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October 14, 2019A wasteful Italy wins by measurement at Armenia, risking a draw in the final that would have been a joke. With the 1-0 gained in Yerevan, the Italian under 21 (in green) jumps over Iceland in second place, climbing to 7 points (against 6, equal to the number of games played), the result of 5-0 against Luxembourg and of the suffered 0-0 in Ireland. In the qualifying round for the 2021 European Championships, the Irish command with 10 points in four races.The coach of the reds field the 4-2-3-1: Aslanyan; A.Mkrtchyan, Khachumyan, Daniielian, Grigoryan; R.Mkrtchyan, Harutyunyan; Melkonyan, Bichakhchyan, Nahapetyan; Hovhannisyan. Nicolato with 4-3-3: Carnesecchi; Adjapong, Bastoni, Ranieri, Pellegrini; Frattesi, Locatelli, Zanellato; Sottil, Cutrone, Scamacca. Arbitra the Hungarian Farkas.
Ready away and Sottil goes immediately to the shot, hitting the outside of the net from a decentralized position. Good start for the azzurrini who force their opponents into their own half. Italy insisted and Locatelli's cross from the right, Aslanyan broke on the foot of Zanellato who kicked the ball first, on the goal line they threw off Khachumyan and Daniielian as a goalkeeper. A central shot by Cutrone puts the opposing goalkeeper in crisis, which does not block the shot. Nahapetyan from distance, aims to be reviewed. At 20 'Italy passes with a beautiful close-up shot by Scamacca on a precise cross by Sottil from the right. A wheel, two occasions for Cutrone, neutralizes Aslanyan. At half an hour we see Armenia with a long-range shot by R.Mkrtchyan who calls Carnesecchi on the crossbar. Italy devours the doubling with Cutrone which badly impacts from two passes on a cross from the left.
At the start of the cut Cutrone tries to make up for the mistakes, but his diagonal at 48 'is put in corner by Aslanyan. Same script later. At 64 'the Armenian goalkeeper opposes the ex Milan striker with his foot. At 74 'Pellegrini sets high from close range. Girandola of changes: Sala and Pinamonti for Pellegrini and Scamacca on 75 ', Bettella and Carraro for Sottil and Zanellato on 86'. Thrill at 93 ': Bichakhchyan clears the left from the edge: full crossbar and ball that luckily bounces back onto the pitch. On the reversal in front, Cutrone is selfish and does not serve Pinamonti and he slips the ball away from Daniielian in a slip, though with a touch of hand not detected by the referee. The final whistle is a release for Nicolato's team.