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The Italian national team started the European Championship victoriously, beating Belgium, considered the shadow favorite of the tournament.

Antonio Conte's team showed excellent organization of the game and scored a goal in each half. Emmanuele Giaccherini scored in the 32nd minute, and Graziano Pelle scored in stoppage time.

The Belgian national team is considered the shadow favorite of the European Championship, which is confirmed by bookmakers' quotes. In their opinion, Mark Wilmots' team is second only to the French, Germans, Spaniards and British in its chances of winning the tournament. The current generation of Belgians is called golden, although some football fans are skeptical about the “Red Devils”, who made it through the qualifying round with some problems. However, Belgium was able to make it to the Euro finals for the first time since 2000.

In the first match at the European Championship, Belgium faced Italy, which won the continental championship with a lackluster lineup compared to the favorites. Interestingly, sixteen years ago the Belgians and Italians met in the Euro group stage, when the Squadra Azzurra won with a score of 2:0. Mark Wilmots and Antonio Conte, the current national team coaches, took part in that game.

Many expected to see Jason Denaye in the defense of the Belgian national team, but 30-year-old Laurent Ciman held the right defense. Another surprise from Mark Wilmots was the entry into the field from the first minutes of Marouane Fellaini, whom few publications included in the tentative lineup. Italy had questions regarding a couple of forwards, because Antonio Conte was choosing from six candidates at once. Ultimately, Eder and Graziano Pelle got the starting spot.

The Italian national team began to demonstrate dynamic football from the first minutes, and Belgium's high status at the tournament in no way embarrassed Antonio Conte's charges. The Squadra Azzurra combined well and kept the enemy's defensive redoubts in suspense, although there were no dangerous moments near Thibaut Courtois' goal. The team of Mark Wilmots, in turn, did not go well in the combination game. The Italians created compactness in defense through the efforts of the most experienced Leonardo Bonucci, Andre Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini. If there is one thing we can remember about the Red Devils' attack, it was a few shots from outside the penalty area. Radja Nainggolan hit the ball twice, and in the first case Gianluigi Buffon had to work hard.

In the 32nd minute of the game, the Italian team was able to open the scoring by scoring a very beautiful goal. Leonardo Bonucci from the center line completed a gorgeous long pass in the attacking line, Toby Alderweireld, who had a good season for Tottenham, made a positional error, and Emmanuele Geccherini found himself on a date with the goalkeeper. The Italian national team midfielder shot past Thibaut Courtois - 0:1! Just a few minutes later, Antonio Conte's men were to double their lead. Marco Parolo went into high gear in someone else's penalty area and managed to throw the ball into the center with the back of his head. There, an open Graziano Pelle made a header - the game shot flew close to the left post!

At the start of the second half, the teams exchanged the most dangerous moments. First, at the end of a rapid attack, Kevin de Bruyne brought Romelu Lukaku one on one with the goalkeeper. Gianluigi Buffon significantly reduced the angle of fire, but the Belgian forward was still able to shoot into the upper right corner - the ball flew very close to the intended target. And then Graziano Pelle, in his style, made a great header into the left corner, and only the reaction of Thibaut Courtois saved the Belgian team from conceding a second goal.

Mark Wilmots understood that his team needed to strengthen the attacking line. Towards the middle of the second half, the coach of the Belgian national team removed Nainggolan from the game and released Dries Mertens, whom many fans expected to see at the start. The “Red Devils” began to spend more time in positional attacks, and the “Squadra Azzurra” did what it does best - maintain a winning score. Fifteen minutes before the end of the game, Belgium took a risk by switching to a formation with three central defenders. In the 82nd minute, the “fresh” Divock Origi had a chance to equalize. The forward made a header from about six meters, but the ball flew over the crossbar! Soon, Italy carried out a good counterattack, which ended with a tight shot from Ciro Immobile from mid-range, but Courtois made the save.

The less time remained before the final whistle, the more furiously the Belgian national team players went on the attack. Time after time, Mark Wilmots' team escalated the game at the opponent's goal, but failed to deliver a devastating final blow. But the Italian team put an end to it in stoppage time. Antonio Candreva softly threw the ball to Graziano Pelle, and the forward shot into the goal, almost breaking the net at the stadium in Lyon.

The final score is 0:2. The Italian national team prepared well for the game against Belgium and won a well-deserved victory. Bookmakers need to reconsider their attitude towards Mark Wilmots' team.

