Italy hand Zidane’s first defeat as France head coach in Milano

Italy completed a comeback to triumph 3-1 vs. France and moved to the top in Group A1 of the Nations League, as a Pio Esposito brace and a goal from Davide Frattesi handed Zinedine Zidane’s 1st loss as boss of the national team.

A fantastic individual run from Michael Olise in the 10^th minute gave France the lead.

However, Italy tied it in the 26th minute when Francesco Pio Esposito scored, and the two nations were level at halftime.

In the 60^th minute, Italy had a fantastic chance to secure the lead for the 1^st time, but Sebastiano Esposito missed a penalty. Despite that, only 3 minutes later, Davide Frattesi scored to secure the lead for Mancini’s side.

In the 75^th minute, the home team received 2^nd penalty, and this time Francesco Pio Esposito converted it to make the result 3-1 with his 2^nd goal in the match.

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That was 1^st defeat for Zinedine Zidane since he became the head coach of the French national team as he was without superstars like Kylian Mbappe and Dembele against Italy.

Italy beat France on home soil for the first time in 64 years with a 3-1 come-from-behind win in the Nations League 😤🇮🇹 https://t.co/OTIQMtyvi5

— B/R Football (@brfootball) November 12, 2026