Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 18 June 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 18 June 2021.
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 18 June 2021
👉European, the Azzurri can now try to win it
Italy, You make us dream
👉Fiorentina on Italiano
The alternative is Fonseca
And Tottenham calls Gattuso
👉All for Chris!
Denmark – Belgium (1-2) in the name of Eriksen
👉Boom Italy!
15 million in front of the TV for the triumph over Switzerland
40 million the cost of Locatelli
Donnarumma, on Monday to PSG while everyone likes Insigne pic.twitter.com/p6z2sOV375
Colombia and Venezuela ended the game with a goalless draw on Thursday 17 June 2021 at the Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico — Goiânia, Brazil. Colombia failing to break Venezuela’s wall despite having 17 shot on goal compared to Venezuela with 1 shot. Goalkeepers from Colombia (Napoli) David Ospina and Wuilker Farinez becoming the hero for Venezuela stopping Colombia every chance to score. On Matchday 1, Colombia defeated Ecuador with a 1-0. The draw sees Colombia reaching 4 points to the top of Group B. Venezuela with just 1 point and still with chances to pas to the next round because four of the five teams in each group qualify for the knock-out stages.
✅Italian Serie A / B Players with Colombia and Venezuela National Team
Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina (Colombia) played all game.
Juventus midfielder Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Colombia) played all game, yellow card 77th minute.
Atalanta forward Duván Zapata (Colombia) played 73 minutes and replaced by Miguel Borja.
Atalanta forward Luis Muriel (Colombia) played 62 minutes and replaced by Leandro Campaz.
Brescia defender Jhon Chancellor (Venezuela) not played.
Torino midfielder Tomás Rincón (Venezuela) not played
Copa America Standings
POS
Team
GP
GD
PoinTS
1
Brazil
2
+7
6
2
Colombia
2
+1
4
3
Venezuela
2
-3
1
4
Ecuador
1
-1
0
5
Peru
1
-4
0
Colombia and Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina keeping a clean sheet.
¡FINAL DEL PARTIDO! Con una gran actuación de Wuilker Faríñez 🇻🇪, @FCFSeleccionCol y @SeleVinotinto empataron 0-0 en Goiânia por la fecha 2 del Grupo B de la CONMEBOL #CopaAmérica 2021
47% Ball Possession NETHERLANDS and 53% Ball Possession AUSTRIA Netherlands 2 – 0 Austria
11′ Memphis Depay (Pen)
67′ Denzel Dumfries
Netherlands winning the UEFA Euro 2020 Group C match defeating Austria on Thursday 17 June 2021 at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam. This is an important victory because it secures the qualification to the Round of 16. On Matchday 3, Monday 21 June, Netherlands will face North Macedonia and Austria will face Ukraine.
Netherlands opening the score in the 11th minute. Memphis Depay defeating Austria goalkeeper converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by David Alaba after a foul on Denzel Dumfries.
Netherlands increasing the score for the 2-0 in the 67th minute. Denzel Dumfries delivering a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Donyell Malen.
NETHERLANDS (3-5-2): Stekelenburg; De Ligt, De Vrij, Blind (64′ Akè); Dumfries, De Roon (74′ Gravenberch), Wijnaldum, F. De Jong, Van Aanholt (64′ Wijndal); Depay (82′ L.De Jong), Weghorst (64′ Malen).
52% Ball Possession UKRAINE and 48% Ball Possession NORTH MACEDONIA Ukraine 2 – 1 North Macedonia
29′ Andriy Yarmolenko 57′ Ezgjan Alioski
34′ Roman Yaremchuk
Ukraine winning the UEFA Euro 2020 Group C match defeating North Macedonia on Thursday 17 June 2021 at the National Arena in Bucharest. Ukraine celebrating their first win at Euro 2020 while North Macedonia losing both games. Painful defeat for North Macedonia becoming the first team eliminated from Euro 2020.
Highlight of the match seeing Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk becoming the first duo to score in each of their team’s first two games in European Championship history. North Macedonia lost on Matchday 1 against Austria 3-1. On Matchday 3, Monday 21 June, North Macedonia will face Netherlands and Ukraine will face Austria.
✅ Italian Serie A players in this game Ukraine vs North Macedonia.
Atalanta midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine), played 92 minutes and replaced by Eduard Sobol.
Napoli midfielder Elif Elmas (North Macedonia) played all game
Genoa forward Goran Pandev (Captain for Macedonia) played all game
Lecce midfielder Boban Nikolov (Serie B) played 45 minutes and replaced by Aleksandar Trajkovski
✅ UEFA Euro 2020 Group C Standing after Matchday 2
Ukraine opening the score in the 29th minute. Andriy Yarmolenko defeating North Macedonia goalkeeper with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Oleksandr Karavaev following a corner conceded by Visar Musliu.
Ukraine increasing the score for the 2-0 in the 34th minute. Roman Yaremchuk scoring with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Andriy Yarmolenko.
North Macedonia shortening the distance for the 2-1 in the 57th minute. Ezgjan Alioski defeating Ukraine goalkeeper Georgiy Bushchan with a left footed shot to the center. The goal arriving after Bushchan saved Alioski ‘s penalty. This is Alioski’s first goal at a major tournament. Alioski not wasting his moment and on the rebound scored after his initial saved penalty following a foul on Goran Pandev.
47% Ball Possession DENMARK and 53% Ball Possession BELGIUM Denmark 1 – 2 Belgium
2′ Yussuf Poulsen 55′ Thorgan Hazard
. 70′ Kevin De Bruyne
Belgium win the UEFA Euro Group B Matchday 2 defeating Denmark on Thursday 17 June 2021. Belgium is the second team to qualify to the Round of 16. It was an emotional game as the game stopped in the 10th minute paying a one minute applause as tribute to Denmark and Inter player Christian Eriksen, 29, who suffered a cardiac arrest on Matchday 1 in the 42nd minute of Denmark against Finland at the Parken Stadium. Eriksen remains at the Hospital Rigshospitalet, which is just 500 meters from the stadium in Copenhagen.
Denmark manager Kasper Hjulmand said Eriksen watched the match from the hospital. The 10th minute means Eriksen’s shirt number. Memorable too is that Belgium and Napoli forward Dries Mertens leading the players and crowd to applause Eriksen. A banner at the Stadium sending the message to Eriksen saying: “All of Denmark is with you Christian”.
Denmark opening the score in the 2nd minute. Yussuf Poulsen defeated Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
Belgium equalizing for the 1-1 in the 54th minute. Thorgan Hazard defeated Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel with a left footed shot to the center. The assist is by Kevin De Bruyne.
Belgium taking the lead for the 2-1 in the 70th minute. Kevin De Bruyne scoring the winner goal with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Eden Hazard.
By Anna Italia
