Italy won 1-0 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. Luciano Spalletti’s team consolidated first place in the standings in Group 2A of the Nations League by narrowly beating Belgium thanks to a goal scored in the eleventh minute by Sandro Tonali, scorer of his first goal for the national team in his twentieth match.
Excellent impact on the match for Spalletti’s team who immediately took control of the match and broke the deadlock at the first real opportunity available. But the Azzurri were also very good in the second half when Belgium came out and built several scoring chances. Very solid performance from the Italian defense capable of stopping Lukaku and his teammates, Donnarumma also did well in responding every time he was called into action.
At the end of the match, this is Spalletti’s analysis: “They were good, in the second half the pitch became heavy and we lost a bit of clarity. We missed a few too many balls, on pitches like this it becomes essential to keep the ball because adapting to the opponents’ run becomes very difficult. When They came into our half of the pitch and it became difficult but they were great.”
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