In the early morning of September 27, Beijing time, the final round of the UEFA Nations League group stage continued, and a focus battle in the A3 group was between Hungary and Italy. In the latest edition of the world rankings, Italy is ranked 7th and Hungary is only 37th.
In the previous five rounds of matches, Hungary won 3, drew 1 and lost 1 to top the table, which was almost unexpected by all fans, after all, the three strongest opponents of the death group, Italy, Germany and England, are all above Hungary.
Italy came in second place in the group, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss Italy scoring 8 points, and only an away win over Hungary in the final round would qualify from this group.
One hour before the match, the official line-up of the two teams was announced, with Italy's starting 11 being Donnarumma, Troy, Acerbi, Bonucci, Di Lorenzo, Di Marco, Jorginho, Christandre, Barrera, Gnoto and Raspadori.
Italy, who played away from home, played not conservative at all, with a decisive forward pressure and a siege of Hungarian goals. Hungary's few counter-attacks were also unlikely to pose a threat to Italy's goal.
Just four minutes into the opening period, Hungary almost lost the ball, goalkeeper Guraz made a serious mistake and almost threw the ball into his own goal, thanks to the center-back Attila goal line to break the siege.
Generally speaking, eating a trench is a long time, but Hungary really hasn't learned its lesson. In the 26th minute, the Hungarian defender played with fire continuously, and there were successive ultra-low-level mistakes, and Raspadori easily scored a goal.
In the 30th minute, the full moon machete after the smack of the ball in the Di Lorenzo penalty area deflected out of the upright, which is quite a pity.
In the 40th minute, Hungary's free-kick turned into a threat and Attila was too physically ahead and his shot was deflected.
In the first half, Italy temporarily led 1-0 away from home.
At the start of the second half, Donnarumma contributed a magical 3-game streak.
Wasting an opportunity is punishable, and in the 49th minute, Italy played a smooth match in front of the field, Di Marco followed up in the middle, wrapped up the goal, and the score became 2-0.
A minute later, Donnarumma made another stunning save, and tonight, Donnarumma was canonized.
In the end, Hungary lost 2-0 at home to Italy after a draw and could qualify from the group.
Donnaruma became the biggest contributor to Italy's victory, and with this victory, Italy overtook Hungary to win the first place in the group and advance to the final four of the European League, which is also some comfort for Italy, which did not qualify for the World Cup.