U21: New Italy only manage a point in Latvia

New coach Carmine Nunziata picked up a goalless draw away to Latvia on his debut for the Below-21 Italy facet, with Cesare Casadei and Gaetano Oristanio failing to take their possibilities.

The Azzurrini are in a bunch with Norway, the Republic of Eire, Turkey, San Marino and Latvia.

Casadei had an enormous probability early on, however caught the nook along with his knee and prodded it over the bar from shut vary, whereas Edoardo Bove blasted over after an important block on Marco Nasti from six yards.

The goalkeeper rushed out to disclaim Gaetano Oristanio’s dinked end one-on-one after a Fabio Miretti cross despatched him clear on purpose.

The pair mixed once more, Miretti solely glancing his head to an Oristanio cross from the left, whereas Bove’s snapshot flashed simply huge.

Latvia went very shut with their first actual alternative on the hour mark, a Vapne free kick that clipped the surface of the upright.

Lorenzo Colombo nodded Zanotti’s cross onto the side-netting when he ought to’ve left it for Bove in a greater place behind him.

Francesco Pio Esposito additionally got here off the bench and couldn’t hold a free header heading in the right direction from a nook, then Casadei nodded over from six yards.

Deep into stoppages, Janis Beks caught out a foot to parry the low drive from PSG expertise Cher N’Dour.

Latvia 0-0 Italy

Latvia U21: Beks; Novikovs, Kudelkins, Sliede, Maslovs; Vientiess, Melniks; Kauselis (Anmanis 82), Vapne (Melnis 71), Rascevskis (Melkis 71); Lizunovs (Puzirevskis 85)

Italy U21: Desplanches; Zanotti, Ghilardi, Pirola, Ruggeri; Bove, Prati, Casadei, Miretti (N’Dour 60); Oristanio (Colombo 53), Nasti (P Esposito 53)

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