Italy-Lithuania 5-0, Qatar 2022 World Cup qualification closer

Italy overwhelms Lithuania 5-0 in the match valid for Group C qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup and is approaching the final phase of the World Cup. The National team, at its 37th consecutive useful result, rises to 14 points and consolidates its leadership at the top of the standings. Switzerland, who have 2 games in the hands of the Azzurri, drew 0-0 at Northern Ireland and are chasing at an altitude of 8. The direct match scheduled in Rome on 11 November can turn into a play-off for the record. MATCH Italy closes the Baltic practice in less than half an hour. Despite the largely experimental formation chosen by coach Mancini, the Azzurri do not encounter any problems. Kean opens the show at 11 ‘taking advantage of the colossal mistake of Novikovas, who misses the back pass and gives the ball to the Juventus striker: 1-0. 3 minutes pass and the doubling arrives. Raspadori controls, turns and kicks towards the goal: the ball would go out, Utkus’s deflection is decisive for the 2-0 in the 14th minute. Raspadori takes his own goal in the 24th minute, scoring the 3-0: loose ball in the Lithuanian area after a cross by Di Lorenzo and the Sassuolo striker swoops in a split for the winning tap-in. , Kean completes the personal brace and the tricolor poker. Launch by Bernardeschi, the attacker makes the center of the left: 4-0 in the 29th minute. At the start of the second half there is glory also for Di Lorenzo, who in the 54th minute finds the intersection with a cross-shot from the top of the area: 5-0. The match has nothing more to say, rowing in the boat and 3 precious points in the safe.