Italy vs Albania: result, video and goals

Italy defeated 2-1 Albania and the current champion of the Euro Cup It opens with victory in Germany 2024. The Azzurra came from behind after complicating itself and experiencing an embarrassment of proportions in the first seconds of the duel played at Borussia Dortmund’s BVB stadium, for the first date of Group B.

Things did not start well for the Azzurra: just after the match began, Federico Dimarco made a lateral in his own territory and sent it to his area for Alessandro Bastoni, but the ball was cut and Nedim Bajrami shot Gianluigi Donnarumma to send it to the back of the goal. network… in the 22′ seconds.

After the embarrassment, Italy managed to recover and Bastoni himself scored the tie with a header at the far post after Lorenzo Pellegrini’s center from the right in the 11th minute.

The Italians’ final comeback came at 15′ with Nicolò Barella’s great goal. Alexis Sánchez’s former teammate at Inter Milan captured a half-clearance from Albania and with a right hand from the crescent decreed the final 2-1.

Little in the second half

Before the break, Davide Frattesi could have put the Azzurra’s third, but his shot was deflected by goalkeeper Thoma Strakosha and the ball bounced off the post.

Without much to offer in the second half, Italy managed to maintain the advantage and win in its debut for the Euro 2024 Championship in Germany. In the 89th minute, Albania had gotten between the lines and Dunnarumma managed to deflect the shot that ended up going over. the small area.

Italy’s next duel will be this Thursday, June 20, against Spain, which debuted by beating Croatia. One day before, Albania will face the Croatians.

With the victory, Italy leads the group along with Spain with 3 points, but the Azzurra is second on goal difference. Albania (0) closes the first round third and Croatia (0) is bottom.

Check out the Italy vs Albania compact

Formations and minute by minute

The table of group A of the Euro