Nations League: Italy finished second with Türkiye while Northern Ireland maintained their lead G Trends

A group of countries concluded their international period on Monday with their fourth match in the tournament Nations League.

France completed a dramatic win over Belgium, while Italy faced Turkey, Northern Ireland hosted Georgia and Ukraine faced Hungary.

Check out our summary of all the results below, while you can check out our in-depth France vs Belgium match report using the link above.

Italy 3-1 Türkiye

European Nations League,
League A – 4


placeplace
Renato Dallara Stadium

JudgmentJudgment
Simon Marciniak

Gianluca Scamaca 26′
Riccardo Calafiore 64′
Pio Esposito 87′

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Aral Simser 61′

Italy continued their impressive rise under Roberto Mancini at the World Cup Nations League By defeating Türkiye 3-1 in Bologna.

Gianluca Scamaca opened the scoring before Aral Simser equalized for the visitors, but Riccardo Calafiore quickly restored Italy’s lead with his first international goal.

Francesco Pio Esposito then added a late third goal to seal another impressive win for Roberto Mancini’s side.

Ukraine 1-2 Hungary

European Nations League,
League B – 4


placeplace
Anton Malatinsky Stadium

JudgmentJudgment
Igor Bajak

Roman Yaremchuk 83′

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Milan Toth 52′
Mark Singer 85′

Hungary achieved a decisive 2-1 victory over Ukraine to level on points with its rival in Group B.

Milan Toth put Hungary ahead before Roman Yaremchuk equalized for Ukraine, but Mark Tsinger scored five minutes later as the visitors regained the lead and secured all three points.

Northern Ireland 0-0 Georgia


placeplace
Windsor Park

JudgmentJudgment
Sebastian Geishammer

Isaac Price 84′ (penalty kick)

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Northern Ireland were held to a scoreless draw with Georgia in Belfast despite having the chance to win it from the penalty spot.

Isaac Price saw a penalty kick saved by Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, leaving Northern Ireland unbeaten but unable to extend the lead at the top of Group B.

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 Poland


placeplace
Bellino Polje Stadium

JudgmentJudgment
Jeremy Benyard

Ivan Pasic 84′ (penalty kick)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved a decisive 1-0 victory over Poland thanks to a late winner scored by Ivan Pesek.

The midfielder scored a goal in the 84th minute to decide the competition and raise Bosnia to five points, maintaining its place in the race for promotion to Group B4.

Romania 0-1 Sweden

European Nations League,
League B – 4


placeplace
National arena

JudgmentJudgment
Elgin Masiev

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Victor Geukeris 13′

Sweden maintained their unbeaten start with a narrow victory over Romania in Bucharest.

Viktor Geukeris scored the only goal in the 12th minute, giving Sweden another three important points at the top of Group B4.

Cyprus 2-1 Latvia

European Nations League,
League C – 4


placeplace
GSB Stadium

JudgmentJudgment
Giorgi Krushvili

Giannis Costi 70′
Marcus Edwards 90+4′

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Edwards Daskevics 57′

Cyprus came from behind to defeat Latvia 2-1 in the second group. Edwards Duskiewicz put Latvia ahead after the break, but Ioannis Petas equalized before Marcus Edwards scored in stoppage time to complete the comeback.

Montenegro 0-0 Armenia


placeplace
City stadium

JudgmentJudgment
Manfred Lukejancock

Montenegro tied 0-0 with Armenia, thus missing the opportunity to strengthen its position at the top of Group Two. Armenia defended resolutely to get a valuable point away from home.

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