Netherlands vs Italy, 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, 3rd-Place Match

· UEFA Nations League

Netherlands

68': Steven Bergwijn
89': Georginio Wijnaldum

FT
2 - 3

Italy

6': Federico Dimarco
20': Davide Frattesi
72': Federico Chiesa

Italy edge Netherlands to finish third in Nations League

Italy claimed the consolation bronze medals at the Nations League finals as they edged the Netherlands 3-2 in Sunday's third place playoff tie at the Twente Stadium.

Statistics

ITA		NED
16	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	9
4	Saves	0
39.4	Possession	60.6
13	SHOTS	19
3	ON GOAL	6
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
290	Accurate Passes	474
369	Passes	559
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	7
11	Crosses	29
0.2	Cross %	0.2
51	Long Balls	39
25	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
5	Blocked Shots	9
10	Effective Tackles	6
14	Tackles	10
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	6
29	Effective Clearances	12
29	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: De Grolsch Veste
Location: Enschede, Netherlands
Attendance: 21,292

Line-Ups

Netherlands (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Justin Bijlow (GK)
4	Virgil van Dijk
12	Lutsharel Geertruida
5	Nathan Aké
22	Denzel Dumfries
11	Xavi Simons
21	Frenkie de Jong
6	Mats Wieffer
9	Cody Gakpo
10	Noa Lang
18	Donyell Malen

Netherlands Substitutes:

Tyrell Malacia, Teun Koopmeiners, Daley Blind, Jurriën Timber, Andries Noppert, Wout Weghorst, Mark Flekken, Georginio Wijnaldum, Sven Botman, Joey Veerman, Steven Bergwijn, Marten de Roon.

Italy (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
23	Alessandro Buongiorno
15	Francesco Acerbi
3	Federico Dimarco
13	Rafael Tolói
16	Bryan Cristante
6	Marco Verratti
7	Davide Frattesi
9	Mateo Retegui
22	Giacomo Raspadori
20	Wilfried Gnonto

Italy Substitutes:

Nicolò Barella, Nicolò Zaniolo, Federico Chiesa, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Alex Meret, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Leonardo Bonucci, Matteo Darmian, Ciro Immobile, Guglielmo Vicario, Jorginho, Leonardo Spinazzola.

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