Italy against Hungary tonight: Final Four goal

At the time of the draw, when it was included in an iron group with two super powers of world football such as Germany and England, few would have bet that in the last ninety minutes Italy would have played for the first place that is worth access to the Final Four of Nations League with Marco Rossi's surprising Hungary.

A national team relegated to 37th place in the FIFA Ranking that amazed everyone, beating England twice (overwhelmed with a sensational 4-0 in Wolverhampton) and going to win Friday night also at Germany thanks to a jewel goal by Adam Szalai, a heel goal that recalled the one scored in January '99 by

to Gigi Buffon in a Parma-Lazio that went down in history precisely because of the prowess of the current Italian coach.

The progress of the Hungarians in Group 3 today gives more value to the success of last June 7 in Cesena, when Italy beat Marco Rossi's team 2-1, inflicting them the only defeat in the group.

Tonight (8.45 pm, live TV on Rai 1, and in simulcast streaming on rainews.it and Rai Play) at the 'Puskas Arena' in Budapest Italy will need another victory to win the pass for the Finals and thus mitigate the disappointment for the failure to qualify for the World Cup.

After the success with England, which also gave the Azzurri the certainty of being seeded on October 9th in the draw for the qualifying groups at EURO 2024, Mancini could confirm the 3-5-2 with which at the 'Meazza' he harnessed the Southgate team: “We are evaluating the best thing to do to put them in difficulty - declares the coach from the press room of the 'Puskas Arena' - if we are with the San Siro set-up the important thing will be to attack with more players.

I think the team should be more offensive than on Friday.

We are pleased to be here to play for first place with ninety minutes from the end, we will try to get through.

The possibilities?

Fifty and fifty, they can also count on a draw ”.

Despite the close double engagement,

the coach will not revolutionize the team that beat England: “We will change something, we will see how all the boys are, but we will not change many.

We need to play this game with complete peace of mind, we will have to defend well and when we have the opportunities to make the most of them ".

The precedents with Hungary smile at Italy (17 wins, 9 draws and as many defeats), while in the 15 matches played in Budapest the balance is in perfect equality, with 5 wins per side and 5 draws.

If the Hungarian coach Marco Rossi preached humility at the press conference, Mancini for his part has the utmost respect for Hungary: “It is coached by a former teammate of mine, who did a great job.

Tomorrow he will play at home in front of 70,000 spectators and try to win.

In the last 2-3 years she has improved a lot: she plays good football, attacks and defends herself well "