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England 3 - 1 Italy

England scorers: Harry Kane (32' pen., 77'), Marcus Rashford (57')

Italy scorers: Gianluca Scamacca (15')


Venue: Wembley Stadium, London, England

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)


England:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Jordan Pickford Aaron Ramsdale
John Stones 63' Sam Johnstone
Harry Maguire Lewis Dunk
Kyle Walker Levi Colwill
Kieran Trippier Marc Guéhi 63'
Kalvin Phillips 9' 69' Trent Alexander-Arnold
Declan Rice Jarrod Bowen
Marcus Rashford 57' Jordan Henderson 69'
Jude Bellingham 85' Conor Gallagher
Phil Foden James Maddison
Harry Kane 32' 77' Jack Grealish 85'
Ollie Watkins

Manager: Gareth Southgate (England)


Italy:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Gianluigi Donnarumma Alex Meret
Giorgio Scalvini 65' Guglielmo Vicario
Francesco Acerbi 63' Alessandro Bastoni 63'
Giovanni Di Lorenzo 28' Gianluca Mancini
Destiny Udogie 10' 63' Federico Gatti
Bryan Cristante Matteo Darmian
Davide Frattesi Federico Dimarco 63'
Nicolò Barella Manuel Locatelli
Domenico Berardi 78' Giacomo Bonaventura
Stephan El Shaarawy Giacomo Raspadori 78'
Gianluca Scamacca 15' 63' Moise Kean 63'
Riccardo Orsolini

Manager: Luciano Spalletti (Italy)


MATCH EVENTS

1': We're off!

9': Kalvin Phillips carded for a rough late challenge on Frattesi

10': Destiny Udogie goes into the book after Foden steals an underhit pass from Frattesi, forcing Udogie into the tactical foul

13': Rashford's free kick gets over the wall! And just misses the top corner.

15': GOAL ITALY!! Di Lorenzo fires a cross, it takes a tiny deflection but reaches Gianluca Scamacca who roofs it from close range!

23': Scamacca goes for his second! Fires wide.

26': Bellingham's header towards the far side is weak and easily saved by Donnarumma.

28': PENALTY FOR ENGLAND!! Bellingham scythed down by Giovanni Di Lorenzo! A long VAR check to confirm it and give Di Lorenzo a card.

32': GOAL ENGLAND!! Harry Kane takes the penalty right down the middle!

36': Almost another goal for Italy from a cross from the right! But Stones makes a crucial desperate block.

40': Pause for medical attention as Bellingham and Scalvini crack their heads together.

44': SAVE! Rashford gets around Di Lorenzo and fires but it's right at Donnarumma.

45+2': SAVE!! Pickford gets down in time and denies Udogie from close range! Gives up a big rebound right up in the middle but the defense shuts it down.

45+3': Acerbi misses the target from a difficult angle.

HT England 1-1 Italy Exciting match so far!


46': We're back!

48': Foden goes down in the box, it won't be given as a penalty. Looked like a dive to me in real time but upon replay I think Italy got away with one there.

51': Phillips puts a shot over the bar from distance.

56': Berardi fires way over.

57': GOAL ENGLAND!! Bellingham launches the counter, then feeds it to Marcus Rashford on the left, Rashford cuts down the edge of the box and fires between the defenders!

61': Scamacca on target! Stopped and claimed comfortably by Pickford.

63': England substitution: Marc Guéhi on for John Stones

63': Italy triple sub: Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco and Moise Kean on for Francesco Acerbi, Destiny Udogie and Gianluca Scamacca

65': Giorgio Scalvini carded for dissent after a bad no-call on Phillips.

68': SAVE! Foden smashes a shot from distance but Donnarumma down in time!

69': England substitution: Jordan Henderson on for Kalvin Phillips

77': GOAL ENGLAND!! A beautiful solo goal from Harry Kane, dribbling through the three-man defense and finishing over the keeper's outstretched arm!

