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Hungary - Italy 0-3 - 06/09/2011 - Match page - Under-21 2013
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Italy up and running with Hungary defeat
Manolo Gabbiadini scored twice as Italy began their Group 7 campaign with a comfortable victory against ten-man Hungary.
Matches
| 9 | Kazakhstan |  |  | Romania |  | |
| 4 | Serbia |  |  | Northern Ireland | | |
| 1 | Belarus |  |  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
| 9 | Latvia |  |  | France | | |
| 6 | Albania |  |  | Poland | | |
| 1 | Cyprus |  |  | Greece | | |
| 7 | Liechtenstein |  |  | Turkey | |
Road to the final
The 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship comprises a qualifying group stage and play-off round to determine which seven teams join hosts Israel in the final tournament.
Qualifying group stage
Teams are split into ten groups – two of six teams and eight of five – and play each other on a home and away basis. The ten group winners and four runners-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their sections advance to the play-offs.
Play-offs
Play-off matches are played according to the knockout system, with each team playing each opponent home and away. The team which scores the greater aggregate of goals qualifies for the next round, with away goals, extra time and then penalties used to determine the winner in the event of a draw.
Final tournament
The final tournament comprises the seven play-off winners and Israel, who qualify automatically as hosts. The eight teams are split into two groups of four. Each team plays each other once in their group with the winners and runners-up advancing to the semi-finals where the winner of Group A plays the Group B runner-up and vice-versa. The winners advance to the final.
Further details, including the criteria for separating teams that finish level on points in a group, can be found in the official competition regulations.
Italy up and running with Hungary defeat
Manolo Gabbiadini scored twice as Italy began their Group 7 campaign with a comfortable victory against ten-man Hungary.
Italy kicked off their UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying campaign with a comfortable victory against ten-man Hungary in Szekesfehervar.
After a goalless first half, Manolo Gabbiadini made the breakthrough within a minute of the restart. The Atalanta BC forward doubled Italy's lead 20 minutes later before Fabio Borini completed the scoring eight minutes from time. Hungary's Markó Futács was dismissed late on.
After a subdued opening it was Péter Gulácsi who was the busier of the two goalkeepers, with Gabbiadini and Borini forcing the Hungary No1 into a string of fine saves. Borini found a way past before the break but his curling effort came back off the frame of the goal.
Italy broke the deadlock immediately after the break when Alessandro Florenzi broke down the left and crossed for Gabbiadini to head past Gulácsi. The visitors began to dominate and Gabbiadini added a second on 66 minutes when Hungary failed to clear Fausto Rossi's free-kick. Substitute Mattia Destro then set up Borini to complete the scoring and there was still time for Hungary to be reduced to ten men when Futács was sent off in the final minute.
Italy travel to Liechtenstein on 6 October while Hungary face a trip to section leaders Turkey a day later.
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