One year on from the win over Romania (7-0), the Under 20s are returning back to the stadio Enzo Ricci in Sassuolo to face the Czech Republic on matchday four in the 8 Nations tournament, scheduled for Monday 21 November at 15:00 CEST (live on Rai Sport). Italy, who will face Romania for game number three in the tournament in Arad on Thursday 17 November, bounced back from their home defeat to Poland in June by beating Portugal away in September of this year. 

On the back of a convincing 3-0 friendly win over Switzerland recently, the Under-20 side will play for the third time in Sassuolo where, besides the game with Romania one year ago, Germany also played the Romanians, drawing 3-3 in November 2018. The head-head with the Czech Republic isn't a positive one for the Azzurrini, with three defeats and only one win, coming in September 2019 in Prestice, in four previous meetings.

8 Nations schedule and results

7 June 2022: ITALY-Poland 0-1
23 September 2022: Portugal-ITALY 1-2
17 November 2022: Romania-ITALY
21 November 2022: ITALY-Czech Republic
23 March 2023: Norway-ITALY
27 March 2023: ITALY-Germany