Italy have been knocked out of the U19 European Championships after a 1-0 loss in further time to Spain at Windsor Park in Belfast on Thursday afternoon.
Italy knocked out of U19 European Championship
The Azzurrini had created the fairer share of the possibilities within the authentic 90, however have been unable to transform any of them and have been subsequently compelled to move again out for an extra half hour.
A sweetly-struck free-kick from the spectacular Simone Pafundi grazed the skin of the put up after simply quarter-hour, which turned out to be Italy’s closest effort of the sport.
5 minutes after the half-time interval, Milan expertise Kevin Zeroli squandered one other probability to place Italy 1-0 up.
His teammate Davide Bartesaghi carried the ball nearly the size of the pitch earlier than getting a cross away from the byline, however Zeroli was not in a position to get himself into the suitable place to use the ending touches.
Spain made a double substitution simply shy of the hour mark, bringing on Pol Fortuny and David Mella, each of whom helped to shift the momentum in favour of La Roja.
Luca Di Maggio had a long-range effort pushed previous the put up for a nook 62 minutes in, earlier than Pafundi did not get a shot away within the space a couple of minutes later.
Because the 90 drew to an in depth, it turned clear that each coaches have been starting to arrange for an additional half hour. That was signalled by the substitute of teenage sensation Francesco Camarda after 87 minutes.
It took 10 minutes of the extra interval for the breakthrough to be discovered. Substitute Fortuny utilized the ultimate contact after a neat interchange on the left-hand facet from Mella and Julio Diaz, leaving Italy with simply 20 minutes to give you a response.
The fantastic alternative fell to Zeroli with simply three minutes remaining on the clock. Diego Sia did extremely properly to maintain the ball from going out of play, earlier than squaring to the Milan man, who made a little bit of a hash of the end.
Missed alternatives have been the overriding theme for Italy on Thursday, and had they’d their taking pictures boots on, they could have been in a position to see their opposition off inside the authentic 90.
The reigning 2023 champions at the moment are out. Spain, who’re the joint-most profitable nation within the U19 European Championships, together with England on 11 general wins, will go on to face the winner of Thursday’s different semi-final between France and Ukraine in Belfast on Sunday night.
Full time: Italy 0-0 Spain (0-1 a.e.t)
Fortuny (S) 100’.
Italy (4-3-1-2) : Marin; Mannini, Mane, Chiarodia, Bartesaghi; Chiammaglichella (71′ Magni), Lipani (71′ Tougher), Di Maggio, Zeroli, Pafundi, Camarda (85′ Ebone).
Spain (4-3-3) : Raul Jimenez; Perea, Simo, Gasiorowski, Julio Diaz; Belaid (102′ Senhadji), Chema Andres, Hernandez (55′ Mella); Dani Rodriguez (85′ Jesus Rodriguez), Iker Bravo, Diao (55′ Fortuny).
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100′ Fortuny#U19EURO#Under19 #Azzurrini #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/7ZXtOwu5Ic— Nazionale Italiana ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri) July 25, 2024
