The Italian national team missed the 2018 World Cup and had enough time to change generations and build a new team, which Roberto Mancini successfully coped with. Squadra Azzurra approached Euro 2020 with a series of 27 matches without defeat. Such statistics and the team’s play did not allow the Italians not to be included in the number of the main contenders for the title. In the group Italy fully justified this status. Two victories with the same 3:0 score over Turkey and Switzerland were quite enough to reach the playoffs from the first place. However, Italy in the last match of the group also beat Wales 1:0, thereby setting a record for the European Championships. No one had previously managed to get three victories in the group without conceding a single goal. However, already in the first match of the playoffs the Italians almost flew out. In 90 minutes they did not manage to score against Austria. But the opponent spent his goal in the middle of the second half, almost shocking the tiffosi army, but managed to get off with a slight fright at the end. Because of the offside position, Anthony Taylor canceled this ball. In extra time, the class took its toll and Italy won 2:1, conceding for the first time at Euro 2020. In the quarterfinals Italy literally crushed Belgium in the first half. By the 44th minute Squadra Azzurra was leading in two goals, scoring one more in violation of the rules. All the Belgians were able to do was to win back one goal from a dubious penalty. A big loss for Italy was the injury of Leonardo Spinazzola in this meeting. For him the tournament was over. The Italians tried to beat the Spanish national team in the semifinals in regulation time. Federico Chiesa scored his next goal at the start of the second half and brought the team forward. Italy had several chances, but did not close the game, which was followed by retribution in the form of a goal by Alvaro Morata. It was he who, in the end, was destined to turn from a hero of the meeting into an antihero. A penalty he had not earned in the post-match series guaranteed Italy a ticket to the final.
Berrettini will play in the Wimbledon final for the first time in his career. This is an incredible achievement for an Italian tennis player. Indeed, Matteo is now showing the best tennis in his career. Berrettini, like Djokovic, boasts an impressive 11-game winning streak. It began at a competition in London, where he won the title. At the current Wimbledon, Matteo won victories over Guido Pella, Botik van de Sandschulp, Aliage Bedene, Ilya Ivashka, Felix Auger-Alyassim and Hubert Gurkach. More tennis prediction can be obtained from the link provided.
