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56% Ball Possession ITALY and 44% Ball Possession HUNGARY

Italy 2 – 1 Hungary
30′ Nicolò Barella                    61′ Gianluca Mancini
45′ Lorenzo Pellegrini

🇮🇹   Italy working on the rebuilding stage win the UEFA Nations League game defeating Hungary on Tuesday 7 June 2022 at the Dino Manuzzi Stadium in Cesena, Italy.   Stats continue positively for Italy.  Previously, there are 35 games between Italy and Hungary, Italy 16 wins, 9 draws, and Hungary 9 wins. The last match between Italy and Hungary dates back to the friendly game on 22 August 2007 with Hungary winning 3-1 under coach Péter Várhidi.

After Matchday 2, Italy stand first place with 4 points. Hungary in the 2nd place with 3 points, Germany in the 3rd with 2 points and England in the 4th with only 1 point.

🇮🇹 👉 UEFA Nations League Standings / League A – Group 3

Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini

Italy opened the score in the 30th minute. Nicolò Barella defeated Hungary goalkeeper Denes Dibusz with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Leonardo Spinazzola.

👉🇮🇹 Italy 1 – 0 Hungary 🇭🇺, 30th minute, goal by ⚽️ Nicolò Barella for @Azzurri_En with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Leonardo Spinazzola. #ITAHUN #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro https://t.co/DfSilds0Ha

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 7, 2022

BARELLA! ☄️

He gives Italy the lead 1-0! 🔥

📺: @FS1 pic.twitter.com/ZpEflgDYe8

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 7, 2022

Italy ending the first half with a 2-0. In the 45th minute, it is Lorenzo Pellegrini to score with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Matteo Politano.

🏆👉 🇮🇹 Italy 2 – 0 Hungary 🇭🇺, 45th minute, goal by ⚽️ Lorenzo Pellegrini for @Azzurri_En with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Matteo Politano. https://t.co/29HmCjt8Ev

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 7, 2022

Politano ➡️ Pellegrini

The Azzurri double their lead! 🇮🇹

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— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 7, 2022

Photo via twitter.com/Azzurri_En

Ooops! In the 61st minute, there is an own goal by Gianluca Mancini shortening the distance for Hungary.

🏆👉 🇮🇹 Italy 2 – 1 Hungary 🇭🇺, 61st minute, own goal by ⚽️ by Gianluca Mancini#ITAHUN #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro https://t.co/1RbCTizAA9

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 7, 2022

An own goal from Italy helps Hungary get on the board! 🇭🇺

📺: @FS1 pic.twitter.com/tKENQ0eQ7w

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 7, 2022

✅ Stats:    The Magyar national team has not stuck two consecutive wins against the Italian one from July 1952 / November 1955 (series reached three in that case).  Italy have won the last three games played in Italy against Hungary and only once have they done better: four consecutive wins between March 1928 and December 1934. Italy will play for the fourth time in its history in Cesena, the first since 2009; the Azzurri have won all the previous three, with an overall score of 9-0.  Italy have not won in three games played at home (2N, 1P) and only once in the Mancini management have the Azzurri recorded a longer streak (four draws between June and November 2018).

🇮🇹 Wilfried Gnonto making his first start for Italy tonight 🙌#NationsLeague pic.twitter.com/TJYCK7AAKj

— UEFA Nations League (@EURO2024) June 7, 2022

Photo via twitter.com/Azzurri_En

🏆🇮🇹 👉 Lineup ITALIA (4-3-3):  Donnarumma; Calabria, G. Mancini, Bastoni, Spinazzola; Pellegrini, Cristante, Barella; Politano, Raspadori, Gnonto

🏆🇭🇺👉 Lineup HUNGARY (3-4-2-1): Dibusz; Lang, Orban, At. Szalai; Nego, A. Nagy, Schafer, Z. Nagy; Sallai, Szoboszlai; Ad. Szalai.

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📺 Click the video to watch Italy 2 – 1 Hungary highlights including all goals on Tuesday 7 June 2022

🇮🇹 👉 The Dino Manuzzi Stadium ready for Italy vs Hungary

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🇮🇹 👉 Italy dressing room ready for the Nations League against Germany

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👉 First half is over. 🇮🇹 Italy 2 – 0 Hungary 🇭🇺
UEFA Nations League

⚽️Goals: 30′ Nicolò Barella, 45′ Lorenzo Pellegrini

Corners: Italy 4, Hungary 2
Offsides: Italy 1, Hungary 1

✍️ Ball Possession: 58% @Azzurri_En and 42% Hungary

✅ https://t.co/XumtQnv1fe@SerieASitdown https://t.co/joRM8pfpOT

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 7, 2022

Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma

Matteo Politano

Wilfried Gnonto

🏆👉 Result 🇮🇹 Italy 2 – 1 Hungary 🇭🇺
Italy lead UEFA Nations League Group 3 with 4 points

⚽️Goals: 30′ Nicolò Barella, 45′ Lorenzo Pellegrini, 61′ Gianluca Mancini (og)

✍️Ball Possession: 56% @Azzurri_En and 44% Hungary

✅https://t.co/XumtQndpQE@SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys https://t.co/mOEVjijoxu

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 7, 2022

Photo via twitter.com/Azzurri_En

UEFA Nations League
League A, Matchday 2

Italy 2 – 1 Hungary
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Dino Manuzzi Stadium
Cesena, Italy

20:45

Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Beqim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
VAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
AVAR: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)

