UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, November 14, 2024
Italy LWWDW 1
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Belgium LWLDL 0
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King Baudouin Stadium · 41,367 att.

Match Report

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Early Tonali strike gives Italy win over Belgium, spot in quarters

Sandro Tonali tapped in an early goal to hand Italy a 1-0 away win over Belgium in the Nations League on Thursday that consolidated their top place in Group A2.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
2
53.4
Possession
46.6
11
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
475
Accurate Passes
390
547
Passes
462
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.1
51
Long Balls
40
27
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
9
21
Effective Clearances
19
21
Clearances
19

Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BEL · 5-3-2

  1. 1Koen CasteelsG
  2. 2Zeno DebastCD
  3. 3Arthur TheateCD-L
  4. 4Wout FaesCD-R
  5. 5Maxim De CuyperLB
  6. 21Timothy CastagneRB
  7. 6Amadou OnanaCM
  8. 11Leandro TrossardCM-L
  9. 8Arne EngelsCM-R
  10. 9Loïs OpendaCF-L
  11. 10Romelu LukakuCF-R

ITA · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 4Alessandro BuongiornoCD
  3. 21Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoCD-R
  5. 8Sandro TonaliCM-L
  6. 16Davide FrattesiCM-R
  7. 14Nicolò RovellaAM
  8. 3Federico DimarcoLM
  9. 20Andrea CambiasoRM
  10. 9Mateo ReteguiF
  11. 18Nicolò BarellaRCF

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Belgium 0, Italy 1. Sandro Tonali (Italy) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  2. 28' Timothy Castagne (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Alessandro Bastoni (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Amadou Onana (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 69' Substitution, Italy. Moise Kean replaces Mateo Retegui.
  6. 69' Substitution, Italy. Destiny Udogie replaces Federico Dimarco.
  7. 71' Substitution, Belgium. Arthur Vermeeren replaces Arne Engels.
  8. 71' Substitution, Belgium. Ameen Al Dakhil replaces Arthur Theate.
  9. 77' Ameen Al Dakhil (Belgium) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 79' Substitution, Belgium. Dodi Lukébakio replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  11. 79' Substitution, Italy. Manuel Locatelli replaces Nicolò Rovella.
  12. 79' Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Nicolò Barella.
  13. 82' Substitution, Italy. Federico Gatti replaces Andrea Cambiaso.
  14. 86' Substitution, Belgium. Johan Bakayoko replaces Timothy Castagne.
  15. 90'+1' Moise Kean (Italy) is shown the yellow card.

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