As part of the activities of the third group of the first tier of the European Nations League competition, a negative draw was settled at the summit between England and Italy, and with this draw, Italy continued to lead the group, while the Lions team continued to languish in the group.
In the first half, the England players imposed their attacking rhythm in this half as they managed a clear threat to the Azzurri goal, and the Lions players conceded many dangerous shots in front of the goal as Tami Abraham failed to give his country a goal after a shot that went around post and then stripped Mason Mont’s post of a goal. Jameel, after a powerful shot, hit him before Raheem Sterling missed a golden opportunity in front of the Italian team. While Mason Mount missed another dangerous opportunity before the goal to end this half of the negativity between the two sides .
The second half started slowly on both sides and the England players continued their great time advantage, but due to the lack of attacking efficiency against the Azzurri goal and in turn the Italian team failed to carry out the attacking reaction mentioned in the meetings and Raheem Sterling got a dangerous chance, but the Englishman’s shot went over the post. Coach Mancini’s sons counted on fast rebounds, and Giovanni Di Lorenzo made a dangerous attempt, but his shot was blocked by goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale with great skill to deprive him of a goal scored. Two sides, and in the last 15 minutes, Harry Kane missed a golden opportunity to give the Lions team the winning goal of the match after a strong shot that went to the post, and in turn, the Italians failed to threaten the opponent’s goal, so the match ended goalless between the two teams.
In the same group, he led the German national team to a disappointing and bitter 1–1 match against his Hungarian counterpart to continue the draw streak in that group.
In Group D, the match between the Netherlands and Poland ended 2-2, with the Polish team scoring two goals in the 18th and 49th minutes thanks to Matti Kach and Peter Zielinski, while Dutch Mills equalized with goals. Davy Claesson and Denzel Dumfries and with this draw the Netherlands continued to lead the group while the Belgian team solidified their second place in the group despite a 1-1 draw with Wales.
At the second tier and in Group C, Bosnia and Herzegovina secured their lead in the group despite a 1-1 draw with Montenegro, while second-placed Finland, in turn, lost 1-0 to Romania.
At the third level and in Group A, Turkey achieved an important victory over Luxembourg with a score of 2:0, and with this victory Turkey strengthened its leadership in the group.
Source: El Iktisad