In the third round of the UEFA Nations League group stage, England sat at home to face Italy, and finally drew 0-0 with their opponents, without a win in three consecutive rounds. In this campaign, England had the overall advantage, with 59% of the possession and 12 kicks, but still failed to break the goal. Against Italy, Sterling missed a good opportunity, and the Manchester City striker played a happy football and did not score in the empty goal. Plus, Mount hit the crossbar and England lacked luck. As a result, England has been 10 years without victory over Italy. In the standings, England have only 2 points, ranking at the bottom and may be relegated; Italy has five points and is at the top of the table.
England are ranked 5th in the world and under Southgate' leadership, they reached the final of the European Championship and finished second. In this campaign, England sent a 585 million euros starter, and the front four-man group was Abraham, Sterling, Mount and Glalis, and the defensive line was dominated by Maguire. Italy ranks 6th in the world, and as the European Champion, it is a pity that it did not qualify for the World Cup. In this competition, Mancini sent a squad of 298 million euros, led by Pellegrini and Donnarumma. In the past 4 meetings, England have lost 2 times and have been eliminated by Italy in both the World Cup and the European Championship.
In the 6th minute of the game, the Italian backcourt made a mistake, Donnarumma's pass was stolen, but England missed the opportunity and the shot was deflected off the goal frame. In the 10th minute, England continued to attack, Mount received Sterling's direct ball, pushed in the middle of the box, the ball hit the crossbar, Abraham made up for it, failed to hit. In the 17th minute, England drove a corner kick, rice tried to volley inside the box, directly kicked away. In the 24th minute, Tonari pushed a shot from the left side of the penalty area, and Ramsdale made a contribution to blocking the close-range shot, england to protect the city.
In the 40th minute, Donalumma also had a brilliant performance, and Mount's shot was firmly obtained. In the 44th minute, Italy played a combination in front of the field, Pessignanèche shot and Ramsdale saved the ball with one hand. In the second half, in the 52nd minute, England wasted a good chance when a cross from the right was met by Sterling at the back post facing half an empty goal, and the score was still 0-0! In the 61st minute, Di Lorenzo scored from a tight angle and was blocked by England. In the 64th minute, Harry Kane came off the bench and Southgate wanted to step up his attack. In the 79th minute, Harry Kane got up on his feet in the penalty area and the ball went high over the crossbar.
In the end, neither England nor Italy scored, and the two sides exchanged white papers. The data shows that in this game, England has 59% of the possession, Italy has 41%, the ratio of shots between the two teams is 12-8, England is obviously dominant, but unfortunately there is no chance to grasp. In this way, England also set a 10-year embarrassing record, since 2012, they have encountered Italy, they have not tasted a victory, it is really a bitter lord. In the last 3 rounds of the European League, England drew 2 and lost 1, and the group ranking was at the bottom, and it was a little difficult to qualify.