Belgium vs Italy will play at Euro 2020, in Quarter-finals on Football Arena Munich, Friday, 2 July 2021 at 20:00 (GMT+1). This second match of the Euro 2020 quarterfinals is the headliner of this phase, because two favorite teams meet to win the trophy.
Belgium vs Italy Match Preview
This match is a re-run of the group duel at Euro 2016. Five years ago, Italy defeated Belgium in group E, with the score of 2-0 and both teams qualified for the next round. It is for the first time when the two national teams meet at the Euro in an eliminatory match.
Belgium:
In the round of 16, Belgium managed to eliminate the European champion from 2016, Portugal, due to the goal scored by Thorgan Hazard, in the 42nd minute. Although Portugal had several situations to score and possession, Belgium was more pragmatic and knew how to manage the match better. In the four matches played so far at Euro 2020, Belgium received a goal only from Denmark.
Italy:
Italy’s presence in the Euro 2020 quarterfinals is not a surprise, but in the eighth round, Italy suffered in the match with Austria and needed extra time to qualify. At the end of the 90 minutes, the score was 0-0, but in overtime, Chiesa and Pessina scored the winning goals, while for Austria, Kalajzdic scored. Roberto Mancini writes history on the bench of the Italian national team that reached 31 consecutive matches without defeat.
Belgium vs Italy statistics and possible teams
Belgium and Italy face for the 4th time in a final European tournament, after the duels of Euro 1980, Euro 2000 and Euro 2016. All three confrontations took place in groups and in two situations they managed to qualify in the eighth round. So far, Belgium has only one victory in the official matches with Italy.
Belgium: Courtois; Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Vertonghen; T. Hazard, Witsel, Tielemans, Meunier; E. Hazard/Mertens, Lukaku, Carrasco/De Bruyne
Italy: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Spinazzola; Barella, Jorginho, Verratti; Chiesa, Immobile, Insigne
Belgium squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Matz Sels (Strasbourg), Thomas Kaminski (Blackburn)
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin), Timothy Castagne (Leicester), Jason Denayer (Lyon), Thomas Meunier (Dortmund), Thomas Vermaelen (Vissel Kobe), Jan Vertonghen (Benfica)
Midfielders: Nacer Chadli (İstanbul Başakşehir), Yannick Carrasco (Atlético Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Thorgan Hazard (Dortmund), Dennis Praet (Leicester), Youri Tielemans (Leicester), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Axel Witsel (Dortmund)
Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Jeremy Doku (Rennes), Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Leandro Trossard (Brighton)
Italy squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Tolói (Atalanta)
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Marco Verratti (Paris), Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina)
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo)
* Possible prediction: BTS/YES
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