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This match is worthy of opening a new stadium in Lyon for football at the national team level. Two, probably the most unpredictable teams at Euro 2016, and unpredictable in completely different ways, are ready to begin their unpredictable path to the still unknown final with a head-to-head match, the course of which is only a little easier to imagine than winning in Sportloto.

Perhaps this will be a clash between two of the most famous clichés of modern European football. On the one hand, there is the already famous “golden generation” of the Belgian national team and endless debate about what the true potential of the “Red Devils” is. On the other hand, the already ancient “boring and bad Italy can shoot at any moment, especially when no one expects it.” And it really can!

The Italian national team has long since lacked such a constellation of talented attacking players as it had in the 90s of the last century. Baggio, Zola, Conte, Donadoni, Signori, Vialli, Mancini, Grandfather Piero, Vieri, Inzaghi. Sunglasses were invented precisely so that, at the beginning of the era of color television, an unprepared viewer would not be blinded by the bright shine of the Azzurri star cast.

But what did all these guys win in the 90s. What did several great Italian teams with great coaches at the helm achieve, including at the home World Cup 1990? Nothing, dear reader. “Bronze” and “silver” of the World Cup, and even a little earlier the Euro semi-final – this is “nothing” for such outstanding two generations of Italian football.

But everyone remembered about 1982, when the most boring and extremely unconvincing Italian team took gold at the World Championships in Spain. The worse the Azzurri play, the better” - this cliché comes from exactly those times.

And it is alive to this day. Well, who expected that the 2006 World Cup would become a tournament for the Italian team? After all, even then, before the World Cup, everyone said the same thing that we hear now. “Italy is not the same as it was in the 90s.” “This is a dark horse, hardly ready to gallop in first.” But the “bad” calcio, having just survived a huge corruption scandal, suddenly turned out to be the best in the world.

How much were you looking forward to the Italian national team in the Euro 2012 finals? Few believed that she, who was in the same group with Spain and Croatia, would even be able to get out of the playoffs. This was indeed done with difficulty. But then, with no less difficulty, the Italians beat England in a penalty shootout. Then suddenly they managed to beat Germany, and only suffered a fiasco against Spain in the final. Apparently, that Italy at the European Championships four years ago was not “bad” enough...

Well, what about Belgium and its golden generation? In general, this whole story is similar to a trip to a pawn shop. A Belgian gentleman suddenly discovered chests in his yard with shiny objects that looked like items made of precious metals. He admired them for a long time, bargained with leading collectors and lived well. However, the moment when you need to go to a specialist and find out the true price of all the “wealth” had to come sooner or later.

One June morning, Monsieur came to the nearest pawnshop, nervously stomped on the threshold and opened the door. When he opens it on the other side and leaves the room, he will already know whether he is really rich or whether all this “gold” is just inexpensive jewelry that just looks beautiful, but does not represent any great value.

Euro 2016 is the most strict but objective evaluator. The Belgium national team, which left a mixed impression two years ago in Brazil, will now know exactly how good and talented it is. Perhaps this is one of the most interesting questions at Euro 2016. Do we have a favorite and a potential grandee for many years to come? Or is it still a strong, average European team with talented marketers and agents working with its players?

Belgium – Italy: head-to-head confrontation

It is very interesting that this confrontation is still completely equal - the teams beat each other three times, and four more matches ended in a draw.

Belgium – Italy: judging panel

Referee: Mark Clattenburg.
Assistants: Simon Beck, Jake Collin.
Fourth referee: Carlos del Cerro.

Belgium – Italy: site forecast 2-1

Last November, when there were a few weeks left before the draw for the final part of Euro 2016, the national teams of Belgium and Italy played a friendly match in Brussels. Agree, it was so recent that it would be nice to remember how it ended.

And it ended with a very convincing victory for the Belgian team. She, as is typical for her, started the match poorly and conceded in the 3rd minute, but then quite easily proved that she is now stronger than Italy. 3-1 – the score is very eloquent, especially considering that the Azzurri still have a traditional order in defense.

Although, is that really the order? Immediately after Belgium, the Italians played Romania in November, from which they conceded twice. In March of this year, Conte's team was defeated by Germany (1:4). And in general, before two dry matches at the pre-tournament training camp, the Italian national team lost at least once in almost every match for a year and a half.

But the worst thing for the Italians is the attack. Perhaps they have never had such a weak selection of forwards. Zaza, Pelle, Immobile, Insigne, Eder. None of them are stars even in their own clubs, let alone at the level of the national teams. Maybe one of them is ready to repeat the fate of Salvatore Schillaci, who came to the 1990 World Cup in the same status, but became its top scorer?

