Shunich's goal pass and unsuccessful ricochet in Florence
The national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina managed to stop the 11-match winning streak of the Italians.
In the duel of these teams at the group stage of the UEFA Nations League, a draw was recorded, for which Roberto Mancini's wards still had to fight.
The meeting of the two teams of the first group of league A took place in Florence.
In the starting lineup of the Italians, the absence of Golden Boot winner Ciro Immobile, who watched the game from the bench, was striking.
From there, he could see how Edin Dzeko, who has been playing for five years in Italy, opened the scoring in the 57th minute after a discount by Dynamo defender Tony Shunich.
Ten minutes later, the RPL representative drew attention to himself again.
Stefano Sensei struck in the fall, and the ball after a rebound from Shunich flew into the goal of the Bosnian national team.
The teams could not score more goals, and Immobile's exit 17 minutes before the end of the meeting did not affect the result.
After a brilliantly conducted qualification for Euro 2020, Mancini's wards are again experiencing problems in the League of Nations, where they won only one meeting two years ago.
Lodewigs' successful debut and Lewandowski shortage
The Netherlands squad was left without a mentor last month after Ronald Koeman went to save Barcelona.
He temporarily handed over the reins to his assistant Dwight Lodewigs.
The debut of the 62-year-old coach turned out to be very successful - the Dutch defeated the Polish team in their field.
The home team controlled the match and were able to score the only goal after an hour of playing time.
Steven Bergwijn completed the attack from a shock position, to which he was led by Frenkie de Jong and Hans Hatebur, and scored the first goal for his national team.
Other Dutch footballers had chances to excel, but none of them changed the score.
The Poles sorely lacked their best football player Robert Lewandowski, who missed the next matches of the national team after winning the Champions League.
In his absence, only Krzysztof Piatek once managed to hit the target - Jasper Sillessen managed to cope with this blow.
Czech victory and end of the Scottish series
As in the first season of the League of Nations, the national teams of the Czech Republic and Slovakia fell into the same group of Division B and got the opportunity to face each other.
Such a prospect did not bode well for the Slovaks - they lost the last two rounds of the confrontation.
And the new fight also turned out to be for the Czechs.
In the first half, the teams could not distinguish themselves, but after the break, the Slovak goalkeeper Dominik Greif had to pull three balls out of his goal.
One of them scored from the penalty spot Borzek Dochkal.
Two minutes before the end of the meeting, the hosts were able to avoid defeat thanks to a goal by the debutant of the national team Ivan Shranz, who hit the target from almost 30 meters.
The entire match on the field was played by the "Spartak" midfielder Alex Kral, who has already played ten games for the Czech national team.
Yaroslav Shilgava's charges rose to the first place in the group thanks to a draw in the match between Scotland and Israel.
Eran Zahavi's goal did not allow the British to win the fourth victory in a row, which they hoped to get after the penalty kicked out by Ryan Christie.
Holland's debut goal for the national team and the rescue of the Northern Ireland
Norwegian Erling Holland managed to become one of the most productive strikers in Europe last season, but only at the club level.
The 20-year-old striker managed to play only two matches for the national team, in which he left the field without goals.
In the first round of the League of Nations, the forward of Borussia, finally, opened the scoring with his balls for the first team of the country.
Holland hit the Austrian team's goal in the middle of the second half.
However, the help of the main Norwegian football star did not help to avoid defeat.
By that time, Austria was already leading 2-0 thanks to goals from Michael Gregorich and Marcel Zabitzer from the penalty spot.
The Scandinavians ended their nine-game unbeaten run, which began after meeting with Spain in March 2019.
In another match of the first group of league B, the Northern Ireland national team was able to show character and score a draw with ten men in the match against Romania.
Mirel Radoy's charges opened the scoring in the 25th minute thanks to the efforts of Gheorghe Puskas.
A quarter of an hour later, the islanders were left without striker Josh Magennis, who earned two yellow cards.
However, substitute Gavin Whit helped the Northern Irishmen secure their first point in the League of Nations after four defeats in the first season of the tournament.
Zainutdinov's injury after a goal and the defeat of Belarus
The game day of the League of Nations began in Vilnius, where the Lithuanian national team played against Kazakhstan in the fourth group of Division C. The guests began the tournament with a convincing victory with a score of 2: 0.
Already in the third minute, CSKA newcomer Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov scored in their composition, closing the canopy in someone else's penalty area.
The 22-year-old has scored seven goals for his national team and established himself in the top six scorers in its history.
Zainutdinov failed to finish the meeting.
Already in the 30th minute, he was injured, because of which he needed a replacement.
However, this loss did not affect the mood of the Kazakh people.
The guests did not miss the advantage in the score, and four minutes before the final whistle, Islambek Kaut, who recently played for Orenburg, scored the second goal with a kick under the crossbar, who is now looking for a new club in the RPL.
Kazakhstan shares the first line in the group with Albania, which beat Belarus with a score of 2: 0. Despite the fact that the home team had constant playing practice all year, they could not resist the Balkans. The Belarusians did not find a worthy answer to the goals of Sokol Chikaleshi and Cady Bare and struck only two shots on target.