{"id":487169,"date":"2024-11-14T17:47:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T21:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=487169"},"modified":"2024-11-14T17:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T21:48:23","slug":"italy-clinches-belgium-win-to-reach-nations-league-1-4-finals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/italy-clinches-belgium-win-to-reach-nations-league-1-4-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy clinches Belgium win to reach Nations League 1\/4-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italy has secured a spot in the UEFA Nations League knockout stages for the third consecutive time, following a 1-0 victory over Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>The win allowed Italy to maintain its unbeaten streak in the current competition.<\/p>\n<p>Italy started the match with strong control, and their early pressure paid off when Sandro Tonali scored his first international goal in the 11th minute. The Italian midfielder capitalized on a loose ball to give his team an early advantage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Italy beat Belgium in Brussels with Sandro Tonali\u2019s first-ever senior goal for the Azzurri \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gc9iPj2x6a\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Gc9iPj2x6a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OneFootball (@OneFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OneFootball\/status\/1857177186949537879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Belgium struggled to break down Italy&#8217;s defense in the first half, but they began to pose a greater threat after the break. Arne Engels, Zino Debast, and Leandro Trossard attempted long-range efforts, but none found the target. Italy&#8217;s Mateo Retegui was denied a second goal by an impressive save, while Trossard had a promising volley pushed around the post.<\/p>\n<p>As the match neared its conclusion, Belgium increased their pressure, creating several late chances. Romelu Lukaku had a couple of opportunities, including a header that went wide and a shot that was blocked. In the dying moments, Wout Faes hit the post, but Italy managed to hold on for a crucial victory, securing their place in the knockout rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy has secured a spot in the UEFA Nations League knockout stages for the third consecutive time, following a 1-0 victory over Belgium. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":487170,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17338,18393,19859],"news_category":[14236,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[18001,18440,19860],"acf":{"announce":"Sandro Tonali scored an early winner to secure Italy's first place with fourth victory in five games","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487173,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487169\/revisions\/487173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487169"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=487169"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=487169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}