The Italian soccer team, with the entry of forward Mateo Retegui, defeated Ukraine, 2 to 1, on the sixth date of group C of the qualifying stage for Euro 2024.
The midfielder Davide Frattesi (PT 12 and 29m) was Italy’s scorer, while midfielder Andriy Yarmolenko (PT 41m) scored for Malta at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in the city of Milan.
Retegui, born in Argentina, but naturalized Italian, entered 27 minutes into the second half for Giacomo Raspadori.
The former Tigre and Boca player played his fourth game in Italy and the first minutes under the coach’s orders Luciano Spallettireplacement of Roberto Mancini.
In Ukraine The central defender played as a starter Sergiy Krivtsovteammate of Rosario star Lionel Messi at Inter Miami in the United States.
In the same area, North Macedonia defeated Malta, 2-0, as a visitor.
For group A, Spain he had no mercy Cyprus and they beat them 5-0 with goals from Gavi, Mikel Merino, Joselu, Fernando Torres (x2) and Alejandro Baena.
Meanwhile, in zone I, Romania They defeated Kosovo at home by 2 to 0. The match was delayed for several minutes due to local chants “Kosovo is Serbia”, which motivated the discontent of the visiting footballers, and they also displayed discriminatory posters.
Kosovo finished with ten players due to the expulsion of striker Vedat Muriqi (PT 41m).
Other results
Group A: Norway 2-Georgia1
Group F: Sweden 1-Austria 3; Belgium 5-Estonia 0.
Group I: Switzerland 3-Andorra 0; Israel 1-Belarus 0
Positions
Group A: Scotland 15 points; Spain 9; Norway 7; Georgia 4; and Cyprus 0.
Group B: France 15 points; Netherlands and Greece 9; Ireland 3; and Gibraltar 0.
Group C: England 13 points; Italy, Ukraine and Macedonia 7; and Malta 0.
Group D: Croatia and Türkiye 10 points; Armenia and Wales 7; and Latvia 0.
Group E: Albania 10 points; Czech Republic and Moldova 8; Poland 6; Faroe Islands 1.
Group F: Belgium and Austria 13 points; Sweden 6; Estonia and Azerbaijan 1.
Group G: Hungary and Serbia 10 points; Montenegro 8; Lithuania and Bulgaria 2.
Group H: Slovenia and Denmark 13 points; Finland and Kazakhstan 12; Northern Ireland 3; San Marino 0.
Group I: Switzerland 14 points; Romania 12; Israel 11; Belarus and Kosovo 4; Andorra 2.
Group J: Portugal 18 points; Slovakia 13; Luxembourg 10; Bosnia and Iceland 6; Liechtenstein 0.
Source: Ambito
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