England were unable to achieve their revenge once morest Italy, which deprived them of their first European Cup title last summer, with a 0-0 draw, Saturday, at Wolverhampton in the third round of Group C competitions for the first level of the European Nations League, while Germany is also looking for Her first victory by drawing 1-1 with her host Hungary.
And at the Molino Stadium and in front of only three thousand spectators, boys under the age of 14, due to rioting in the European Cup final at Wembley last summer, the English gave up the opportunity to avenge their loss in the final of the continental championship once morest the Azzurri on penalties.
Facing a demoralized team due to its failure for the second time to qualify for the World Cup, which launched a new construction process while retaining the services of coach Roberto Mancini, the England team was unable to achieve its first victory in the third edition of the new continental championship.
His German rival was not in better condition, as he kept looking for his first victory following he was satisfied with a draw in Hungary in a match in which he found himself behind since the 6th minute with the goal of Zolt Nagy following he followed a header attempt by his colleague Roland Salai, which was blocked by goalkeeper Manuel Noel, before Jonas Hoffmann equalized following three minutes. After he passed the goalkeeper in a wonderful way following a long pass from Nico Schlutterbeck, before he shot into the net.
Italy remained alone in the lead with 5 points from a victory over Hungary and two draws with Germany and England, while Hungary occupies second place with four points, ahead of Germany (3) and the last England (2).
And this exhausting international window closes with a fourth round on Tuesday, as Italy is a guest of Germany, while England plays at home once morest Hungary, which beat Gareth Southgate’s men 1-0 in the first round.
As usual in this international window, which imposed on the teams to play four matches in a short period of time, the two teams played the match with a different squad compared to the previous round, and Harry Kane was the most prominent absentee from the host team, with the Tottenham striker sitting on the bench.
After an Italian chance from the second minute through Davide Frazzi following a through pass from Lorenzo Pellegrini, the Sassuolo midfielder faced goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, but he hit the ball outside the three woods. .
Despite the English field advantage, Mancini’s men were very close to scoring the goal through Sandro Tonali following a cross from Matteo Pesina, but Ramsdale starred and saved the situation (25), then intervened once more before the end of the first half to block a missile shot from Pesina following a pass from Pellegrini (44 ) and another “on the fly” from Manuel Locatelli following a fatal defensive error (1 + 45), following Gianluca Scamaca preceded them with a shot over the crossbar from close range following another pass from the brilliant Pesina (41).
England began the second half with two dangerous kicks for Raheem Sterling, who knocked the first over the crossbar and is in an ideal place to score (52), while he hit the second in Donnarumma (55).
After a series of substitutions, including the entry of Caen from the English side, Italy was close to the goal with a shot from a narrow angle for the substitute Dignand Wevfried Gnounto, but the attempt of the 18-year-old Ivory Coast shook the side net (70).
