Six Nations under 20: Scotland-Italy 10-22

Half an hour from nightmare, then Italy Under 20 wakes up and puts Scotland on the first day of the six category nations. The Azzurrini (for the occasion in the white jersey) win 22-10 in Edinburgh with a stellar second half. Too bad for the bonus point missed in the final, which seemed to be within reach after the domain in the second half, but coach Santamaria can smile and begins in the best way to the six nations after replacing Massimo Brunello and having collected a very heavy legacy, given the successes of the youth in recent years. The blue curse for Scotland continues, which at the Under 20 level has not beat Italy since 2020. Good first for the Azzurrini, hoping is a good omen for the challenge of the “great” scheduled in Murrayfield.

the game

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Italy has more possession but almost never manages to exploit it, too many mistakes and above all too many fouls: 6 (plus a free football) granted in the first 20 minutes, Scotland takes advantage of it and takes the lead. Touche won, Maul advanced and destination of Billy Allen for the 5-0, with Urwin who does not find the transformation, and will make a lot of mistakes on the foot even on the pitch. Italy struggles to enter the game, risks the second destination and is saved by an extraordinary intervention by Vallesi, which eradicates the ball from the grouping 5 meters from the blue goal line, but at the first real opportunity it strikes and overturns the game: Zanandrea senses Johnny Ventisei’s phone passage on Brown, takes the ball and flies in the middle of the posts for the 7-5 with which the first half closes.

Italy, what a show!

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Jules Ducros thinks about unlocking a difficult match to be intertwined, which transforms an apparently difficult ball into gold: Guy Rogers comes to press it, he jumps him with a fulminating change of step, then reserves the same treatment for Lindsay and opens a sensational 3 against 1 for the Azzurrini. The Italian-French wing serves Miranda, who in turn gives the ball to the second goal: 12-5 Italy. Fasti wastes the football that would bring his own distinguished distance, but Italy continues to crush the opponents in its half field and at the time of play a very long action begins: two minutes of assault, with Scotland holding until It may but give in when Edoardo Todaro finds the space to pass between two opponents and crush in the middle of the posts. Scotland is still in order to try to reopen the game, arrives in the 10th for the first time in the 22 Italians in the 72nd minute and manages to mark with Duncan, which evades the tackle of Bolognini and scores. Urwin, however, grace Italy, does not find the transformation and the advantage remains 9 points. Scotland no longer creates opportunities, Italy further lengthens with glories from the pitch for the 22-10 that closes the accounts.