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Italian Soccer Serie A
Italy – Belgium 
Here is 🇮🇹 Italy vs Belgium 🇧🇪 Preview for the UEFA Nations League Third Place Match on Sunday 10 October 2021 at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy at 15:00. This is the 24th match between Italy and Belgium in all competitions with Stats showing: Italy 15 wins, 4 draws, and Belgium 4 wins. This time, Italy will be without Leonardo Bonucci after Referee Sergei Karasev got a red card during the Semifinal against Spain in the 42nd minute leaving the team with 10 players. Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini will look to restart a new Serie after Spain stopped their 37 consecutive unbeaten games.
✅ UEFA Nations League Semifinal: Result ITALY 1 – 2 SPAIN, Wednesday 6 October 2021
Italy and Belgium have already played in Turin, on the occasion of the first ever match between the two national teams, in a friendly match back in May 1913. On that occasion Italy won the match 1-0 thanks to the only goal scored by Guido Ara.
The last time that Italy and Belgium met on Italian soil was in May 2008 (3-1 in favor of the Azzurri). In general, there are 12 precedents played in Italy between the two national teams: Italy 7 wins, 4 draws, and Belgium 1 win. Six of which, however, arrived in the first seven matches (1 draw). In the last five matches in Italy the balance is perfect with three draws and one success on each side. Italy have lost only once to Belgium in seven official matches excluding friendlies (4W, 2D): 1–2 in Belgium in May 1972.
👉 Italy vs Belgium Probable Lineups
🇮🇹 Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni, Emerson; Nicolò Barella, Jorginho, Manuel Locatelli; Federico Chiesa, Giacomo Raspadori, Lorenzo Insigne
🇧🇪 Belgium: Mignolet; Alderweireld, Boyata, Vertonghen; Saelemaekers, Vanaken, Witsel, Carrasco; Lukebakio, Batshuayi, Trossard
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👉 🇮🇹 Italy vs Belgium 🇧🇪 Match Officials
Serbian Referee Srdjan Jovanović will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB) and Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB). The Fourth Official will be Novak Simović (SRB). The VAR will be Marco Fritz (GER). The AVAR 1 will be Christopher Kavanagh (ENG), AVAR 2: Lee Betts (ENG), and AVAR 3: Pol van Boekel (NED). The Referee Observer will be Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP).
🇮🇹 Italy vs Belgium 🇧🇪
UEFA Nations League Third Place Match Officials
🗓️ Sunday 10 October 2021
🏟️Juventus Stadium
⏲️15:00🙍♂️Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
🚩Assistants Uroš Stojković and Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
4⃣ Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)https://t.co/qkRzXeU9FY pic.twitter.com/QiAxortvEs— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 10, 2021
UEFA Nations League
Third Place
Italy – Belgium
Sunday 10 October 2021
Juventus Stadium
Turin, Italy
15:00
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
VAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
AVAR 1: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
AVAR 2: Lee Betts (ENG)
AVAR 3: Pol van Boekel (NED)
Referee Observer: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)