The national team player Andrea Cambiaso gave an interview to the ‘Vivo Azzurro’ notebooks at the end of Italy-Belgium 2-2. His goal, the first with the blue shirt, which opened the ball after 63 seconds: Too bad because eleven against eleven I don’t know how it ends. We played 40 minutes at a high level, then even the goal immediately after the red card cut our legs a bit.”
The first goal for the national team never happened
“It’s definitely something I’ll remember my whole life,” he said.
LEAGUE A, GROUP 2
Italy 7 points
France 6
Belgium 4
Israel 0
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Italy-Belgium 2-2, the scoreboard
Italy (3-5-1-1): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori; Cambiaso, Frattesi (45′ st Bellanova), Ricci (25′ st Fagioli), Tonali (35′ st Pisilli), Dimarco (25′ st Udogie); Pilgrims; Retegui (35′ st Raspadori). Available: Di Gregorio, Vicario, Buongiorno, Gabbia, Lucca, Maldini, Okoli. All.: Spalletti
Belgium (4-2-3-1): Casteels; Debast, Faes, Theate (23′ st Vranckx), De Cuyper; Tielemans, Mangala (23′ st Castagne); Doku (42′ st Fofana), De Ketelaere (23′ st Lukebakio), Trossard; Openda (42′ st Ngonge).
Available: De Wolf, Vandevoordt, Bakayoko, Bornauw, De Winter, Engels, Ngonge, Smets. All.: German
Referee: Eskas
Markers: 2′ Cambiaso (I), 24′ Retegui (I), 42′ De Cuyper (B), 16′ st Trossard (B)
Ammonites: Donnarumma, Pisilli (I), Trossard (B)
Expelled: Pellegrini (I)