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Euro 2021: Italy qualifies for the round of 16 thanks to a new festival against Switzerland (3-0)

Six goals scored, zero conceded… and a lot of promises. Squadra Azzurra continues to fly over Group A. And this time it was Switzerland which paid the price, with the same score as Turkey on Friday (3-0). Roberto Mancini’s men once again delighted the public at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Always with the same style: crazy energy and movement on all lines.

What you must remember

This Italy does not lock the ball but throws itself quickly, and presses hard when it chooses. This is the main lesson of this end-to-end unbalanced part. The Italians thought of taking cover from the 19th minute of play, with captain Giorgio Chiellini after a mess on a corner. But the referee chose to cancel the goal due to a hand from the 36-year-old Turin defender. In the process, a new cold snap seized the stadium. Chiellini, again, was forced to give up his place, hit in the thigh.

This is about the only fear to be deplored on the Italian side. Because, two minutes later, the Locatelli-Berardi duo opened the scoring with a nice raise from the first, then served launched in the six meters. The midfielder of Sassuolo doubled the bet of a cross shot to 20 meters (52nd). A logical gap for the eleven of Roberto Mancini, who exhausted his opponent and increased the score thanks to his striker Ciro Immobile (89th).

Except for a big occasion, stopped by a double save from Donnarumma in the 64th minute, Switzerland never got rid of the Italian movement despite a possession slightly in its favor (51%). The “Nati” will play its qualification Sunday afternoon against Turkey, red lantern of group A.

Fortunately for their opponents, Italy will not play a home knockout game. She would have had to finish third in her group to hope to play her hypothetical quarter-final in Rome.

The player: Manuel Locatelli

Manuel Locatelli scored his 2nd and 3rd goals for his 12th cap. The midfielder of Sassuolo impresses at the start of the Euro and may interest large teams, if they were not already. “Me, I am open to an experience outside Italy because there are trains that you have to take and if they are foreigners, you have to make that choice,” Locatelli said last month in an interview with L ‘ Team. Seeing Verratti, Florenzi and Kean succeed (at PSG), it obviously makes you want (…) Yes, it’s on the same level as the others (PSG, like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, etc.), it is the world top ”.

The number: 31

Italy is at 31 goals scored without conceding a single one. All in ten games. In total, Squadra Azzurra has not lost for 29 official matches, although it should be remembered that it did not play in the 2018 World Cup.

The sentence: “We won because we wanted to win”

Roberto Mancini, Italy coach: “We are strong because Switzerland is not nothing. We have several chances, and suffered a little but this victory is deserved. We won because we wanted to win by pushing very hard and forcing the Swiss to make mistakes ”.

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