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Nations League: Mancini’s Italy resumes the race. 2 to 1 to Belgium, and now Switzerland to go to the World Cup

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Now all that remains is the countdown until November 12, the day of judgment, the day of Italy-Switzerland. Archived the Nations League with the struggling victory over Belgium (and unless Lithuania gives us a great hand on Tuesday) the Olimpico challenge, if played on equal points, will become the play-off to go to the World Cup without going through the playoff tribulation. Because it is always better not to take risks and because the last time we ran them, against Sweden in 2017, it ended in the most catastrophic way.

In Turin, the twenty thousand of the Stadium sing “we are the European champions” and it does not make a turn and we must not forget it now. As we must not forget that, given the alternatives, we have to keep close to both Immobile and Belotti. Raspadori, as Mancini rightly said, has a great future, but as for the present we need to be patient a little. The second half made a difference, not that Italy went badly in the first half, no, but Belgium kept us in check for quite a while. Without Lukaku, Hazard and even De Bruyne, who then entered the second half to show quality pills. Barella scored with a volley from the edge of the area in the 47th minute (goal number 100 in the Mancini management, 32 players scored in 44 matches), and Berardi in ’65 on the penalty earned by Chiesa with a tear of his own. For Belgium, which loses the primacy of the Fifa ranking, overtaken by Brazil, two bars and a post and that final thrill that makes us run after De Ketelaere’s goal at the end of the match. With Donnarumma, perfect until then, who passes the ball between his legs.

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It ends like in Munich, last July 2, were the quarter-finals of Euro 2020: Italy wins again, after having never lost for 37 games. The knockout with Spain had turned the spotlight off for a long time, getting back on track immediately and against a high-level national team, albeit weakened by the many absences and not without having suffered, gives back to the Azzurri a full of self-esteem. And there was a need for it.

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