Italy 2-1 Venezuela: Donnarumma’s Heroics and Retegui’s Brace Seal Victory

Italy 2-1 Venezuela

Goals: Retegui (40th and 80th) for the Nazionale // Machís (43rd) for the Vinotinto

Super Gigio.

Facing Venezuela in a friendly match, Italy was able to rely on Gianluigi Donnarumma, who was decisive in stopping Salomón Rondón’s penalty after just three minutes. His first save in the selection exercise (excluding penalties); a first since 2015 for a goalkeeper National and Gianluigi Buffon against Mario Mandžukić during a draw between Italy and Croatia in the Euro 2016 qualifiers (1-1).

Very complicated start for the Azzurri: Buongiorno pulls Rondón and Venezuela wins a penalty after just 2 minutes.

Rondón himself appears on the spot, but the shot is blocked by #Donnarummawho saved his first penalty for Italy in the 90 minutes.

And the… pic.twitter.com/dJ1jqdZPOP

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A somewhat attenuated feat at the end of the first period: following a short restart at the foot of the Parisian goalkeeper, Giacomo Bonaventura made a mistake in his pass and offered the equalizer to Darwin Machís. Fortunately for Luciano Spalletti’s squad, Mateo Retegui was in great form, scoring twice to give victory to a sad Italy.

It’s going to be difficult to find, the back to back.

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