The period of Italyin the direction of Luciano Spalletticould not start this Saturday with a victory in the field of North Macedoniain a qualifying match for Euro 2024 (1-1 in group C). Spalletti is the one who succeeds Roberto Mancini as ‘azzurro’ coach after the shocking departure of the now coach of Saudi Arabia.
In a playground in poor condition, Italy He had chances but didn’t take them in the first half. One of the first to come up with a combination in between Federico Dimarco and Nicolò Barellabut the defense of North Macedonia he removed the danger.
Bryan Cristante hit the ball on the post and then leave Bojan Miovski the one that is close to the goal. And in the 21st minute, it’s now the middle of the Newcastle Sandro Tonali He sent the ball to the post. Gianluca Mancini he was prevented from scoring in the 32nd minute Ezgjan Alioski. The last of the first part is Matteo Politano. At the end of the break, he was injured Dimitrievski was stolengoalkeeper North Macedoniabut he managed to continue playing.
After that goalless first half, it was Ciro Immobilecaptain of this new ‘azzurra’ team, whose goal is to advance to the ‘nazionale’ in the premiere of Spalletti. The forward of lazio He scored just after the start of the second half, in the 47th minute, with a header, after a shot from Barella. The goal was reviewed by VAR and deemed valid.
Elif Elmas They almost equalized in the 67th minute, but the ball went wide. The very medium of Naples He scored another time, in the 77th minute, against his former coach’s Italy, Spalletti. And it was finally thanks to a wonderful free kick that made it 1-1 North Macedonia. He got it Enis Bardhi in 81′. Italythe European champion, was thus left without being able to win at the beginning of the ‘season Spalletti’.
In this group C, England the leader, with 13 points, followed by Ukraine (7, with one game less). Italy is 3rd, with 4, but with 2 games less than England and one less than Ukraine. North Macedonia They have 4 with less matches than the ‘pros’. the bottom, maltis not getting any points at the moment.
Source: La Verdad
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