Just because they were first in the “Group of Death” A division of the League of Nations before the last round, the Hungarians already did a great job, but they still couldn’t achieve a complete sensation and placement in the final tournament of the competition. Italy is going to the Netherlands next summer. Marco Rossi’s side beat England twice, Germany once (with a draw), but were defeated by Azzurro both times. It was 2:1 for the hosts in Cesena, and 2:0 for the guests tonight in Budapest, even thou a point suited Hungary.🗣️ #Mancini: “We were excellent for 70 minutes, the last 20, I didn’t like too much. We’re happy, it’s important to have reached the #NationsLeague Final Four for the second time”#HUNITA #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/MMZ0K5TZea— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) September 26, 2022 Although they will not be at the upcoming World Cup, even though Germany beat them 5:2, the Italians showed through the September League of Nations matches that they did not forget to play football. And that they have a new excellent striker, since Giacomo Raspadori took over the responsibility in the absence of the injured Ciro Immobile. Three days ago, the young striker of Napoli scored the only goal in the victory over England, and now he gave his team the advantage in the 27th minute. It was the inevitable epilogue after two bad passes by the Hungarian defenders. Raspadori followed what was happening very well and punished them harshly.A similar thing happened in the 52nd minute, when Inter’s Federico Dimarco made his debut in the A jersey of the Italian national team. A few seconds later, on the other side, as many as five Hungarian national team members failed to hit the net. A true carom in front of the Azzurri goal ended with Gianluigi Donnarumma saving the keeper from Adam Salai. The goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain defended tonight as in the best days among the posts of Milan, as when he was declared the best in the European Championship. He prevented Salai from scoring in the farewell match from the national team, but also because of several interventions he had before that, he drove 70,000 spectators at the ’Puskas Arena’ to madness.The Italians got some kind of consolation for not going to the World Cup because they will fight for the League of Nations trophy with the Netherlands, Croatia and Spain or Portugal. Roberto Mancini is in the process of changing the generation, although the experienced strategist will have to do well in the coming period in order to stay where he is. Marco Rossi used the opportunity to present himself to his homeland in a great light. Hardly many remember him for his work in the lower leagues before he replaced Italy with Hungary in 2012, but they will certainly remember him after tonight’s game. Hungary was excellent on the field, brave and persistent and it is a big question how the game would have ended if there were no mistakes for the leading goal of Azzuri and the great Donnarumma between the posts.UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE – GROUP STAGEDivision AEngland – Germany 3-3 (0-0)/Shaw 71, Mount 75, Kane (p) 83 – Gundogan (p) 52, Havertz 67, 87Hungary – Italy 0-2 (0-1)/Raspadori 27, Dimarco 52/
