With a double from Mateo Retegui, Italy beat Israel and breathes in Group I of the UEFA Qualifiers

With a double from the nationalized Argentine Mateo Retegui, Italy beat Israel 3-0 this Tuesday at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, on the 8th of the UEFA qualifiers, and achieved a break in Group I, in which they fight from behind with Norway to retain direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup. The match can be revived for the Disney+ Premium Plan (only for South America).

Retegui was the exclusive architect of the Azurra’s triumph. Because not only did he score the first two goals, but he did it without the help of his teammates. In both cases, He ended up inflating the net thanks to individual plays.

What happened with Mateo at the opening of the scoring was a boost. At 45 minutes, he went to fight for a ball inside the area with Matan Baltaxa and scored it an instant before the defender, who involuntarily ended up kicking his heel. Silly penalty but penal nonetheless.

Mateo himself took charge of the execution and did not fail. With a strong shot to the left, overcame the goalkeeper’s resistance, who had guessed the tip. In this way, he managed to unblock a match that, until then, had seemed complex for Gennaro Gattusso’s team.

Israel proposed a stick-to-stick clash and, therefore, the first 45 minutes were very entertaining, with risk situations for both teams. Minutes before the opening of the scoreboard, Gianluigi Donnarumma had saved the Azzurra with a barbaric save after a good definition from Manor Solomon.

Yes ok Retegui’s goal was very timelybecause it happened at the edge of the beginning of halftimethe second part began without major alterations. Because Israel absorbed the blow well and continued with its script of going head-on to find the goal.

Donnarumma had to show off again a couple of times for his team to maintain the lead.

And again Retegui appeared when he was needed most.

At 73 minutes fwho pressed high, recovered the ball near the area, moved it a few meters and took a fantastic cross shot, that literally got into in the angle. One of the most beautiful of his career.

That was the final sentence of the meeting. Although the visitor continued trying to get closer to the rival goal, he did so with less emphasis.

In discount time, Gianluca Mancini beat everyone from above after a corner from the right and turned the victory into a rout.