The thunderous goal from icolo Barella and a converted penalty from Domenico Berardi gave Italy a 2-1 win over Belgium on Sunday and third place in this year’s Nations League.
It was a consolation for the European champions who ended his 37-game world record series without defeat with the semi-final defeat against Spain on Wednesday in Milan.
In Turin they returned to winning ways when Barella put a bad corner into the net one minute of the second half and Berardi in the 65th
Belgium found consolation in the 86th minute when substitute Charles De Ketelaere ended a quick counterattack.
It was the second defeat in the final for Roberto Martinez’s team, who played on Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard had to do without after they were eliminated from the squad after the dramatic semi-final defeat by France 2-0.
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