{"id":1265176,"date":"2022-06-07T22:35:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1265176"},"modified":"2022-06-07T22:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T21:35:59","slug":"italy-hungary-analysis-nicolo-barella-nations-league","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/italy-hungary-analysis-nicolo-barella-nations-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolo Barella proves he\u2019s Roberto Mancini\u2019s talisman as Inter playmaker scores screamer to sink Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Nicolo Barella once again proved the difference-maker for Roberto Mancini as Italy saw off Hungary in their Group A3 Nations League match-up<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> in Cesena.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European champions have moved atop Group A3, ahead off Hungary, Germany and current basement dwellers England after seeing off the former 2-1, thanks to a top-drawer Barella strike and a further from Lorenzo Pellegrini, who netted his second in as many games.<\/p>\n<p><span><!-- Shortcode [william-hill-bet-10-get-30] does not exist --><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the match delicately-poised at the Stadio Dino Manuzzi, the Inter midfielder opted to take matters into his own hands and unleashed a pearler on the half-hour mark, collecting the ball from Leonardo Spinazzola before leaving Denes Dibusz with little chance.<\/p>\n<p>That strike signalled Barella&#8217;s eighth goal for Italy (all under Mancini), meaning no player has found the back of the net more times than the Inter playmaker under Mancini than him, moving level with Andrea Belotti and current <em>Capocannoniere<\/em> holder Ciro Immobile.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">8 &#8211; Nicol\u00f2 Barella scored his 8th goal for Italy; under Roberto Mancini, no player has found the net more times than him in all competitions (also 8 Belotti and Immobile). Hinge.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ItaliaUngheria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ItaliaUngheria<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1LfYtMPHBC\">pic.twitter.com\/1LfYtMPHBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaPaolo\/status\/1534257094873989121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hungary reduced the deficit through a Gianluca Mancini own goal, but the <i>Azzurri <\/i>held out for a much-needed win in Group A3 of the Nations League. 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