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Editor | International soccer
France, without Kylian Mbappé or Ousmane Dembélé, or Antoine Griezmann After retiring as an international, he has achieved the feat of beating Italy at the San Siro by 1-3 and ousting them from first place in group 2 of League A of the Nations League on the last day.
Therefore, the ‘bleus’ will avoid the other group leaders (Spain, Germany and Portugal) in the quarter-finals, while the ‘azzurra’, second by overall goal difference (+6 against +5), will face a of them with the handicap of playing the second leg away from home.
Seeing is believing. France has returned to Italy the 1-3 that it gave them in Paris in September thanks to their success in set pieces. Two of the goals have been traced: crosses Lucas Digne, the first from a corner and the second from a free kick, and perfect headers from Adrien Rabiot. The 0-2 score was also created by former Barcelona player Digne in another free kick that hit the crossbar and the ball, after bouncing off the goalkeeper’s back. Guglielmo Vicario, entered the goal.
Maignan, key at the end in ‘his’ San Siro
Italy was in many phases inferior to France and only the heart of Federico Dimarco allowed him to score 1-2 through Andrea Cambiaso after finishing off a cross from the Interista. Already desperate, the ‘azzurra’ put France in trouble but Mike MaignanMilan’s goalkeeper, became great in his stadium and avoided 2-3 in added time with a shot from Moise Kean with a providential hand.
Rabiot He only needed two minutes to open the scoring by heading a corner taken by Worthy from the left. Dimarco He even touched the ball under the goalposts but could not prevent the goal.
France controls the situation
After 0-1, both teams shared possession of the ball, but France gave the impression of having the game under control as their pressure in the center of the field prevented the Italians from developing plays and creating chances.
After half an hour, Digne, who had already assisted the first goal, also made it 0-2 with an extraordinary free kick against the crossbar. The ball ended up in the net after bouncing off the goalkeeper’s back Vicar.
Italy resurfaces with the heart of Dimarco
France was cherishing the feat but just two minutes later came the reaction of the ‘azzurra’ thanks to the heart of Dimarco, who stole a ball, combined with Sandro Tonali and he finished his cross from the baseline into the net Change after narrowly missing the auction in the first instance Davide Frattesi.
Italy came out after the break with renewed vigor, but it soon became evident again that placing Nicolò Barella in the midfield, although it allowed them to beat Belgium on Thursday in Brussels (0-1), was not wise.
Italy’s game lacked precision against the physical power of the French midfield and, to make matters worse, in defense they made the same mistake of allowing Rabiot to score again by winning the jump on a Digne cross.
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Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
13Guglielmo Vicario 32′
Mike Maignan16
20Andrea Cambiaso 34′ 77′
Jules Koundé5 81′
3Federico Dimarco 82′
Lucas Digne3
21Alessandro Bastoni
Manu Kone8
4Alessandro Buongiorno
Ibrahima Konaté15
22Giovanni Di Lorenzo
William Saliba17
16Davide Frattesi 30′ 66′
Mattéo Guendouzi19 92′
8Sandro Tonali
Christopher Nkunku10
9Mateo Retegui 65′
Randal Kolo Muani12 43′
18Nicolò Barella
Marcus Thuram9 77′
5Manuel Locatelli 66′
Adrien Rabiot14 1′ 64′
Substitutes
1Gianluigi Donnarumma
Brice Samba1
12Alex Meret
Lucas Chevalier23
2Nicolò Savona
Benjamin Pavard2 81′
6Federico Gatti
Dayot Upamecano4
15Caleb Okoli
Theo Hernandez22
17Pietro Comuzzo
Michael Olise7
19Destiny Udogie 82′
N’Golo Kanté13
14Nicolò Rovella 66′
Warren Zaire-Emery18
23Niccolò Pisilli
Kingsley Coman11
7Daniel Maldini 77′
Bradley Barcola20 77′
10Giacomo Raspadori 66′
11Moise Kean 65′
Coach
Luciano Spalletti
Didier Deschamps