But in general, we believe that the Italian team will definitely score today. The fact is that Belgium concedes goals with even greater regularity. Mark Wilmots' team played its last clean sheet in Cyprus last September, after which it allowed its opponents to score in seven games in a row.

Another thing is that the level of Belgium's attacking players is such that even taking into account the weak defense and the dubious quality of coaching, they are almost always ready to score more than they concede. We believe that exactly the same will happen today.

Europe championship

Belgium - Italy 0:2

Goal: Giaccherini, 32, Pelle, 90+2

Belgium: Courtois, Ciman (Yannick Carrasco 82), Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Vertonghen, Witsel, Nainggolan (Mertens 65), Fellaini, De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku (Origi 76).

Italy: Buffon, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Candreva, Parolo, De Rossi, Giaccherini, Darmian, (De Sciglio 61), Eder, (Immobile 81), Pelle.

Warnings: Chiellini 68, Eder 80, Bonucci 83, Motta 85, Vertonghen 90+1

90+3" End of match!

90+2" GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Pelle!!! This is a victory for Italy! Ciro Immobile intercepted the ball in the center of the field, then played with his partners and began to attack his team, from the right flank Ciro transferred the ball to Candreva, and Antonio threw the ball to Pelle , who hit the ball into the goal with a powerful blow.

90+1" Vertonghen received a yellow card for unsportsmanlike conduct.

90" And now the Belgian team has earned a corner. Mertens delivered a cross to the near post to Witsel, but Axel was unable to connect with the ball.

89" This time Candreva delivered a cross to the near post, the ball was thrown around the penalty area, the nominal guests were lucky that Pelle’s shot didn’t work out and Courtois was able to pick up the ball.

88" Candreva delivered a cross into the center of the penalty area, and the Belgian team defenders knocked the ball out for a second corner.

87" Which moment! Italy carried out a counterattack, Immobile broke through to the goal and fired into Courtois's possession from outside the penalty area; Thibault, with great difficulty, transferred the ball for a corner.

86" Mertens delivered a cross to the far post, Fellaini dropped the ball onto the goal line, this time the Italians intercepted the ball.

85" Mertens shot at goal from outside the penalty area, the ball hit a defender and flew away for a corner.

84" Substitution in the Italian national team. Thiago Motta came on instead of Daniele De Rossi.

83" Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci received a yellow card for rough play against Origi.

82" And the last substitution is being made by the Belgian national team. Yannick Carrasco came on instead of Laurent Ciman.

81" Substitution in the Italian national team. Ciro Immobile came on instead of Eder.

80" Italy forward Eder disrupted a Belgian counterattack and received a yellow card.

78" Giaccherini delivered a cross to the near post, Candreva dropped the ball to the far post, and there was Witsel, who intercepted the ball.

77" Giaccherini shot at goal from outside the penalty area, Siman turned the ball into a corner in a tackle.

76" Substitution in the Belgian national team. Divock Origi came on instead of Romelu Lukaku.

75" Mertens passed the ball into the penalty area to Lukaku, but once again Romelu failed to get hold of the ball.

74" Mertens has now played rather rudely against Candreva, Clattenburg has forgiven Dries for now.

72" Now Hazard shot at goal from outside the penalty area, the ball hit the defender.

71" Hazard tried to pass to Lukaku in the penalty area, but the Italian defenders intercepted the ball.

70" Pelle returned to the field, the Italian team doctors did a great job, there will be no replacement yet.

69" Italy forward Graziano Pelle suffered a hand injury while being treated off the pitch.

68" Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini received a yellow card for disrupting an attack.

67" Hazard returned the ball to De Bruyne, Kevin sent the ball to the far post, it was too strong.

66" De Bruyne again delivered the serve to the near post, again the Italian national team players fought back, but the rebound was the Belgians'.

65" Substitution in the Belgian national team. Dries Mertens came on instead of Radja Nainggolan.

64" Vertonghen delivered a cross into the penalty area from the center of the field, Chiellini knocked the ball out for a corner.

63" Giaccherini played poorly on the right flank against Siman and ended up missing the ball.

62" Eder delivered a cross into the center of the penalty area from the left flank, and the Belgians fought back very confidently.

61" Mattia De Sciglio came on instead of Matteo Darmian.

60" De Bruyne delivered a cross to the far post, Fellaini broke the rules in the fight for the ball.

59" Nainggolan passed the ball into the penalty area to Fellaini, Barzagli knocked the ball out for a corner.

58" Hazard shot at goal from the entrance to the penalty area, the ball flew into the center, Buffon saw the moment of impact and took the ball without any problems.

