Belgium hosts Italy this Thursday evening (8:45 p.m.) as part of the Nations League. Currently leading group 2 with 10 points, the Italians advance as favorites. Discover practical information on this match.
Belgium cannot do it in this new edition of the Nations League. Loïs Openda’s partners have only taken four points in four days and have only won one match, against Israel. Two defeats, too, against the French team in a round trip and a qualification for the final phase which is now almost a miracle given the accounting situation.
Opposite, the Italians must win their last two matches to secure 1st place in group 2. Before finding the Blues whom they had beaten at the Parc des Princes at the beginning of September (1-3), Luciano Spalletti’s men find Belgium who held them in check in mid-October (2-2). Finishing this group phase well is the objective of the Squadra during this gathering.
Chain : La Chaine l’Equipe
Hour : 20h45
Date : Thursday November 14
Information on Belgium and its injured
Full group for Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne was not selected, unlike Lyonnais Malick Fofana.
Starting XI : Casteels – Debast, Faes, Theate, Castagne – Mangala, Tielemans, De Keteleare – Doku, Trossard, Openda.
Information on Italy and its injured
23 players selected by Spalletti including Parisian Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Starting XI : Donnarumma – Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori – Cambiaso, Frattesi, Ricci, Tonali, Di Marco – Raspadori, Retegui.
In the first leg, the match was quite prolific with four goals scored (2-2). Certainly, Retegui had been Pellegrini had been sent off and the match was therefore more open, but why not imagine such a scenario once again.
Already the author of 5 goals in the Bundesliga, Loïs Openda has only scored one pawn in the Nations League against France (1-2). The Belgian striker should once again find the fault this Thursday.
Four matches, three victories and a draw for Italy. Sqadra Azzurra are clearly the team in form of this group and they should finish as they started. This will require a victory in Belgium.