78': Italy substitution: Giacomo Raspadori on for Domenico Berardi

85': England substitution: Jack Grealish on for Jude Bellingham

90+1': Kean stabs a shot on target but Pickford is behind it all the way.

FT England 3-1 Italy England qualifies for Euro 2024!

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[–] Razzler1973@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Bellingham has got such drive

The ball seems to stick to him when you think it's just out of range

Tremendous player

[–] LevynX@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This means that England are winning the Euro

[–] gamefaqssucks@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Until southgate drags them down with negative tactics

[–] Arvivald@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

how was jude? missed the game

[–] Person_of_Earth@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Imagine God, then imagine instead of making the world a horrible place full of war, pain and suffering, he made a world where everyone's life is happy and the world is perfect. Then multiple that by a billion. He played better than that.

[–] Public-Fisherman-205@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can stick your twirly pasta up your arse

[–] Juice_2402@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget to dust the cobwebs in your trophy cabinet

[–] Public-Fisherman-205@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Don't get mad, bro

[–] Karahx@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Who's the biggest contender besides England at the Euros? Spain?

Haven't watched many national team matches since the world cup but England looking scary.

[–] TheLooseCannon1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

France is still by far and away the favourite

Germany are now a bit of wildcard as things.

Portugal and probably Spain being the other shouts.

[–] LucasSummers@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
[–] Musername2827@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

France are absolutely favourites and rightly so.

[–] buzwole@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
[–] Jaja6996@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Portugal and France

[–] Maleficent_Resolve44@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Spain are a good side and might make the semis, but they're not one of the favourites. The main favourite is obviously France. They've been the best european team for almost the last 8 years. England are close behind them and their results in the last 5 years have showed that. Portugal are also looking strong but they haven't done anything of note in the last 5yrs, I don't think they have the experience to win it next year.

Here are some other decent teams that I don't consider serious contenders. Croatia, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Croatia did well at the world cup but they're a bit old and don't do well at the euros. Belgium are in decline from their golden generation's peak in 2018, still a good side obviously but their best chance at winning the euros was 2021 when they made the QF but France didn't. Belgium had a good shot at 2016 but they blew it to Wales, their window has passed. The Netherlands haven't really made any progress in the last few years even with all their young talent, a QF loss expected unless they have an easy draw. Germany are in a rut but they're the hosts so they could be a surprise and make a run, maybe even to the semis if the draw is lucky to them.

[–] SouthWalesImp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Undefeated in a calendar year

Beat the Italians home and away on an aggregate 5-2 scoreline

Qualified for the Euros with 2 games to spare

Yep, it's Southgate Out time 😎

[–] ZwnD@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry now that we beat Italy it means they're bad or not a big team so it doesn't count

[–] R_Schuhart@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I don't think Southgate should be sacked, but this argument is flawed. Him doing well doesn't mean someone else wouldn't be doing better with the material. And qualifying was never the biggest hurdle, it is the tournament performances where he hasnt looked great. Ironically despite reaching a final.

[–] buzwole@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

That is the vare minimum with the players you have

[–] J__P@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

i like southgate a lot and there's no doubting what he's achieved, i just think he's too conservative to actually make the difference that would win the trophies.

[–] Magneto88@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Qualifying has never been Southgate’s issue. It’s been a lack of tactical ability in the later stages of tournaments and no ability to formulate a Plan B.

[–] ArtistAfraid@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Because I know all our non-English friends absolutely love it when we do it, lets start early.

It’s coming home!!!!

[–] rjtwe@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Class little 30 minute cameo from Guehi. Cracking little team we have.

[–] OnyxDex@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

His mentality is top class, came into the game and looked like he'd been playing all game, didn't miss a beat. He should be starting in the Euros in my entirely unbiased opinion.

[–] sandbag-1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He is the future. Glad he gets called up to every squad now

[–] InoyouS2@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Kane and Bellingham were just unplayable this game.

[–] Volotor@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fantastic from England, a couple of lapses in defence, but otherwise a near flawless performance.