57" Nainggolan shot at goal from outside the penalty area, the ball hit a defender.

56" And here is the answer from Italy. Pelle received the ball in the penalty area and shot at goal, Courtois saved his team.

55" Which moment! De Bruyne brought Lukaku one on one with Buffon, Romelu burst into the penalty area and fired into the far corner of the goal, the ball flying centimeters from the post.

54" Kandreva delivered a cross to the far post, Alderweireld knocked the ball outside the penalty area.

52" De Bruyne tried to make a throw from the center of the field towards Buffon's goal, it turned out too strong, the Italian national team goalkeeper played on the way out and calmly collected the ball.

51" Lukaku dropped the ball towards the penalty area after a throw from the center, the ball went to the Italian defenders.

50" There followed a pass to Hazard from half of the Belgian national team's field, the captain of the nominal guests was offside.

49" There was a throw from the center of the field into the penalty area of ​​Courtois, only the goalkeeper of the Belgian national team ended up there.

48" There was a pass to Eder on the right flank, Alderweireld was the first to get to the ball and knocked it into touch.

47" Parolo tried to pass to the center from the left corner of the penalty area; the Belgian team's defenders had some problems, but were able to intercept the ball.

46" Second half!

45" Break!

44" A dangerous moment arose at the gates of the Italian team. There was a pass into the penalty area to De Bruyne, Kevin hit the goal, the ball hit Giaccherini's leg.

43" Fellaini and Hazard began to fight for the ball on the right flank near the Italian team's penalty area, and as a result, another throw-out was earned.

42" There was a pass to the far post from the left flank from Siman, Fellaini dropped the ball to Lukaku, Romelu unsuccessfully shot at goal, Buffon calmly collected the ball.

41" There is very little left before the break, Belgium is trying with all its might to win back before the end of the first half of the match.

40" There was a throw into the Italian team's penalty area towards Lukaku, the Italians knocked the ball into touch.

39" Fellaini made a pass to Witsel, Axel shot at goal from outside the penalty area, the ball flew away from the goal.

38" In the fight for the ball, Fellaini put De Rossi on the lawn, Clattenburg did not call a foul, and the replay showed that there was no violation of the rules.

37" And one moment! This time Candreva played the ball, and then followed with a serve to the near post, the ball was thrown near the Courtois goal, as a result, Parolo dropped the ball into the center on Pella, Graziano headed the ball into the goal, the ball flew centimeters from the post!

35" Italy creates a dangerous moment! Candreva shot at goal from outside the penalty area, Courtois jumped the ball for a corner.

34" Head coach of the Italian national team Antonio Conte started bleeding from his nose from excitement. The tension in the match is enormous.

33" So unexpectedly Italy opened the scoring in the match, let's see what Belgium will show now.

32" GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! It's simple: Bonucci made a throw from the center of the field 30-35 meters, the ball flew over Alderweireld's head, it was coolly handled by Giaccherini and with the next touch he shot past Courtois into the far corner.

31" Lukaku played hard in midfield against Chiellini, Clattenburg is in no hurry to show yellow cards.

30" Candreva broke through on the right flank, followed by a pass to Eder, and the Belgian defenders knocked the ball away from their goal.

29" Darmian passed the ball to Pelle, Graziano shot at goal from outside the penalty area, the ball flew slightly away from the target.

28" Belgium still has the ball in their own half of the field, Italy is trying their hand at pressing.

27" There was a pass to the far post of the Italian team's goal from the left flank, again Lukaku failed to catch the ball.

26" Once again Eder broke the rules in the center of the field, this time Witsel received a kick in the legs from the Italy forward.

25" De Bruyne delivered a cross to the near post, while all passes from Kevin were intercepted by the Italian team's defenders.

24" Siman took a shot at goal from outside the penalty area, the ball hit a defender and went for a corner.

23" Now there was also an alarming moment in the Belgium penalty area. Siman played a tackle against Giaccherini, the replay showed that the defender played cleanly and Manolo himself stepped on the ball, but many people probably initially thought about a penalty.

22" Dangerous moment! Witsel won the fight for the high ball near the Italian penalty area, Fellaini rolled under Nainggolan's shot, and Radja hit the goal, the ball flew close to the post.

21" But Courtois had to run outside the penalty area and kick the ball into touch to avoid any trouble.

20" Nainggolan made a pass into the center of the penalty area for Lukaku's move, but again it was unsuccessful.

