Italy is third in the League of Nations. This Sunday (17/6), at the De Grolsch Veste stadium in Enschede, they beat the hosts of the last phase of the competition, the Netherlands, by 3-2: the Azzurrini’s goals were scored by Di Marco, Frattesi and Church . For the Dutch, Bergwijn and Wijnaldum scored. But the Netherlands, who didn’t play a good game, only had one reaction in the final phase, having Weghorst cancel a foul.
The final of the League of Nations will be played this Sunday, at 15:45 (Brasilia time), in Rotterdam, between Croatia and Spain. The Croatians advanced after beating the Dutch. The Spanish secured it with a triumph over Italy.
Italy better in the first half
Holland had a very weak first half, with defensive mistakes that were well exploited by the Italians. Therefore, it is no coincidence that Azzurra goes into half-time with a 2-0 advantage: the first goal is by Dimarco, in the 6th minute. He started the attack, cross from the left. The ball went through the attack, but returned for Dimarco in the cross. On 20′ Frattesi extends, taking advantage of another marking error.
Holland improves, but loses
The Dutch returned from half-time with three changes. They have improved, they have put pressure on Italy which was further back. Thus they went down with Bergwijn, at an altitude of 23. Instead, at an altitude of 27, Chiesa, taking advantage of an assist from Frattesi, scored the third Italian goal. The Netherlands has gone to the pot. Weghorst also scored a goal, but it was disallowed for offside. However, he was down to 43 in a contest move by Wijnaldum. From that moment on, the hosts were in the lead, they had three chances (even goalkeeper Bijlow tried to score from a corner), but nothing went. Italy in third place.
Holland 2 x 3 Italy
League of Nations – Third place match
Date: 06/18/2023
Local: De Grolsch Veste stadium in Enschede (NL)
HOLLAND: Bijlow; Dumfries, Van Dijk, Geertruida (Wijnaldum, at halftime) and Aké; Wiefer (Veerman, 31′ of Q2), De Jong, Xavi Simmons (Koopmeiners, 18′ of Q2) and Malen (Bergwin, at halftime); Gapko and Lang (Weghorst, at Interval). Technician: Ronald Kuman.
ITALY: Donnarumma; Rafael Tolói, Acerbi Bongiorno and Dimarco (Spinazzola, in the 29th minute of Q2); Frattesi, Cristante, Verratti (Barella, 40′ of Q2) and Gnonto (Zaniolo, 18′ of Q2); Retegui (Pellegrini, 40′ of Q2) and Raspadori (Chiesa, 18′ of Q2). Technician: Robert Mancini.
Goal: Di Marco, in the 6th minute of Q1 (0-1); Frattesi, in the 20th minute of Q1 (0-2); Bergwijn, in the 23rd minute of Q2 (1-2); Ask, in the 27th minute of Q2 (1-3); Wijnaldum, in the 43rd minute of Q2 (2-3)
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (SVE)
Auxiliaries: Mahbod Beigi and Andreas Soederqvist (SVE)
VAR: Bartosz Frankowski (POL)
yellow cards: Weghorst (HOL); DiMarco, Acerbi (ITA)
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Source: Terra
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