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Italy decided to adapt to life instead of waiting for life to adapt to Italy and is already traveling to Wembley to face Spain in the Eurocup semi-final on Tuesday.
Today it is a modern team, more beautiful than pragmatic, and yet there is no doubt that it is the Azzurra.
As always, he has a good goalkeeper, Donnarumma more decisive than Courtois in Munich, and it seems that his centrals, Chiellini and Bonucci, were already headlines when he won his last Cup: the 2006 World Cup. The difference is in the media, midfielders like Verratti and Jorginho, already highly valued in the Champions League, and Barella, a symbol of calcium emerging in Europe.
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Barella leads a multinational generation of midfielders and forwards who brighten the work of the old Juve defenders, still fit enough to stop the offensive of Belgium, which always remains one hundred meters from the goal in its race to win a title This is due to the presence of figures such as De Bruyne and Lukaku and the good command of Bob Martínez.
Lukaku, Inter's fierce striker, can't find a way to beat Chiellini-Bonucci in Europe or Italy.
And Belgium, defeated after 14 wins, need Lukaku's goals to counter the shortcomings of their old defenders, expressed in Vertonghen.
The Belgians, weak in the areas, were redder than devils in Munich despite having De Bruyne.
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Belgium Courtois, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Alderweireld, Tielemans (Mertens, min. 68), Witsel, T. Hazard, Meunier (Chadli, min. 69), Jeremy Doku, Lukaku and De Bruyne Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Leonardo Spina (Emerson, min. 78), Jorginho, Verratti (Cristante, min. 73), Barella, Insigne (Berardi, min. 78), Immobile (Belotti, min. 73) and Federico Chiesa (Rafael Tolói, min. 90)
Goals0-1 min.
30: Barella.
0-2 min.
43: Insigne.
1-2 min.
46: Lukaku.
Referee Slavko Vincic Yellow cards Verratti (min. 19), Tielemans (min. 20) and Berardi (min. 89)
There was a lot of excitement in Italy around Chiesa and the striker who came out onto the pitch to beat Austria played. The Belgians also yearned to recover De Bruyne and Eden Hazard, or one of the two, as happened because he formed with the City forward and surprisingly with Doku. Lukaku's life is often changed when he has De Bruyne. Both ignited the match in a demanding action for Donnarumma. Belgium commanded, squeezed and kicked the Italian goal.
Mancini's team calmly endured the affront and little by little began to find their midfielders, especially Jorginho, and the unstoppable full-back Spinazzola. Belgium was not defeated with the step in front of Italy and the meeting became very interesting, for competitive and vibrant, the two challenging teams, selective in their arrivals, concerned not to lose the ball and promote the rival's transitions, as seen on De Bruyne's shot and Donnarumma's excellent replica.
Italy had a hard time finishing the plays, sometimes too stuffy with the ball, blocked by Belgium. The knot of a game with a lot of rhythm was in the pressure and in the exit of the ball from the area of Courtois. The counter was fearsome if the leather reached de Bruyne's feet. It so happened that Vertonghen was wrong when faced with the harassment of the Italian steering wheels and the leather ended up at Barella's feet after being enabled by Verratti. Barella's action was exquisite due to his entry, reception of the ball, control, dribbling and the cross shot against Courtois.
The 0-2 was equally precious as Insigne not only eliminated Tielemans but drove the ball to the area balcony and unleashed a threaded shot at Courtois' left post. Belgium was then saved by a push from Di Lorenzo to Doku, which the referee interpreted as a penalty due to the massive complaint from Italy. Lukaku did not forgive: 1-2. The striker later escaped the draw in two plays that were goal or goal, one aborted by Spinazzola, before he ended up broken and heartbroken after being the most acclaimed player in Italy during the European Championship.
Although he did not stop turning the game, spurred on by Doku, Belgium did not find the goal and Italy added 13 wins in a row and 32 games without losing before facing Spain.
The Azzurra is more dynamic and cheerful with Mancini while still being bloody and stingy with Chiellini and Bonucci: her end of the match returned her to the hated pragmatism of a lifetime after a start that invited her to applaud in Munich
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