Portugal 1-0 Italy: 5 Talking Points, UEFA Nations League 2018/19

#2 Lack of firepower in the Italian attack

Zaza had the best opportunity to earn a point for Italy

Roberto Mancini lined up his attack with the partnership of Ciro Immobile and Simone Zaza up front. However, the duo proved to be were very poor on the night and failed to register a single shot on target.

Both Zaza and Immobile did create a string of half chances during the second half but lacked conversion and the finished product. The pair combined for a total of six shots but all of them went to waste as none of them were on target and did not hold any kind of threat to Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio.

Ultimately, all the hard work, momentum and control in possession was being killed off with these lacklustre efforts on goal by the two strikers. Immobile's poor performance saw him being taken off early as the Lazio frontman was replaced by Domenico Berardi in the 58th minute.

The best chance to equalize fell to Zaza during the latter stages when he beat William Carvalho to a corner but headed the ball over the crossbar from close range.