Italy wins like in the EM final
England are relegated from Nations League without a win
09/24/2022, 12:11 am
England’s fate in the Nations League is sealed before the last matchday. The Three Lions have to be relegated to the second division, with European champions Italy taking care of that. A Bundesliga striker ensures Bosnia-Herzegovina’s return to the first division.
Two months before the World Cup in Qatar, vice-champion England is still looking for form and has to be relegated from the A-League to the Nations League. In the new edition of the European Championship final, the Three Lions lost 0-1 (0-0) in Italy and are in Group A3 before the last game on Monday (8.45 p.m. / RTL and in the live ticker on ntv.de) against the German national team four points behind in last place. Giacomo Raspadori scored the decisive goal (68′) after a long pass from Leonardo Bonucci. The 22-year-old striker scored after a strong reception of the ball.
438 days after the Wembley final, it was not a question of a title in Milan, but against relegation. With the weakened European champions Italy, who missed the World Cup finals, coach Roberto Mancini changed eight positions compared to the 2: 5 against Germany. Gareth Southgate made six substitutions after the embarrassing 4-0 loss to Hungary. Italy are now on eight points and need a win over Hungary to advance to the last four. – the Three Lions, on the other hand, remained without a win in the fifth attempt.
At the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, the hosts dominated the game with plenty of ball possession, mostly without creating clear chances – except in the fifth minute through Gianluca Scamacca. The English, with Dortmund’s Jew Bellingham, found it even more difficult to attack. Only after the 0:1 did they intensify their attacking efforts. England captain Harry Kane failed twice at goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (77th). However, it was Federico Dimarco who almost scored Italy’s second with a shot against the post five minutes from time.
Bosnia-Herzegovina made it into the A-League on the penultimate matchday. After the 1:0 (1:0) against Montenegro, the team of coach Ivaylo Petev can no longer be ranked first in group B3. Augsburg’s Ermedin Demirovic (45+1) scored the winning goal. Georgia is promoted to the B-League after beating the EM participants North Macedonia 2-0 (1-0). Gibraltar has to go to the D-League after the 1: 5 (1: 2) in Bulgaria.