SSN BET - Match of the Day: Italy - Ukraine / 10.10.2018

smartell (70)in #sports • 6 years ago

Hi guys!
Began having rummaged in the club championships and now us only matches of the national teams wait for several days. Italy after fiasco to the FIFA World Cup continues to disappoint in qualification and does not win in the last four matches.

Italy

Italian national team could not break through on the last World Cup, but as it was later, were not limited to this failure of its problem. The former coach of "Zenit", Roberto Mancini who replaced Jampiero Ventura, tries to change a game of "squadre adzurra" to this day, but still unsuccessfully. Italians in a row on can win against four matches, over and over again causing in fans and the press anger.
The last match from Portuguese national team was also lost by Italy, and Mancini's team had practically in it no moments. Even without the main star in the person of Cristiano Ronaldo "the team of the elite" "carried" 90 minutes Italians, having limited on a result to only one goal.
In the forthcoming duel of Mancini has problems with forwards – Patrick Kutrone and Simone Zaza were injured, and Andrea Belotti and Mario Balotelli are not in the best form, at least, so told at Mancini's press conference.

Ukraine

The national team of Ukraine could not break through in a final stage of the last World Cup, but for Andrey Shevchenko the Football federation of Ukraine kept the place. As practice showed, it was made not for nothing – Ukrainians began to show very quite good football, but that is more important, victories on a class appeared.
Striking example was the match with Czech Republic national team in the League of Nations which Shevchenko's team won 2:1, dominating over the rival for 90 minutes.
In the second duel Ukrainians of the house not without effort dealt with Slovakian national team – the only and winning goal with a penalty was written down into the account by Andrey Yarmolenko. Shevchenko will also confer all responsibility for effectiveness on the forward of West Ham in today's match, trouble happened to forwards in the national team again – on the eve of the match Artem Besedin was injured and instead of it Artem Kravec whose form raises big questions so far was called.

Statistics and personal meetings

Only in one of three last matches between the national teams more than two goals were scored
Only in one of the last 13 matches Italian national team could score more than one goal
The national team of Ukraine only in one game from the last eight missed more than one goal in the gate

Italian national team has serious problems with results and a game of Italy, frankly speaking, looks very faintly. Burdens a situation for Mancini absence at once two forwards who were traumatized at the last minute.
Ukraine, unlike the today's rival, looks recently great and after defeat from Croatia in selection to last "FIFA World Cup" already seven matches do not know bitterness of defeats. Shevchenko also has a problem in the attacking line therefore it is hardly worth waiting for a productive and bright match today especially as both teams prefer to play from defense.