The Belgium vs Italy duel at Euro 2020 brought Romelu Lukaku to Leonardo Bonucci. Can stop Big Rom, Gli Azzurri?
At the Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany, Saturday (3/7/2021) at 2.00 WIB, Belgium vs Italy was held. The duel pitted Lukaku, the Belgian’s mainstay, with the Italian defence, led by Leonardo Bonucci.
Lukaku is one of the strikers who shined at Euro 2020. He has 3 goals, all of those goals were recorded in the group phase. Lukaku scored Russia and Finland goals.
In the UEFA website, Lukaku became the Belgian player with the most shots with a record 9 attempts, 4 of which hit the target.
On the other hand, Italy is one of the teams with the strongest defense. They had recorded 3 clean sheets in a row before finally breaking into Austria.
Leonardo Bonucci is a defender for Italy. He always played in 4 games.
Together with Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Bonucci is recorded by UEFA as the Italian player with the most clearances, 8 times.
Romelu Lukaku is the main threat for Italy’s back line. Photo: (Getty Images/Anatoly Maltsev – Pool) |
Lukaku’s meeting with Bonucci has often happened in Serie A. Lukaku’s Inter Milan striker, Bonucci oversees the Juventus defense.
Transfermarkt noted that there were at least 4 meetings between Lukaku and Bonucci, including when the Belgian number 9 was still playing for United.
As a result, Bonucci was always able to keep Lukaku from breaking into the opposing team’s goal.
One of Lukaku’s goals against Juventus in the 2020/2021 season was recorded when Bonucci did not play. At that time, Inter lost 2-3 against Juventus at the Allianz Stadium.
Former Juventus and Italian national team player, Gianluca Zambrotta, believes that Bonucci will be crucial to reduce Lukaku.
“Romelu Lukaku is one of the leaders of the Belgian team, he is competing to be the top scorer in the tournament. He is two goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo, who has already been eliminated,” Zambrotta told UEFA’s website.
“The experience of Leonaro Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini (I hope he can play) will be useful to stop him. Lukaku is very strong, he protects the ball better than anyone, he helps the team to attack, he attracts defenders,” he added,
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