Two years and three months after the European triumph, Italy returns to Wembley, but this time the ending is bitter: Spalletti's team comes from behind to lose the match valid for the Euro 2024 qualifiers 2-1 , with Scamacca taking the lead. 'England responds with Kane's penalty and Rashford's goal, both inspired by Bellingham.
Italy on the pitch with the 4-3-3: in front of Donnarumma the central players are Scalvini and Acerbi, on the wings Di Lorenzo and Udogie, Barella, Frattesi and Cristante in midfield, in attack the new trident Berardi-El Shaarawy-Scamacca .
In the 16th minute, the Azzurri's lead was scored by Scamacca , who scored his first goal for the national team after 13 appearances: good action by the Azzurri from left to right, Di Lorenzo's overlap was rewarded and the Napoli full-back found the Atalanta center forward who beats Pickford after Frattesi's missed shot.
Italy still close to scoring with Scamacca, but Bellingham in the area is brought down by Di Lorenzo and sends Kane to the spot. The attacker makes no mistake and scores the 1-1 draw .
The first half ends with a great chance missed by Italy: Pickford does well on Udogie, Berardi and Di Lorenzo miss the winning tap.
But at the beginning of the second half came the lethal counterattack from the hosts , inspired by the usually sumptuous Bellingham, who launched Rashford face to face with Donnarumma for the 2-1 . In the final, England found the hat-trick again with Kane .
The English thus gain a pass for Euro 2024, first with 16 points, followed by Ukraine on 13 and Italy on 10 . The Azzurri, who have one game less than the Ukrainians, must beat North Macedonia in November and then they will play everything on the last day of the group , in the direct external clash with Ukraine: in the event of a victory against the Macedonians, a draw, because with the same points, Spalletti's national team is ahead by virtue of the head-to-head matches.
(Unioneonline/L)
