Nations League – Italy beat Belgium to claim third
Italy struck twice in the second half and withstood a late Belgium fightback to claim third place in the Nations League.
Nicolo Barella opened the scoring with a crisp volley a minute after the interval in Turin, before Domenico Berardi scored from the penalty spot.
Belgium hit the woodwork three times before pulling one back through Charles de Ketelaere late on.
The visitors pressed for an equaliser but Italy held on.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Italy
Formation 4-3-3
- 21G Donnarumma
- 2Di LorenzoBooked at 30mins
- 15Acerbi
- 23Bastoni
- 13EmersonBooked at 82mins
- 18BarellaSubstituted forCristanteat 70′minutes
- 5Locatelli
- 7PellegriniSubstituted forJorginhoat 71′minutes
- 11BerardiSubstituted forInsigneat 90+1′minutes
- 9RaspadoriSubstituted forKeanat 65′minutes
- 14ChiesaSubstituted forBernardeschiat 90+2′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Sirigu
- 3Chiellini
- 6Verratti
- 8Jorginho
- 10Insigne
- 12Dimarco
- 16Cristante
- 17Kean
- 20Bernardeschi
- 22Meret
Belgium
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Courtois
- 2AlderweireldBooked at 63mins
- 3Denayer
- 5VertonghenBooked at 14mins
- 21Castagne
- 6WitselBooked at 56mins
- 8TielemansSubstituted forDe Bruyneat 59′minutes
- 11CarrascoSubstituted forTrossardat 87′minutes
- 22SaelemaekersSubstituted forDe Ketelaereat 59′minutes
- 23Batshuayi
- 17Vanaken
Substitutes
- 4Boyata
- 7De Bruyne
- 12Mignolet
- 13Casteels
- 14Lukebakio
- 16Theate
- 18De Ketelaere
- 19Dendoncker
- 20Trossard
- Referee:
- Srdjan Jovanovic
- Attendance:
- 16,724
Live Text
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Match ends, Italy 2, Belgium 1.
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Second Half ends, Italy 2, Belgium 1.
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Jason Denayer (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Moise Kean (Italy).
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Foul by Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium).
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Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Federico Chiesa.
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Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Domenico Berardi because of an injury.
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Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).
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Substitution, Belgium. Leandro Trossard replaces Yannick Carrasco.
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Goal! Italy 2, Belgium 1. Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball following a fast break.
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Corner, Italy. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.
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Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.
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Attempt blocked. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
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Emerson (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
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Foul by Hans Vanaken (Belgium).
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