Italy opens the Euro by beating Albania twice
League Plus – The Italian national team began the campaign to defend its title in the European Nations Cup, achieving a victory over its counterpart, the Albanian national team, with a score of 2-1, during the match that brought together the two teams on Saturday evening at Signal Iduna Park, in the first round of the Euro 2024 tournament.
The first goal for the Albanian national team came via player Nedim Bayrami in the first minute, specifically in the 23rd second, making it the fastest goal in the history of the tournament.
Then Italy equalized, and the goal came through defender Alessandro Bastoni from a perfect header
Then, Nicola Barella scored the second goal in the 15th minute with a missile shot that hit the Albanian national team’s net.
With this result, the Italian national team wins the first 3 points in its campaign in the tournament, which is defending its title after achieving it in 2021, and occupies second place behind Spain, which swept Croatia 3-0 today.
It is noteworthy that the Italian national team succeeded in winning the Euro title twice, the first in 1968 and the second in the last edition, Euro 2020.
Germany will host Euro 2024 from June 14 to July 14, 2024, and this is the third time that European Nations Championship matches will be held on German soil.
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