The real standouts this match were that Englands attack, of course, but Rice deserves special plaudits. He was amazing in the middle.

[–] reddeye252010@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Always is. He is so consistent

[–] Ryzon9@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Italy are in serious trouble now right? Must win match against Ukraine coming up.

[–] Conradinho5@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Technically they still have a chance because of the Nation’s League to qualify if they finish 3rd but it was be pretty disastrous if they don’t finish 2nd

[–] Dzago17@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The play against North Macedonia first. If they win that, a draw would be enough against ukraine

[–] WauliePalnuts01@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

even if they don’t finish top 2 they have a chance through the UNL playoffs(they’ll either play whichever league A teams don’t make it automatically or the best league D team)

[–] baron_warden@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Meh, Ukraine aren't all that. Italy should be fine.

[–] Att3241@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think what makes me the most disappointed is our defence. Even when we had no one to score we at least looked sound defensively. I can’t even say that any longer.

[–] Conradinho5@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah it’s the defence which is worst. Midfield and even attach with Chiesa is decent, but with Chiellini gone there’s a huge hole in defence nobody can currently come close to filling

[–] efarfan@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

England played well, but man Italy just doesn't have any of their former grit. Beating Italy used to cause a few bruises physically and mentally.

[–] stubblesmcgee@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

what are italy's chances of failing to qualify

[–] Goldenraspberry@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] terrordactyl1971@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Not really, we are still crap at the back when under pressure

[–] Fantastic-Machine-83@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Lol thread downvoted, Southgate haters will say this game is meaningless now. Would they have said that if we lost

[–] HotPotatoWithCheese@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

People here are getting carried away. This was a decent win for England as it secures our spot but we've walked the qualifiers for years and this Italy side was even worse than the one that beat us in the Euros (which also wasn't very good).

Save all of your "those who want Southgate out are idiots" comments until we actually win something with him instead of bottling. Not when we get past qualifiers. That is just tinpot.

[–] Comfortable-Asf@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Being on the receiving end of Jude Bellingham is never fun 😔

[–] JD_Dojima@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Without the individual talents of the obvious sorts, I still do not trust Southgate to organise a squad well enough to win a competition. Him including Henderson and Phillips are glaring warning signs that he doesn’t know what he is doing and is too stubborn to make the right selections when he needs to, let alone tactically set up a team to win round after round, and then again in a final.

[–] NoseyNaughton@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

glaring warning signs that he doesn’t know what he is doing

I will never get over how people who's greatest exposure to football are Sunday league games have the confidence in declaring that managers who have spent their entire lives around football, studying football and interacting with the players have "no idea what they're doing"

[–] cuteguy1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Not exactly sure what Southgate was going for with a double pivot of Rice and Phillips, in the first half it didn't even feel like they stopped Barella and Fratesi pushing on into dangerous areas and when you have Stones in the team you can just have him push up when you have possession of the ball in the same area that Phillips occupied, made the game a bit clogged when they were trying to play out imo. That said the Kane dropping in and Bellingham running from deep has the ability to be absolutely devastating both were excellent tonight.

3-1 maybe a bit harsh on Italy, but Di Lorenzo and Udogie sold far to hard not expecting the cut in on the Rashford goal and the high line got caught out for the other goals as much as I think Di Lorenzo's tackle got enough of the ball.

[–] eltirripapa@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

england winning it in 2026, there is no way around

[–] gamefaqssucks@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Until southgate gets a 1-0 lead then tries to defend it

[–] NDN2021@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

A good win for England We were sloppy at the back that led to the Italian goal but then found a rhythm afterwards. Even Maguire performed OK last night, which says it all. That Bellingham / Rashford linkup was amazing. MOTM for me - Bellingham. At least we're through. I think Italy will have to go for a wildcard to get to Germany. No disrespect to the Italians, but only Scamacca and Ugboie (who has potential to be a future talent) were any good.

[–] Bey_Harbor_Butcher@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Hello darkness, my old friend

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