Netherlands and Italy They play this Sunday at the Twente Stadion for third and fourth place in the Nations League. The choice that directs ronald koemanhost and removed by Croatia In the semifinals, he sought to at least climb the podium in front of his own fans. Like Roberto Mancini’s Italy will try to finish third in a difficult year.
This is the final consolation call, the one that perhaps no one wants to play, although it would be unfair not to value the reality of participating in it. Final Four of the Nations League. It is never easy to reach the final stage of a tournament.
Netherlands-Italy
Twente Stadion, 15.00 (Teleport)
Netherlands: Bijlow; Dumfries, Geertruida, Botman, Malacia; Wieffer, Veerman, De Jong; Lang, Gakpo and Simons
coaches: ronald koeman
Italy: Donnarumma; Darmian, Acerbi, Toloi; Di Lorenzo, Fagioli, Tonali, Pellegrini, Dimarco; Raspadori and Retegui
coaches: Roberto Mancini
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
The ‘oranje’, which has 3 defeats in 4 games in the second period of coeman on his bench, where he rested louis van gaal after the World Cup in Qatar 2022. His first phase as coach of Netherlands It ran from 2018 to 2020.
With the loss of key players like De Ligt and Memphis Depaydue to injury, coeman it will give opportunities in front of the ‘azzurri’ to many youngsters. You should remember that Netherlands fell in the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup on penalties against the eventual world champions, Argentina (3-4 after 2-2).
In a year where there was an Italian in every European club final and they all lost (the Inter against him City of Manchester in the Champions, the Rome against him Seville in the Europa League and in Fiorentina against him Westham in the Conference League), after a loss against Spain in the semifinals Mancini It will also take the opportunity to see young values in action. Italy He is the current European champion, but he did not participate in the last two World Cups, Russia 2014 and Qatar 2022.
Source: La Verdad
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