19" Vertonghen from the right flank made a pass to the near post to Fellaini, Bonucci used his opponent's body to allow Buffon to take the ball without any problems.

18" Hazard held the ball near the Italian goal and waited for Lukaku to connect with the pass, Romelu was a little late, and in the end the ball was intercepted.

17" Giaccherini tried to cross into the penalty area from the left flag, the ball hit Siman's foot and flew to De Bruyne, Belgium launched a counterattack, but the pass from Kevin to Lukaku was inaccurate.

16" De Bruyne delivered a cross to the near post, and Italy managed to fight back very confidently.

15" There was a pass to the center of the Italian team's penalty area from the right flank, Chiellini cut the ball off his foot and the ball flew off for a corner.

14" Belgium controls the ball more time, it is not surprising that so far the only dangerous moment was at Buffon's goal.

13" Pelle made a pass to Darmian, but it was too strong and the ball ended up going out of bounds.

12" Our game is quite lively, the teams are moving well, regularly trying to escalate things, Courtois will also have work to do today.

11" De Bruyne delivered a cross into the center of the penalty area, which turned out well, but Fellaini failed to catch the ball.

10" Nainggolan shot at goal from outside the penalty area, the ball flew into the corner of the goal, Buffon transferred the ball for a corner.

9" Darmian broke through on the left flank, moved a little to the center, but then Matteo delayed his decision, and in the end the ball was intercepted from him.

8" Eder played tough against Vermaelen in midfield, Clattenburg has so far managed without a yellow card.

7" Siman made a throw into the penalty area on Lukaku's move, it turned out too strong, Buffon calmly played on the way out and collected the ball.

6" Lukaku overdid it in the fight for the ball in the center of the field against De Russia and violated the rules. Italy played the set piece calmly.

5" Eder took a shot at goal from outside the penalty area, the ball hit a defender and was then calmly collected by Courtois.

4" Siman delivered a cross to the far post from the left flank, it turned out too strong, Lukaku didn’t even try to fight for the ball.

3" Lukaku passed the ball into the penalty area to Fellaini, which turned out well, but the Italian team's defenders kicked the ball out of touch.

2" Belgium immediately took control of the ball, while Italy is still preparing to play defensively.

1" The match has begun!

Two equal teams enter. Will take place at 22:00 match Belgium - Italy. See the results of the football match and a detailed overview: forecast, team lineups, goals, score.

In the first round of Group E, the national teams of Belgium and Italy will compete. The match will take place on June 13 at 22:00 (Moscow and Kyiv time) in Lyon at the Stade de Lumiere stadium. This interesting football match will be judged by the English referee - Mark Clattenburg.

Where can I watch the match broadcast and results?

You will find current statistics on the game, the results will be presented in the final table. Watch the football video Belgium - Italy 06/13/2016.

Belgium national team: preliminary composition, team achievements

In the upcoming match against Italy, the preliminary Belgium national team roster looks like this: goalkeeper - Courtois; defensive line - in the center Vertonghen and Alderweireld, on the left - D. Lukaku, and on the right - Meunier; midfield - Witsel on the left, Dembele in the center and Nainggolan on the right; in attack - Hazard, Lukaku and De Bruyne.

The Belgian coach is Marc Wilmots. The team coach without his key players - V. Kompany, N. Lombaerts, B. Engels and D. Boyat will do everything possible and impossible in the match against Italy.

The Belgian national team took second and third places at the European Championships in 1980 and 1972, respectively. In 1986 she took fourth place at the World Championships, in the same tournament in 1990, 1994 and 2002 she reached the 1/8 finals, and in 2014 to the 1/4 finals.

Italian national team composition

The preliminary composition of the Azzurra Squadra is as follows: in goal - Buffon; defense from left to right - Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli; center midfield - Giaccherini, Motta, Florenzi; flank midfielders - Darmian on the left and Kandreva on the right; attack - Eder and Pelle.

The Italian coach is Antonio Conte. A meteorite damaging Italian football players fell on midfield players. So, Montolivo, Marchisio, Veratti were injured. And the legendary Pirlo was not called up to Euro 2016 at all.

Italy national team world champion 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006. Finalist in 1970 and 1984. Third place in 1990. European champions in 1986, finalists in 2000 and 2012 and semi-finalists in 1988. In 2013 they won bronze at the Confederations Cup.

Belgium - Italy June 13, 2016: bookmakers forecast

Match forecast: draw 0:0 or 1:1. No matter how boring the game is. The Belgians have the weakest line of defense, while the Italians have problems in attack. The teams should be expected to become more active in the 2nd half.

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