Nations League: Italy are tied for second with Northern Ireland and Turkey but remain leaders

Many countries ended their international cycle on Monday with their fourth game in the Nations League.

France won a dramatic victory over Belgium, Italy hosted Turkey, Northern Ireland hosted Georgia, and Ukraine hosted Hungary.

Take a look at all our results below, while you can also view our detailed report for France v Belgium using the link above.

Italy 3-1 Turkey

Italy continued their impressive revival in the Nations League with a 3-1 win over Turkey in Bologna under Roberto Mancini.

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

Francesco Pio Esposito then added a third to give Roberto Mancini’s side another impressive victory.

Ukraine 1-2 Hungary

UEFA Nations League,
B league – 4

Anton Malatinsky Stadium

Igor Pajac

Roman Yaremchuk 83′

Milan Tot 52′
Mark Csinger 85′

Hungary won an important 2:1 victory over Ukraine, moving level with their rivals in Group B2.

Milan Toth put Hungary ahead before Roman Yaremchuk equalized for Ukraine, but Mark Csinger restored the visitors’ lead five minutes later to secure the three points.

Northern Ireland 0:0 Georgia

Northern Ireland were held to a goalless draw by Georgia in Belfast despite a chance to win from the penalty spot.

Isaac Price saw a last-gasp save by Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and Northern Ireland still failed to extend their lead at the top of Group B2.

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:0 Poland

Bosnia and Herzegovina secured an important 1-0 win over Poland thanks to Ivan Basic’s late winner.

The midfielder settled a tight contest in the 84th minute to lift Bosnia to five points and stay firmly in the race for promotion from Group B4.

Romania 0-1 Sweden

UEFA Nations League,
B league – 4

National Arena

Eljin Masiyev

Viktor Gökeres 13′

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

Viktor Gokeres scored the only goal after 12 minutes to give Sweden another vital three points at the top of Group B4.

Cyprus 2-1 Latvia

UEFA Nations League,
C League – 4

GSP Stadium

Giorgi Kruashvili

Giannis Kosti 70′
Marcus Edwards 90+4′

Eduards Daskevics 57′

Cyprus won 2:1 against Latvia in C2 group. Eduards Daskevics put Latvia ahead after the break, but Ioannis Pittas equalized before Marcus Edwards scored in stoppage time to complete the comeback.

Montenegro 0:0 Armenia

Montenegro missed the chance to strengthen their leading position in Group C2 and drew with Armenia without a goal. Armenia defended strongly to claim a valuable point at home.