KOMPAS.com – The Italian national team managed to maintain an unbeaten record against Poland on Sunday (11/10/2020) or Monday morning WIB.
However, Italy failed to increase its record with a win after a goalless draw at Poland’s Energa Stadium, Gdanks.
Poland vs Italy is the third UEFA Nations League Group A1 match.
This goalless draw saw the Italian national team extend their unbeaten streak in official competitions to 15 consecutive matches.
15 – Excluding friendly games, #Italy are unbeaten in their last 15 encounters (W12 D3): in their history, the Azzurri had a longest run only between June 1997 and June 1999. Brothers.#PRETTY #NationsLeague pic.twitter.com/RskgdCm2Se
– OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) October 11, 2020
Statistically, Italy is actually quite far ahead of Poland.
Gli Azzurri, the nickname of Italy, dominated possession with a percentage of up to 60 percent.
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This dominance saw Italy fired a total of eight shots on target with three of them on target.
On the other hand, Poland, who played a little more waiting, was only able to fire five shots at the goal.
After the match, the coach of the Italian national team, Roberto Mancini, considered the bad field conditions were the cause of his team’s failure to score goals and win.
“I don’t want to make an alibi. However, the pitch here is very bad. The ball often bounces irregularly,” Mancini was quoted as saying on the website. Football Italia.
“We should have scored a goal because we had a lot of chances, especially in the first half. We should have been two goals ahead, but failed to complete the opportunity,” said Mancini.
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Despite failing to win, Italy is now ranked first in the UEFA Nations League Group A1 standings with a collection of five points.
On the other hand, Poland stuck in third place one point behind Italy.
Furthermore, Italy is scheduled to face the Netherlands in the fourth match of the UEFA Nations League Group A1, Wednesday (14/10/2020).
On the same day, Poland will host Bosnia & Herzegovina at the Miejski Stadium, Wroclaw.
Here is the list of players from Poland vs Italy match:
Poland (4-2-3-1): 22-Lukasz Fabianski; 4-Tomasz Kedziora, 15-Kamil Glik, 3-Sebastian Walukiewicz, 18-Bartosz Bereszynski; 10-Gregorz Krychowiak, 20-Jakub Moder; 19-Sebastian Szymanski (Kamil Grosicki 59 ‘), 14-Mateusz Klich (Arkadiusz Milik 70’), 21-Kamil Jozwiak (Michal Karbownik 82 ‘); 9-Robert Lewandowski (Karol Linetty 82 ‘)
Trainer: Jerzy Brzeczek
Italy (4-3-3): 21-Gianluigi Donnarumma; 16-Alessandro Florenzi, 19-Leonardo Bonucci, 15-Francesco Acerbi, 13-Emerson; 8-Jorginho, 18-Nicollo Barella (Manuel Locatelli 78 ‘), 6-Marco Verratti; 14-Federico Chiesa (Moise Kean 70 ‘), 7-Lorenzo Pellegrini (Domenico Berardi 83’), 9-Andrea Belotti (Francesco Caputo 83 ‘)
Trainer: Roberto Mancini
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