Italy's Frattesi to Miss Nations League Clash with Belgium
Pio Esposito’s brace helped Italy top Group A1, while his brother Sebastiano missed a penalty and France suffered its first defeat under Zinedine Zidane.
- On Thursday, Italy defeated France 3-1 at San Siro in the UEFA Nations League, with 21-year-old forward Pio Esposito scoring twice. Nearly 71,500 fans watched as Esposito sealed the result with a 75th-minute penalty.
- Italy's first home win against Les Bleus in 64 years showcased Esposito's remarkable rise from Serie B loan at Spezia until last season to a breakout campaign at Inter Milan. The victory ended a long drought in head-to-head home matches.
- Italy coach Roberto Mancini confirmed after the match that Esposito was top of the penalty list, with his older brother Sebastiano second. Sebastiano had missed a spot kick 15 minutes earlier when the score was 1-1.
- Stepping up to the spot, Esposito aimed to "make people forget my brother's mistake" and confront his own demons from Italy's World Cup playoff defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina. "I couldn't hide for the rest of my life," he concluded.
- With nine goals in 14 appearances, Esposito trails only Giuseppe Meazza in scoring rate at his age. He now pursues the all-time record of 35 goals set by Gigi Riva 52 years ago.
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Italy ' s football team received a new blow before the anticipated confrontation with its Belgian counterpart tomorrow, Sunday, among the fifth round of group role competitions in European Leagues, after the absence of Nicolo Campiagi, the Bologna attacker, was confirmed for the injury. The official website of the Italian Football Union stated that the elected medical staff assessed the Campiagi case this morning, following the injury that …
The 9 goals in the first 14 matches are the trampoline to give the assault to the historic record of Gigi Riva
The French team conceded this Thursday against Italy (3-1) its first defeat since the appointment of Zinédine Zidane as a breeder. Frustrated by this climb in the League of Nations, the Blues hope to bounce back after a match where not everything was perfect, including in the life of the tricolored group.
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