L’Italy U21 does not go beyond the 1-1 against the Türkiye in Ferrara in the match valid for the seventh day of group A of the qualifiers European Championships 2025 and jeopardizes its lead in the group. Now, in fact, Ireland is only 2 points away, but with a match still to play.
Desplanadas for a rigore to Yildirim
The Italians started well and in the 8th minute they created their first scoring opportunity with a header Calafioriwho fails to take advantage of the assist Ndour. In the space of a few minutes Fabian and again Calafiori came close to taking the lead in two different situations, but Alemdar he overcomes himself and saves his people. In the 22nd minute Fabbian, served by Calafiori, goes to the conclusion which he finishes just wide. At 28′ Nunziata loses Pirola due to injury and is forced to replace him with Ghilardi. Although Italy has the ball in their hands, it is the guests who have the clearest chance to move forward: in the 34th minute Ghilardi knocks down Yildirim in the area and the referee awards a penalty: Yildirim himself appears on the spot, but a superb one Landings he hypnotizes him and allows his teammates to go to half-time at 0-0.
Ghilardi deceives Italy, Kilicsoy equalizes in the 91st minute
At the start of the second half Turkey has a great opportunity with a header by Kaplan, which hits the top of the crossbar. Italy’s response was not long in coming and in the 50th minute they took the lead with Ghilardi, who found the winning move in the melee after a pass Gnonto. In the 64th minute Nunziata’s boys came close to doubling their lead with a powerful finish by Zanotti, which is rejected by Alemdar. In the final, the visiting team goes in search of an equalizer and in full injury time (91′) manages to grab it thanks to the goal Kilicsoy. Behind Italy (15 points in 7 matches) andIreland (13 in 6 games) hope is back too Norway which rises to 12 (with 6 matches played) after easily getting rid of San Marino with a clear 4-0.
Nunziata: “We deserved to win, naive at the end”
Embittered the coach Carmine Nunziata at the end of the match: “We deserved to win. We played a great match, we lost a ball that we shouldn’t have lost. There was too much self-importance at the end, we were naive. It’s a shame because we threw away two points. This is football , we gave it our all. The boys played the best game of the season, it’s a shame about the final 2′ in which we were too light and passive.”
The Italy-Türkiye scoreboard
ITALY U21-Türkiye U21 1-1 (0-0)
Italia (4-3-3): Desplanches 7.5 – Zanotti 6 (43′ st Kayode sv), Coppola 6, Pirola 6 (28′ pt Ghilardi 7), Ruggeri 6 – Ndour 6.5, Prati 6, Calafiori 6.5 – Fabbian 6.5, Gnonto 5.5 (33′ st Oristanio sv) , Casadei 5.5. Coach Nunziata 6.
Türkiye (4-4-2): Alemdar 6.5 – Bayram 6 (39′ pt Altikardes 6), Kaplan 6.5, Iagir 6.5 (32′ st Yardimci sv), Ozcan 6 – Yildiz 5.5, Elmaz 5.5, Beyaz 6 (15′ st Canak 5.5), Kilicsoy 6.5 – Destan 5 , Yildirim 4.5 (32′ st Guruk sv). Ct Surme 6.
Referee: Grado (Spa).
Rarely: 5’st Ghilardi, 46’st Kilicsoy.
Warned: Casadei, Kilicsoy, Gnonto, Kaplan, Yildirim, Calafiori, Ozcan, Prati, Fabbian. Angles: 6-3 for Italy.
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– 2024-03-31 14:43:44
