On day three of the UEFA Nations League in Rome, Italy and Belgium shared the points with a 2-2 draw, with the hosts remaining unbeaten in Group A2.
The team around Luciano Spalletti scored an early goal in the first minute of the game: Cambiaso was played perfectly, the midfielder in the service of Juventus Turin pushed past the Belgian keeper Casteels without stopping.
The game then eased up a bit, and did not become dangerous again in the 24th minute. First, Cambiaso loses the double because Casteels parries. Finally Retegui puts the ball into the net, which rebounds into the middle of the goal – 2-0.
However, the Italian national team must curb their euphoria in the first half. Because Pellegrini (38th) entered the duel too boldly, the referee Eskas pulled out the red card after a VAR check.
The Belgians took advantage of his superiority in the 42nd minute: De Cuyper beat Donnarumma and reduced the score to 2-1. In the second half, the “Red Devils” raised a gear, Trossard made perfect use of Faes’ preparation work and scored to make it 2-2.
France clearly surpasses Israel
In the parallel match in Group A2, France defeated Israel’s national team 3-1 in Budapest.
Camavinga scored the first goal of the game in the 7th minute, but was shown a yellow card in the 18th. Gandelman (24th) equalizes the score after less than half an hour, Nkunku (28th) puts “Les Blues” back in front with 2-1. The substitutes Guendouzi (87th) and Barcola (89th) took care of the final score in the last phase of the game.
Although Italy remains on top of the group with seven points, France (6) is in second place. Belgium (4) and Israel (0) are behind.
Moldova scored their second win in Group D
In Group D2, Moldova won against Andorra 2-0 in the second group game and continues to keep a clean slate. Ionita (31st) scored the first goal of the game before the break, and Cojocaru (90+5th) got the winner in stoppage time in the second half.
In Group D1, Gibraltar lead with four points after a 1-0 win over San Marino. Winger Britto scored the decisive goal in the 62nd minute. As the two D groups are made up of three teams each, Liechtenstein (D1) and Malta (D2) had no matches.
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