Pio Esposito 멀티골, Italy가 San Siro에서 France를 3-1로 꺾다

Sebastiano Esposito missed a penalty for Italy, but the home team still scored twice in the second half. France created several chances and hit the post twice. Italy, France and Belgium remain in the contest for the group’s two quarter-final places.

The game was played on 12 November in Milan. It was Italy’s first home victory over France since a friendly in May 1962. Italy and France now have ten points each in Group A1, with Belgium on nine after winning in Türkiye. None of the three has secured qualification yet.

Italy equalise after France’s early goal

Olise opened the scoring in the tenth minute after Gianluigi Donnarumma gave the ball away while playing out from the back. The goalkeeper had already stopped an Adrien Rabiot header and later denied Bradley Barcola at the near post.

Italy equalised in the 26th minute. Frattesi helped to start the attack. Nicolò Cambiaghi crossed the ball from the left, and Pio Esposito scored from close range. Before half-time, Barcola hit the post for France.

The score at half-time was 1-1.

Italy miss one penalty and score another

Donnarumma pushed a Rayan Cherki effort onto the post early in the second half and also saved from Rabiot. At the other end, Malo Gusto brought down Cambiaghi. Sebastiano Esposito took the penalty in the 60th minute but sent it wide.

Italy took the lead three minutes after the missed penalty. Nicolò Barella won the ball, and substitute Federico Dimarco crossed from the left. Frattesi scored with his first touch in the 63rd minute. It was his tenth goal for Italy.

Italy received another penalty after Adrien Truffert lost the ball and Dayot Upamecano fouled Antonio Vergara. Pio Esposito took the second penalty and scored in the 75th minute. Italy kept the 3-1 lead until the end of the match.

Italy travel to Belgium on 15 November while France host Türkiye. Both matches are scheduled for 20:45 CET. Belgium beat Italy 2-0 in the opening round, whereas France and Italy drew 1-1 in their earlier meeting. The final games will settle a group in which the three contenders are separated by just one point.

Italy, France and Belgium can all still finish in the top two.