MARIBOR (SLOVENIA) (ITALPRESS) – Without the suspended Tonali, Marchizza and Gabbia, Nicolato’s Italy closes again with nine men and stops Villar’s Spain at 0-0 on the second day of the Under 21 European Championships. debut against the Czech Republic, the azzurrini climb to two points in the standings and remain masters of their own destiny. The Nicolato national team will play the qualification for the quarter-finals against Slovenia, the hostess, on Tuesday 30 March. And it will do so thanks to the confidence gained against the winner of three of the last five editions. But against the favorite number 1 for the final victory, Italy does not suffer from inferiority complexes, it leaves the ball of the game but does not struggle to look out from the parts of Fernandez. And the most dangerous chances of the first half are in fact all of the blue: at 20 ‘it is Pobega who points the opponent’s goal and lets go an insidious conclusion that touches the post. At 31 ‘the most sensational episode is recorded: Zubimendi misses a disengagement and gives the ball to Frattesi who from the edge of the area explodes a shot deflected by Fernandez on the crossbar. The Spanish response is entrusted to the individual, above all Garcia who from a tight angle lets go a right that passes on the bottom. In the first minutes of the second half, Italy gained courage and moved into the opposing half with greater conviction but also with little precision in the last pass. At 56 ‘de la Fuente decides to change: out a dull Villar, in Moncayola who immediately shows off with a shot from outside the area not far from the right post. At 68 ‘Nicolato’s team takes a big risk, he does it with Bellanova who loses the ball in the area and favors Manu Garcia, blocked by the providential intervention of Del Prato. The nervousness explodes in the final and Italy closes again with nine men: the referee expels Scamacca, Rovella and Mingueza. And in the final Carnesecchi is decisive with a providential save on Puado’s safe shot. (ITALPRESS). spf / ari / red 27-Mar-21 22:58
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