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Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from the Nations League, as Italy visit Belgium following their dramatic 2-2 draw, needing one point to qualify.
It kicks off at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels at 19.45 GMT.
The Azzurri need one point from the last two games to ensure their spot in the quarter-finals, having reached the Final Four twice already.
Their last match is hosting France at San Siro on Sunday evening.
Italy are in the Nations League quarter-finals!
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Into 3 minutes of stoppages.
Belgium are pouring forward now with a series of set plays. Italy have not kept a clean sheet in eight games, can they resist?
Castagne makes way for Bakayoko.
Kean shot charged down by Faes on the Di Lorenzo pass, but he was offside anyway.
After the corner, cross floated in for the glancing Faes header backwards off the far post!
Di Lorenzo flings himself at the half-volley from Napoli teammate Lukaku after a knockdown!
Gatti on, Cambiaso off. So Di Lorenzo goes to the right?
Potential opportunity for Italy with Moise Kean after a chest control, but he hesitates and then the shot is scuffed straight at Faes.
Raspadori and Locatelli on for Italy, Barella and Rovella off.
Lukebakio replaces De Cuyper for Belgium.
Oh what a chance for Belgium! Cross from the right takes a slight deflection off Bastoni and Lukaku’s header steers it just wide of the far post!
Openda goes down in the box after turning under pressure from Di Lorenzo. There wasn’t a lot in that, he went down very easily and spread his leg looking for contact.
Al-Dakhil booked for dissent.
Well-worked Italy move from left to right, Di Lorenzo pulls back from the by-line, but Cambiaso sneaks up on Kean and steals it off his boot. Lack of communication there!
Engels and Theate off, Vermeeren and Al-Dakhil on.
Very dangerous in-swinging De Cuyper corner and Donnarumma has to punch it out from under the crossbar.
Kean and Udogie on for Italy, Retegui and Dimarco off.
Onana booked for a really quite spectacularly clumsy tackle from behind on Barella. Nowhere near the ball…
Moise Kean and Destiny Udogie are coming on.
Interesting Belgium corner kick routine taking it short for Castagne, who balloons over the bar…
Bastoni through ball for Retegui, shot goes wide of the near post. Italy claim with a deflection off Debast, but the corner is not given.
At the other end, Lukaku springs the offside trap on a through ball, controls with difficulty, but Dimarco gets there in time to intercept.
That was an AWFUL back-pass from Frattesi that sent Openda clear, but Donnarumma parried the angled drive with his legs at the near post!
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