A big Italy deservedly folds the Belgium for 2-1 and wins the 3rd / 4th place final of the UEFA Nations League 2021. First half in which both teams are close to scoring but a bit of bad luck on both sides keeps the game stuck at 0-0. In the second fraction the Azzurri increase the engine revs and adjust their aim a little, immediately finding the goal with a splendid Nicolò Barella and stamping the double on penalty thanks to Domenico Berardi. In the final goal of the flag of De katelaere . L’Italy once again beats the national number 1 in the world ranking after Euro 2020 and confirms itself as a true, solid team, with a project and a future. Tonight the final 1st / 2nd place between Spain e France.
The initial formations:
BELGIUM (3-4-2-1): Courtois; Alderweireld, Denayer, Vertonghen; Saelemaekers, Witsel, Tielemans, Castagne; Vanaken, Carrasco; Batshuayi. Ct. Martinez
ITALY (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Acerbi, Bastoni, Emerson; Barella, Locatelli, Pellegrini; Berardi, Raspadori, Chiesa. Ct. Mancini
The chronicle in brief
church unleashed in the first minutes with two good chances, but the first real goal ball is from Belgium with Batshuayi: superficial support of Acerbi, with the Belgian striker who recovers the ball at the edge of the area and kicks centrally, without finding the goal. At minute 22 Courteous it is providential to save on a treacherous shot of Mimmo Berardi, but the most dangerous opportunity of the entire first half is the Belgium, with the intersection of the goalposts hit by the AC Milan player Saelemaekers, one of the most active in the first fraction: support of Vanaken in the center of the area, veil and right around the front of the Rossoneri, who from the center of the area centers the crossing of the woods.
The time ending is all blue. Before Stretcher touches the crossbar from the edge, then Berardi misses a fairly simple support with two free blues in the area, and then it’s the posse’s turn Federico Chiesa touch the intersection before devouring a huge goal ball in the 46th: perfect throw for the black and white who stops with the right but slips when shooting face to face with Courteous, not finding the door by a whisker, thanks to a touch of the Belgian goalkeeper.
In the second half, however, the game is unlocked thanks to a wonderful goal on the fly by Nicolò Barella, now a world-class midfielder, who hits a corner from the left at the edge of the area and sends the ball to the low corner, where Courteous cannot come. 1-0 deserved of the I.talia, which shortly after is also doubled thanks to a penalty kick scored by Mimmo Berardi, who takes up the task given the simultaneous absence of Jorginho e Bonucci. The penalty kick arises from a late intervention by Chestnuts its church that was breaking free on the left.
At minute 81 post of Carrasco, who free from the limit shoots with the platter, displacing Donnarumma. Third wood for the formation of Roberto Marquez. Belgium, however, did not give up and 4 minutes from the end found the goal of 2-1 on the counterattack with De katelaere: lethal restart after a blue corner, precise pocketing of De Bruyne and touch under the legs of Donnarumma of the newcomer, who from two steps is not wrong.
A very important victory for the ranking but which, in any case, must not satisfy the Azzurri’s Roberto Mancini, that must aim to grow still a lot to continue to make a big voice even in the next great international exhibition, namely i Winter World Cup in Qatar in the winter of 2022.
OMNISPORT | 10-10-2021 16:55
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