Italy beat Albania 2-1 at Signal Iduna Park despite early shock

Italy defeated Albania 2-1 at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund to extend their phenomenal streak of going unbeaten in opening games at the Euros to 9 matches.

🇮🇹 Italy begin with a comeback win 👏#EURO2024 | #ITAALB pic.twitter.com/btuT9CYc7H

— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 15, 2024

It was Italy’s 1^st championship in 18 years without 1 of Giorgio Chiellini or Leonardo Bonucci in the team, and the Azzurri allowed a goal after only 23 seconds as Nedim Bajrami scored the quickest goal in the history of the European tournaments.

But that didn’t stop Italy from bouncing back quickly as Alessandro Bastoni evened the result in the 11^th minute after Lorenzo Pellegrini’s assist. Azzurri took the lead in the 16^th minute when Nicolo Barella scored as both goals for the win tonight were netted by Inter players.

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Until the end, the match was not very interesting as Spalletti’s footballers tried to control the tempo and kept the 1-goal lead until the end.

ALBANIA SCORES THE FASTEST-EVER GOAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE EUROS! 22 SECONDS INTO THE MATCH VS. ITALY 😱 pic.twitter.com/CWr134AHG1

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 15, 2024

Italy will play against Spain on Thursday, while Albania will face the other defeated team after the 1^st matches from the group – Croatia.