UEFA Nations League

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

· UEFA Nations League
Netherlands
  • 68': Steven Bergwijn
  • 89': Georginio Wijnaldum
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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.

Match Timeline

  • 1': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Throw In at 1'
  • 1': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Throw In at 1'
  • 2': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Throw In at 2'
  • 3': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 3'
  • 3': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 3'
  • 3': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Shot Off Target at 3'
  • 4': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Throw In at 4'
  • 5': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Throw In at 5'
  • 5': Mats Wieffer (Netherlands) Blocked Pass at 5'
  • 5': Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) Throw In at 5'
  • 6': Mateo Retegui (Italy) Shot Off Target at 6'
  • 6': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Goal at 6'
  • 6': Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) Assist at 6'
  • 7': Lutsharel Geertruida (Netherlands) Foul at 7'
  • 8': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Free Kick at 8'
  • 8': Mats Wieffer (Netherlands) Blocked Pass at 8'
  • 11': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Throw In at 11'
  • 11': Mats Wieffer (Netherlands) Blocked Pass at 11'
  • 12': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Foul at 12'
  • 12': Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) Free Kick at 12'
  • 12': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Throw In at 12'
  • 14': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Corner Kick at 14'
  • 14': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Corner Kick at 14'
  • 14': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 14'
  • 14': Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) Shot Blocked at 14'
  • 14': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Save at 14'
  • 15': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Handball at 15'
  • 15': Lutsharel Geertruida (Netherlands) Free Kick at 15'
  • 16': Marco Verratti (Italy) Blocked Pass at 16'
  • 16': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Throw In at 16'
  • 17': Donyell Malen (Netherlands) Throw In at 17'
  • 20': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Foul at 20'
  • 20': Marco Verratti (Italy) Free Kick at 20'
  • 20': Wilfried Gnonto (Italy) Shot Blocked at 20'
  • 20': Mats Wieffer (Netherlands) Save at 20'
  • 20': Davide Frattesi (Italy) Goal at 20'
  • 20': Wilfried Gnonto (Italy) Assist at 20'
  • 24': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Throw In at 24'
  • 24': Davide Frattesi (Italy) Blocked Pass at 24'
  • 25': Xavi Simons (Netherlands) Handball at 25'
  • 25': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Free Kick at 25'
  • 26': Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 26'
  • 27': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Shot Off Target at 27'
  • 31': Marco Verratti (Italy) Blocked Pass at 31'
  • 31': Wilfried Gnonto (Italy) Foul at 31'
  • 32': Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) Free Kick at 32'
  • 34': Marco Verratti (Italy) Foul at 34'
  • 34': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Yellow Card at 34'
  • 35': Noa Lang (Netherlands) Free Kick at 35'
  • 35': Marco Verratti (Italy) Foul at 35'
  • 36': Mateo Retegui (Italy) Save at 36'
  • 36': Noa Lang (Netherlands) Shot Blocked at 36'
  • 39': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Foul at 39'
  • 40': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Free Kick at 40'
  • 40': Xavi Simons (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 40'
  • 40': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Shot Off Target at 40'
  • 41': Marco Verratti (Italy) Foul at 41'
  • 41': Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) Free Kick at 41'
  • 42': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Foul at 42'
  • 42': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Free Kick at 42'
  • 42': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 42'
  • 43': Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) Foul at 43'
  • 44': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Free Kick at 44'
  • 44': Donyell Malen (Netherlands) Throw In at 44'
  • 45': Mateo Retegui (Italy) Foul at 45'
  • 45': Lutsharel Geertruida (Netherlands) Free Kick at 45'
  • 45': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Foul at 45'
  • 45'+1': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Free Kick at 46'
  • 45'+1': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Save at 46'
  • 45'+1': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 46'
  • 45'+1': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Shot Blocked at 46'
  • 45'+1': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 46'
  • 45'+2': Donyell Malen (Netherlands) Blocked Pass at 47'
  • 45'+2': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Throw In at 47'
  • 45'+4': Lutsharel Geertruida (Netherlands) Foul at 49'
  • 45'+4': Alessandro Buongiorno (Italy) Free Kick at 49'
  • 45'+6': Davide Frattesi (Italy) Assists Shot at 51'
  • 45'+6': Wilfried Gnonto (Italy) Shot Blocked at 51'
  • 45'+6': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Save at 51'
  • 45'+6': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 51'
  • 45'+6': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 51'
  • 45': Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands) Substitution at 45'
  • 45': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) Substitution at 45'
  • 45': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Substitution at 45'
  • 46': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) Blocked Pass at 46'
  • 47': Marco Verratti (Italy) Blocked Pass at 47'
  • 47': Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 47'
  • 47': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Shot On Target at 47'
  • 47': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Save at 47'
  • 48': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Throw In at 48'
  • 49': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Assists Shot at 49'
  • 49': Wilfried Gnonto (Italy) Shot Blocked at 49'
  • 49': Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) Save at 49'
  • 50': Davide Frattesi (Italy) Blocked Pass at 50'
  • 50': Xavi Simons (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 50'
  • 50': Mateo Retegui (Italy) Save at 50'
  • 51': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Save at 51'
  • 51': Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands) Shot Blocked at 51'
  • 51': Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 51'
  • 52': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Foul at 52'
  • 52': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Free Kick at 52'
  • 52': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Blocked Pass at 52'
  • 52': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Shot Off Target at 52'
  • 52': Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 52'
  • 53': Mateo Retegui (Italy) Foul at 53'
