Italy raised: he defeated Moldova and won his first victory in the Qualifiers

He raised his head. Italy beat 2-0 to Moldavia In Reggio Emilia, for the fourth date of Group I, and so He achieved his first triumph in the UEFA qualifiers Rumbo to World Cup 2026, in the second game he played. The meeting can Relivate by Disney+ (Only for South America).

It was a more than hot game for iTalia, with the great tension for the change of coach and the Fear of not being able to return to the World Cup. He suffered in the beginning, when he almost remains at a disadvantage, and finally did his homework well and deserved to add three points, the first in the classification for the World Cup next year, after the win suffered against Norway.

Mateo Retegui He could not mark this Monday, but it was valuable in the offensive of the ‘Azurri’ before his audience. At nine minutes, Moldavia took advantage but annulled the goal by advanced position. Oleg Reabciuk launched a center from the left and perfectly headed Nicolaescu to the second stick, but the referee, who first whistled the visitor, then did not validate him after the check in the VAR. He kept looking for Italy to dominate the procedure and the goalkeeper stopped a low auction to Retegui, at 31 minutes, after a great turn.

AND The marker opening came via Giacomo Raspadori, at 40 minutesafter receiving a center on the right and putting a low right, which entered stuck to the right post of Cristian Avram. Likewise, the homeowner suffered another little, since his adversary had two clear opportunities to become the closing of the first half.

The beginning of the second stage was key to Italythat He gave Moldavia another blow, thanks to Andrea Cambiaso’s goalwho at five minutes took advantage of a rebound after a center from the right and stuck a low right-wing to decree the 2-0. The host sought to have the prominence and achieved it in several passages, although he lacked more punch to expand the difference, such as the header of the newly entered Lorenzo Lucca in extra time.

Italy dismisses Luciano Spalletti After this match, due to the very hard coup of 0-3 against Norway of visitor. Taking into account that the group leader will access the World Cup directly and the second must play the play-offs, tetramps need to recover based on a better collective operation and positive results.

For his part, Moldova, with the DT Serghei Cleșcenco, lost his three duels for the European qualifiers, at the hands of Norway, Estonia and now Italy. He is the colist of the group led by the Norwegians.