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Can Italy reach the quarter-finals with a draw in Brussels?
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Italy finish their group in Brussels on Sunday, in the last round of Nations League group games, against Belgium, in a decisive match.
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Italy and France sit level on 10 points, but Italy top Group A1 after beating France three-one at San Siro in Milan on Thursday, and they hold the head-to-head edge.
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Belgium, on 9 points, must win to reach the quarter-finals, while Italy need only a draw, an advantage that could also create doubts, Van Bommel says.
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Belgium won the first meeting in Rome on 25 September, and the next deciding date is March 2027, when the quarter-finals are played, after Sunday's group finale.
- 25 September 2026Belgium won in Rome
- March 2027Coming upQuarter-finals played
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- vrtnws.beVIDEO Italian delegation pays tribute to 39 fatal victims of Heysel tragedy the day before the duel with the Red Devils
- 7sur7We must take advantage of our advantage: Italy full of ambition before its meeting with the Devils
- ANSA.itBelgium-Italy, national team tribute to the victims of Heysel
- ANSA.itMancini, “against France we were good at knowing how to suffer and then attack”
- ANSA.itScalvini, “nice to be at the top of the group, it gives us a boost”
- ANSA.itMancini “nice to play for the quarter-finals with Belgium, but a complicated match”