Italy secured a crucial 2-3 victory over Switzerland in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) to continue qualifying to continue their run at the Under-21 Euro Cup. After making their debut losing to France after being handicapped by poor refereeing (2-1), the selection led by Paolo Nicolato From leading 3-0 at half-time, they suffered from the Swiss reaction but in the end they added three points.
Waiting for France-Norway tonight, group D is evenly matched because Italy surpassed Switzerland in particular average, which started with the defeat of the Nordics (1-2). On Wednesday, the third and final day of matches, Italy-Norway and Switzerland-France will be played.
Italy starred in a fantastic opening 25 minutes where they went ahead with a clear 0-2. Center-back Lorenzo Pirola (Salernitana) opened the scoring after a header was placed a corner kick was thrown by Sandro Tonali.
It’s 6 minutes and just past five Wilfried Gnonto, who did not start against France, increased the lead with a bit of luck. The first shot from the Leeds winger, a header from point-blank range, was saved by goalkeeper Amir Salpi with an excellent save. On the rebound, the Italian caught the ball in a mistake but the ball went because of a big mistake by Lewin Blumwho failed miserably in his attempt to clear both lines.
Italy did not relax and Salpi avoided the winner by taking a diagonal whiplash from Gnonto with a save and a free-kick from tone who was poisoned when diverted by a defender.
Parisi scores 0-3
Switzerland react and get a meter in Italy with a chance before the break, as a Free kick launched by Kastriot Imeri which Marco Carnesecchi taps in for a corner.
However, Italy seemed to seal the game at a discount in the first half. Salpi flies in to take a shot with a thread from Gnonto, but seconds later couldn’t avoid Fabiano Parisi’s 0-3 after a cross from the right Lewin Blum allowed the card stolen by the left side of Empoli.
Imeri and Amdouni react for Switzerland
On the restart, Switzerland came out determined and Imeri, the Young Boys number 10, did not take long to confirm his quality with a poor clearance from Cleb Okoli which he took advantage of to score from the balcony of the area with a fine strike from angle (47′). .
As Italy did at the start of the match, Switzerland scored their second goal five minutes later. Zeki Amdouni, who tipped Carnesecchi shortly before, also showed the quality he has shown this season with Basel in the Conference League, cutting past two Italian defenders on the left and sending the ball past the short post (52′).
anything can happen
So finally anything can happen. Both teams had their chances. Salpi deflected a Giorgio Scalvini header from a corner (62′) and Raoul Bellanova did not adjust his shot properly after staying in a good position to score after a cut (66′).
But Switzerland enjoyed the clearest chance, clearest, when Darian Males failed to make it 3-3 by escaping alone on a counter but the shot missed by millimeters before the desperate start of Carnesecchi (74′). The Cremonese goalkeeper was very sure from there until the end and did not allow the Swiss to complete their great reaction.
Source: La Verdad
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