Kean and Raspadori decisive. Lithuania overwhelmed 5-0, Switzerland equalized in Belfast: unbeaten record and Qatar closer
Paolo Brusorio
SENT TO REGGIO EMILIA
History is made, you don’t choose when to enter it. Italy establishes the world record of unbeaten matches, now there are 37 (one more than Brazil) and it does not really matter that the streak that began on 10 October 2018 (1-1 with Ukraine) becomes a record against Lithuania who it really is a small thing. Mancini’s national team puts the prestigious seal and leaves Reggio Emilia with an important turnover: in addition to the obvious victory, there is also that cluster of goals that the coach was asking for, useful in the event of a final on equal points with Switzerland. Switzerland (in Rome on 12 November) that in Belfast does not go beyond 0-0, missing a penalty, so as to prepare for us a more peaceful path towards the World Cup.
Fringed by the many absences of the last hour, some in the sunlight (Immobile, Pellegrini, Zaniolo, Chiesa and Insigne), others a little singular (Sensi, for example: given up for enlistment by Mancini, he returned to Milan for a muscle discomfort without even being visited. And the coach didn’t take it well) Italy starts winning again, and we missed it too, and to entertain its fans. The game basically lasts 11 minutes, the time to take advantage of the first svirgolata of the opponent’s embarrassing defense. Novikovas’ wrong backpass opens the “Lithuania horror show”, Kean is quick to take advantage of it and thus wets his return to blue after the cut on the last lap before the European Championship, which arrived not only for technical reasons. From there to 29 ‘the Azzurri score three more goals: an own goal by Utkus on a shot destined to go out by Raspadori, the goal of the Sassuolo mignon center-forward (error by Lasickas) and the finishing touch by Kean again on a kiss. yes, by Bernardeschi. Raspadori and Kean, born in 2000, the future is now. Now it is clear that winning 4-0 after less than half an hour is not a thing in modern football to evaluate the performance of a team, but scoring goals has always helped us along the path we took before becoming European champions and the fact that two have come from Kean whose talent, unlike his maturity has never been questioned, increases the seats at the table in the blue boarding school. The other claims are too daughters of Lithuania’s value to be true. However. But Bernardeschi is never wrong when his name comes out and in midfield Pessina and Cristante were valid sides for Jorginho, captain in the Reggio Emilia night. The defense cannot be judged because the opponent’s attack has not been received, but, a warning for the future: if Biraghi registered the caliber of his left foot it would be good and right. Especially for those waiting for his crosses in the area.
This said the first half played on velvet and with a fair attention to the result of Switzerland. The recovery is little more than a variable intensity training, Di Lorenzo scores the fifth goal with a cross-shot and immediately after there is the blue baptism of Scamacca, the physical model, if there is one, of center-forward who can come in handy in battle. Because from here to Qatar, passing through the Nations League finals, Lithuania is over. –
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