This Thursday, the Italian national team received the Northern Ireland national team for the first round of the Group C European Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.

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the first
It was Italy who started the match on the right foot and created offensive chances. Assuri opened the scoring in the 14th minute of the first half when Alejandro Florence found Domenico Berardi, who opened the scoring at the Inno Tardini Stadium.

Expanded
With a broad dominance in the match, the Italian team went on the offensive field, creating opportunities and offering danger to Northern Ireland. Within 39 minutes of the first phase, Striker Immobile had the opportunity to expand the score with the help of Insine, putting the second Italians on the scoreboard.

Solid Defense
Contrary to the role played throughout the first half, the Italian team was not in its best offensive form in the last 45 minutes and remained on the defensive, working safely and not scoring goals in this regard.

Attack
Defending the Italians ’role in the second half, the Northern Ireland team tried to score their goals and eventually went on the attack. However, there was a lack of effectiveness, and it was not effective to score seven submissions.

Sequence
Following on the victory, Italy face Bulgaria this Sunday at 15:45 (Brasilia). Northern Ireland will also play on Sunday, but at 1:05 pm (Brasilia time) in a friendly against the United States.