result. The timeline includes 2 goals, 1 card, and 8 substitutions, which helps show whether the game was shaped by goals, cards, substitutions or a mix of all three.
The event mix shows 2 goals, 1 card, and 8 substitutions. That makes the timeline useful for seeing when the match opened up, when discipline became part of the story and how both benches changed the game through substitutions.
The first major moments listed here include 56' - Italy, Sandro Tonali - Normal Goal, 58' - Italy, Alessandro Bastoni - Yellow Card, 63' - Italy, Alessandro Bastoni - Substitution 1, 64' - Italy, Mateo Retegui - Substitution 2, and 68' - Northern Ireland, Terry Devlin - Substitution 1. Reading those events in order gives a quick route through the match story before opening the full timeline for every recorded action.
