Italy gets first qualifiers win in Malta

Italy got their first win in Euro 2024 qualifiers, beating Malta 2-0 away. On Thursday the raining European champions lost 1-2 to England, but quickly bounced back.

The Italians opened the scoring inside 15 minutes of play after a corner kick from Tonali, which was headed home by Retegui for his second goal in a row.

In the 27th minutes Matteo Pessina was in the best spot in the box and snapped a shot inside the net for 2-0.

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After the break Scamacca fired a nice shot, but Henry Bonello made a fantastic save.

Italy now have three points on the second place in the group, sharing the spot with North Macedonia.