It’s the break
End of the first period, with the Red Devils a little more enterprising at the end of the first period. See you in a few minutes.
42′
OH QUEL BUT !
Maxim De Cuyper delights and opens his goal counter for the national team! The free kick is perfectly played short, Tielemans leaves it to De Cuyper and the full-back rolls it in to put it in the back! The match changes! 2-1!
40′
ITALY IS AT 10!
Lorenzo Pellegrini is excluded with the help of VAR! The Italian player raised his foot too much during an intervention on Theate, who he hit on the heel. Video refereeing changed yellow to red!
37′
Few opportunities
There aren’t that many opportunities in this match. The Red Devils are unable to combine offensively and the Italians are in total control, particularly defensively. We note Pellegrini’s yellow card for an intervention on Theate.
30′
Italians are having fun
New offensive from the Italians, with a cross delivered to the penalty spot and taken by Frattesi, who finally sends wide.
24′
AND 2!
The Italians have just made the break! Superb ball sent deep to the right towards Cambiaso, him again. His curling shot is blocked by Casteels and Retegui follows to push deep, without the slightest Belgian opposition.
20′
Premier danger
Beautiful against the Red Devils. Tielemans makes the difference, launches Openda in depth. The attacker shifts Doku to the left. The winger strikes but Dimarco is there to block the shot. The following corner resulted in nothing, except a clearance, which Tielemans transformed into a timid strike.
15′
Still nothing
The Red Devils are looking for themselves. So far they have only had half an opportunity on a delivery from Tielemans, but without any concrete danger.
6′
It’s difficult
The Red Devils actually play with 5 behind, with Doku who often has to defend on Dimarco. At the moment, it’s not working at all. The Italians are already securing their advantage, they are well in place.
1′
DEJA 1-0 !
Italy opened the score from its first offensive… Good breakthrough from Dimarco and then a good cross which arrived on the right side from Cambiaso, who took it twice and made it 1-0…
0′
HERE WE GO!
The meeting has just started! Good match everyone.
20h25
The Vestiaire was skeptical
Domenico Tedesco’s choices had not always convinced observers, but the list revealed for these next two matches is undoubtedly the one that is causing the most talk. Absences of executives, some surprising choices: the Vestiaire experts were not really won over.
20h11
The latest details
The teams are warming up and Emiliano Bonfigli is already hot. The opportunity to take stock, with him, of the latest information a few minutes before kick-off.
19h59
“Debast was a better fit”
Domenico Tedesco spoke to Emiliano Bonfigli’s microphone a few minutes before kick-off. He notably returned to his choice to align Zeno Debast, who will start well on the right while he is usually used as a central defender. “The main reason is that we have two meetings and for this one, Debast was better suited”justified the coach, thus comparing Debast to Castagne.
The choice of Charles De Ketelaere to replace De Bruyne was made quite naturally. “It’s a good thing to play Italy. De Ketelaere deserves it, he trains very well, he was good in September. These are things that we take into consideration”, the coach soberly explained.
19h53
Skeptical fans
Belgian fans seem skeptical. On the Roma side, they even seemed feverish a few minutes before kick-off.
19h42
Italian composition
We take stock of the composition of Italy now. A composition without surprises. The defense is the same as that against France, for example, with a trio of Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori. It’s actually the same team as the one that faced the Blues, notably with Retegui at the forefront. Tonali will be the regulator in the middle, with Italy playing in 3-5-1-1.
19h33
The composition of the Red Devils
The composition of the Red Devils has just been announced. Leandro Trossard and Charles De Ketelaere are the only two “surprises” in this basic eleven. The Arsenal player could be aligned on the right and leave ‘CDK’ in the center to fill the absence of Kevin De Bruyne. In defense, Zeno Debast seems to be aligned as right back.
19h30
Good evening everyone !
Good evening everyone and welcome! Let’s go for another great evening of football, with this Nations League clash between Italy and Belgium!
Italy: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori, Cambiaso, Frattesi, Ricci, Tonali, Dimarco, Pellegrini, Retegui
Belgium: Casteels, De Cuyper, Theate, Faes, Debast, Mangala, Tielemans, De Ketelaere, Trossard, Doku, Openda
Both teams had a disappointing Euro, concluded in the round of 16 for both. Their September was different. After having secured the essential against Israel (3-1), the Devils once again broke their teeth against France (2-0) after a performance which provoked criticism from Kevin De Bruyne . The ‘Azzurri’, for their part, achieved a flawless victory in France (1-3) followed by a 1-2 success against Israel in Hungary. It is therefore in the shoes of the leader of the group that Luciano Spalletti’s ‘Nazionale’ will receive a reshuffled Devils team.
At a press conference, Tedesco stressed that the Devils are not going “hide behind circumstances, like the number of absentees.” For the coach, born in Italy, “these withdrawals represent a loss for the team, but we still have a lot of qualities.” His counterpart Luciano Spalletti believes that it will be a “fundamental match” for the future of Italy, looking for confirmation after its good start.
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