France turns around the Nations

France left criticism behind with a 3-1 win at San Siro which gives him the leadership of his Nations League group, thanks to which will avoid Spain, Germany and Portugal in the quarterfinalsand thus gave a bath of reality to an Italy that arrived with enormous enthusiasm. The Azzurra, who were better off losing by less than two goals, closed with the same points as Deschamps’ team, but with a worse goal difference, and ended with disappointment a phase that they had experienced with great play and results.

The match began in a very similar way to the first leg, with the Blues taking the lead as soon as it began: In the first corner of the night, Rabiot beat Buongiorno with a great header and opened the scoring. The reaction of the Azzurra, who started with Vicario in goal instead of Donnarumma, who was out at the last minute due to indisposition, was to take control of the match, but to no avail. France deactivated the Azzurri’s game with great work from Koné and Nkunku between the lines and he did damage again just when his rival began to grow.

In 33′, Digne launched a great free kick that hit the crossbar and Vicario’s back before ending up in the goal. The Azzurra had the merit of not suffering the second goal and closed the gap immediately, with one of their classic plays of recent months, the attack from side to side. After a combination with Tonali on the left, Dimarco reached the bottom and found Cambiaso in the area with a cross, who pushed the ball between the sticks.

After an even start to the restart, with chances in both areas, France struck the final blow again from a set piece, the weak point of the Azzurrawho scored six goals in a row against him in this way. Rabiot once again headed perfectly into the area after a pass from Digne in the 66th minute.and, from then on, a long siege of Italy began, which had a hard time creating danger. Spalletti revolutionized the lead by taking Maldini, Raspadori and Kean, and it was just the one from Fiorentina that came within a step of the goal that would have meant the leadership of the group. In the 95th minute, the striker received in the area and with a powerful shot he ran into Maignan, author of a decisive intervention for the victory of the French.

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