Goals: 30′ Nicolò Barella (I), 45′ Lorenzo Pellegrini (I), 61′ Gianluca Mancini (own goal)

🟨 Yellows: 64′ Nicolò Barella (I), 71′ András Schäfer (H),

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

🏆🇮🇹 👉 Lineup ITALIA (4-3-3):  Donnarumma; Calabria, G. Mancini, Bastoni, Spinazzola; Pellegrini, Cristante, Barella; Politano, Raspadori, Gnonto

Subs: Cragno, Meret, Di Lorenzo, Luiz Felipe, Locatelli, Esposito, Tonali, Belotti, Pessina, Dimarco, Zerbin, Bonucci

Head Coach:  Roberto Mancini

🏆🇭🇺👉 Lineup HUNGARY (3-4-2-1): Dibusz; Lang, Orban, At. Szalai; Nego, A. Nagy, Schafer, Z. Nagy; Sallai, Szoboszlai; Ad. Szalai.

Subs: Gulacsi, Szappanos, Kecskes, Fiola, Salloi, Bolla, Barath, Vancsa, Styles, Adam, Spandler, Vecsei.

Head Coach:  Rossi.

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Italy – Hungary

✅   Here are Italy vs Hungary Official Starting Lineups for UEFA Nations League game on Tuesday 7 June 2022 at the Dino Manuzzi Stadium in Cesena, Italy at 20:45.

🏆🇮🇹 👉 Lineup ITALIA (4-3-3):  Donnarumma; Calabria, G. Mancini, Bastoni, Spinazzola; Pellegrini, Cristante, Barella; Politano, Raspadori, Gnonto

Subs: Cragno, Meret, Di Lorenzo, Luiz Felipe, Locatelli, Esposito, Tonali, Belotti, Pessina, Dimarco, Zerbin, Bonucci

Head Coach:  Roberto Mancini

🏆🇭🇺👉 Lineup HUNGARY (3-4-2-1): Dibusz; Lang, Orban, At. Szalai; Nego, A. Nagy, Schafer, Z. Nagy; Sallai, Szoboszlai; Ad. Szalai.

Subs: Gulacsi, Szappanos, Kecskes, Fiola, Salloi, Bolla, Barath, Vancsa, Styles, Adam, Spandler, Vecsei. 

Head Coach:  Rossi.

After Matchday 1, Italy stand third place with 1 point same as Germany.  Hungary lead in the 1st position with 3 points and England in the last position without points.

🇮🇹 👉 UEFA Nations League Standings / League A – Group 3

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🇮🇹 👉 The Dino Manuzzi Stadium ready for Italy vs Hungary

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🇮🇹 👉 Italy dressing room ready for the Nations League against Germany

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UEFA Nations League
League A, Matchday 2

Italy – Hungary
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Dino Manuzzi Stadium
Cesena, Italy

20:45

Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Stephane De Almeida (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Beqim Zogaj (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
VAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
AVAR: Rafael Foltyn (GER)
Referee Observer: Elmir Pilav (BIH)

By Anna Italia
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Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini, commented after the UEFA Nations League 1-1 draw with Germany on Saturday 4 June 2022, “We struggled at the start, but my boys did well and looked on a level with a top Germany side. We have good players and I just get them playing, we hope that they can develop quickly. The road is long.”

UEFA Nations League: Result ITALY 1 – 1 GERMANY, Saturday 4 June 2022

Among the six debutants tonight was Wilfried Gnonto, who set up Pellegrini to score just three minutes after coming on.  Mancini commented, “He’s so quick, and can do everything. He’s a forward with a quality that we didn’t have before and he will improve a lot.”

🗣️ #Mancini: “It’s a shame to have conceded the equaliser. It wasn’t easy at the beginning and then the boys did well. They looked on a level with a good Germany side.”#ITAGER #NationsLeague #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/uHHcNHK2yP

— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) June 4, 2022

Gnonto commented: “It was emotional to make my debut. The coach gave me the chance and I think I took it well.”

Gnonto’s story is a fairytale as he was fast-tracked from the youth teams to Mancini’s training camp at the end of May. “I owe a lot to my parents, who have helped me a lot, especially in the choice to move from Inter to Zurich to get more gametime. At this age, you need to play and I took a big risk. I was at Inter, at home, but at a certain point, you need to make a tough decision.” After revealing that he didn’t manage to get a photo with Messi on Wednesday – “I stood outside the dressing room but nothing” – he described the goal: “I knew that Kehrer was already booked and that’s all I could think about when I got the ball. I decided to take him and that ball in is tough for the defender and goalkeeper. If you’re a forward, you need to make the difference and I did that today.”

On the end of the young man’s assist was forward Lorenzo Pellegrini, who scored his fourth goal for Italy and his third in the Nations League. For the captain of Roma, who last week in Tirana raised the Conference League trophy, it was a magic moment: “It went well; we knew it was going to be a difficult game, especially after all the comments that have been said in recent days. We had to find a group of men rather than just players. We have seen a team performance against an extremely strong nation like Germany. Italy need to re-start with youth, we have many young players who are willing and giving their all for the team.”

All he asked for was a goal and he nearly had it, but Gianluca Scamacca’s performance opening up the German defence showed he has what it takes to play the lone striker. His first international goal will only be a matter of time: “I missed a few chances this evening; I hope they will arrive in the next game. I am living a dream, I want to grow and get as high up as possible. Here in Italy, we have many young, quality players with talent who need time and opportunity. Mancini was brave and right to play them.”