  • 53': Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) Free Kick at 53'
  • 53': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Throw In at 53'
  • 53': Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) Foul at 53'
  • 54': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Free Kick at 54'
  • 55': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Throw In at 55'
  • 55': Davide Frattesi (Italy) Blocked Pass at 55'
  • 56': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Throw In at 56'
  • 56': Alessandro Buongiorno (Italy) Save at 56'
  • 56': Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands) Shot Blocked at 56'
  • 56': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 56'
  • 57': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Throw In at 57'
  • 58': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 58'
  • 58': Xavi Simons (Netherlands) Shot Off Target at 58'
  • 59': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Save at 59'
  • 59': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Shot On Target at 59'
  • 59': Mats Wieffer (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 59'
  • 60': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Throw In at 60'
  • 62': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Throw In at 62'
  • 63': Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) Substitution at 63'
  • 63': Federico Chiesa (Italy) Substitution at 63'
  • 64': Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) Substitution at 64'
  • 64': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Throw In at 64'
  • 64': Federico Chiesa (Italy) Foul at 64'
  • 65': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Free Kick at 65'
  • 65': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 65'
  • 65': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 65'
  • 66': Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) Throw In at 66'
  • 66': Federico Chiesa (Italy) Foul at 66'
  • 66': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Free Kick at 66'
  • 67': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Foul at 67'
  • 67': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Free Kick at 67'
  • 68': Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands) Goal at 68'
  • 70': Federico Dimarco (Italy) Throw In at 70'
  • 71': Francesco Acerbi (Italy) Assists Shot at 71'
  • 71': Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) Shot Blocked at 71'
  • 71': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Save at 71'
  • 71': Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) Foul at 71'
  • 72': Marco Verratti (Italy) Free Kick at 72'
  • 72': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Shot Off Target at 72'
  • 72': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Throw In at 72'
  • 72': Federico Chiesa (Italy) Goal at 72'
  • 72': Davide Frattesi (Italy) Assist at 72'
  • 74': Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy) Substitution at 74'
  • 76': Joey Veerman (Netherlands) Substitution at 76'
  • 77': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Throw In at 77'
  • 78': Federico Chiesa (Italy) Shot Off Target at 78'
  • 78': Alessandro Buongiorno (Italy) Assists Shot at 78'
  • 80': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 80'
  • 80': Joey Veerman (Netherlands) Shot Blocked at 80'
  • 80': Alessandro Buongiorno (Italy) Save at 80'
  • 80': Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy) Throw In at 80'
  • 81': Federico Chiesa (Italy) Foul at 81'
  • 82': Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) Shot Blocked at 82'
  • 82': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) Offside at 82'
  • 82': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) Assist at 82'
  • 84': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) VAR - Referee decision cancelled at 84'
  • 85': Nicolò Barella (Italy) Substitution at 85'
  • 85': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy) Substitution at 85'
  • 86': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Free Kick at 86'
  • 86': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Throw In at 86'
  • 86': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Foul at 86'
  • 86': Francesco Acerbi (Italy) Free Kick at 86'
  • 87': Nicolò Barella (Italy) Blocked Pass at 87'
  • 87': Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) Blocked Pass at 87'
  • 89': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) Goal at 89'
  • 89': Joey Veerman (Netherlands) Assist at 89'
  • 90'+1': Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy) Throw In at 91'
  • 90'+1': Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) Handball at 91'
  • 90'+2': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Free Kick at 92'
  • 90'+2': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Foul at 92'
  • 90'+2': Nicolò Barella (Italy) Yellow Card at 92'
  • 90'+2': Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) Free Kick at 92'
  • 90'+2': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy) Blocked Pass at 92'
  • 90'+2': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) Shot On Target at 92'
  • 90'+2': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Save at 92'
  • 90'+3': Nicolò Barella (Italy) Assists Shot at 93'
  • 90'+3': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy) Shot Off Target at 93'
  • 90'+4': Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 94'
  • 90'+4': Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) Shot On Target at 94'
  • 90'+4': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Save at 94'
  • 90'+4': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Foul at 94'
  • 90'+4': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Yellow Card at 94'
  • 90'+4': Francesco Acerbi (Italy) Yellow Card at 94'
  • 90'+5': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Free Kick at 95'
  • 90'+5': Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) Foul at 95'
  • 90'+6': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy) Shot Blocked at 96'
  • 90'+6': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Save at 96'
  • 90'+6': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 96'
  • 90'+7': Nicolò Zaniolo (Italy) Foul at 97'
  • 90'+7': Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) Free Kick at 97'
  • 90'+9': Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) Assists Shot at 99'
  • 90'+9': Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) Shot Blocked at 99'
  • 90'+9': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) Foul at 99'
  • 90'+9': Bryan Cristante (Italy) Free Kick at 99'
  • 90'+10': Nicolò Barella (Italy) Foul at 100'
  • 90'+10': Joey Veerman (Netherlands) Free Kick at 100'
  • 90'+10': Rafael Tolói (Italy) Save at 100'
  • 90'+10': Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 100'
  • 90'+10': Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) Corner Kick at 100'

Statistics

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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

NED 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.

ITA Italy (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
23 Alessandro Buongiorno
15 Francesco Acerbi Yellow Card
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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