DBasia.news – Italy national team played draw 1-1 against Ukraine in the friendly match at Comunale Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Genoa. The result made Azzurri repeated the poor history since a century ago.
In that match, Italy led the match by the kick from Juventus winger, Federico Bernardeschi at 55′. But, Ukraine responded well by scoring the goal at 62′ by the volley kick of Ruslan Malinovskiy that couldn’t be countered by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Thus, Italy failed to win in five consecutive matches. They also played draw in the home for five recent matches since serving Macedonia, Sweden, Netherlands, Poland, and Ukraine.
Italy National Team vs Ukraine
Italy got the last victory in their home on September 5, 2017, while playing against Israel in the 2018 World Cup qualification phase. The duel at MAPEI Stadium, Reggio-Emilia, ended with a 1-0 score.
The fact made Italy repeated the history 93 years ago when they failed to achieve the victory in five consecutive home matches. The miserable history happened in March 1923 until January 1925 where Italy got two defeats and three draws in five home matches.
After serving Ukraine, Italy have to set the focus for the upcoming match against Portugal on November 18, 2018. Azzurri will play the UEFA 2016 winner at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, in the A-League Group 3 of UEFA Nations League.