SALON (FRANCE) – After the winning debut ad Euro 2024 from the National Of Spalletti, L‘Italy under 21 surpasses 1-0 the France in the match valid for the final for third place of the tournament Maurice Revello 2024 thanks to a network created by Leonardo Cerri.
The Azzurrini, therefore, finish the competition in third place. The opening moments of the match do not offer particular emotions, with the two teams deciding to take a very cautious attitude to avoid making mistakes. At 24′ the referee shows the first yellow card of the match to Bertola, while two minutes later the blue technical commissioner Carmine Nunziata is forced to make his first substitution following the injury of Peas: the midfielder of Rome is detected by Zuccon. Around half an hour of play the Azzurrini built their first chances, but failed to worry the Transalpine rearguard, who defended in an extremely orderly manner. A few seconds from the 45th minute the yellow card also arrives De Amorim and, at the end of four minutes of injury time, the two teams returned to the locker rooms with the score 0-0.
Italy third, Cerri decides
In the second half the script of the match does not change particularly, in fact the match remains very blocked. Italy try to rely on the changes of Nunziata to break the balance: they enter the field Finish And Volpato in the place of White And Hasa. There France, for his part, he doesn’t have many cards to play from the bench, in fact Chauvin almost completely confirms the starting eleven. In the final, when the match seemed to be headed towards a penalty shoot-out, the Azzurrini managed to break the deadlock thanks to a goal from Leonardo Cerri, good at capitalizing on a great personal action of Volpato. In full recovery Mikelbrencis he loses his head and is sent off for a double yellow following a hard tackle Finish. By virtue of this success Italy finishes in third place in the tournament Maurice Revello U21 2024.
