Italy beat Wales to win their group with full points. Wales advances from second place

The match between Italy and Wales was more of a duel for position, Italy was sure to advance, Wales was very close with four points. Italy won the match 1: 0 and moved up from first place with full points.

Italy, who had already been assured of promotion, started with a completely changed line-up. Wales, with four points, was very close to promotion, playing against Italy for a place in the table.

Italy’s substitutes were logically unable to tune in to the same wave as the players from the first two games, so Squadra Azzurra’s play was not as dominant as against Turkey or Italy.

Thus, we watched a rather uninteresting first half of football, from which only a chance from the 25th minute stood out. Belotti got into the box and shot at the back post, but his attempt went just wide.

But in the 39th minute Matteo Pessina opened the scoring. Marco Verratti’s free-kick found the front post and found the net. The first half ended 1-0 to Italy.

In the second half, it was again Italy who had more chances. In the 53rd minute, from a direct kick, Bernardeschi hit the left post of Ward’s goal.

Two minutes later, another shock for the Welsh. Ethan Ampadu was red-carded and Robert Page’s men had to finish the game with ten men.

In the 65th minute, Chiesa snuck into the box, fed the ball to Belotti, who managed to finish in the fall, but his shot was cleared by Ward for a corner kick.

In the 76th minute, Gareth Bale could have equalised when he found himself all alone in the small area. But his volley was high and wide.

Both coaches made a lot of substitutions after that, so the game was more of a finish. In the 90th minute, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was substituted by Salvatore Sirigu, for whom it was probably a farewell to the national team.

Source: UEFA EURO 2020