Euro 2024: Italy's national team wins the first victory in our group C on Malta
Today in the Euro-2024 qualifying tournament, Italy played against Malta, who are group C opponents of Ukraine.
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Euro 2024 Qualifiers
Group C. Matchday 2
Malta — Italy — 0:2 (0:2)
Goals: Retequi (15), Pessina (27).
Malta: Bonello, Apap (Brown, 83), Borg, Attard (Z. Muscat, 63), D. Mbong, Yankam, Guillaume, N. Muscat (Teuma, 76), Corbolan, Satariano (Nwoko, 64), Jones (Dimke, 76).
Italy: Donnarumma, Emerson, Romagnoli, Di Lorenzo (Darmian, 46), Scalvini (Toloi, 83), Tonali (Veratti, 66), Cristante, Pessina, Nyom (Grifo, 22), Retequi (Scamacca, 66), Politano.
Yellow cards: Di Lorenzo (37), Scalvini (54).
After their opening match loss to England's national team (1:2) in the qualifiers, Roberto Mancini's squad fielded a reserve lineup and comfortably dealt with group underdog Malta. The Italians settled matters in the first half thanks to goals from Retequi and Pessina — 2:0.
Goals: Kane (37), Saka (40).
Tournament Table
| Team | M | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4—1 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3—2 | 3 |
| 3 | North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2—1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0—2 | 0 |
| 5 | Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1—4 | 0 |
Matchday 3
16.06. North Macedonia — Ukraine
16.06. Malta — England
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