England will see Germany. With a double from Harry Kane and a goal from Marcus Rashford, the Three Lions got the better of Italy (3-1) this Tuesday, at Wembley, in Group C of qualifying for Euro 2024. Success synonymous with qualification , the English joining Germany (host country), Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Spain, Portugal and Turkey at the European Championship. The Blues are also there, they who stamped their ticket in Amsterdam last Friday (2-1 victory). The future-ex-Parisian Gianluca Scamacca allowed Italy to lead in London for a time. An Italian team which is still in the race for qualification but is in third place in the group behind Ukraine, which won in Malta (1-3) at the same time and has one match in hand.
In a packed Wembley Stadium, and after the tribute to the victims of the events in Israel and Brussels, the game could begin. And while the English dominated, the Italian Scamacca took charge of opening the scoring for Italy. Taking advantage of a good cross from Di Lorenzo, he scored what turned out to be the only Italian goal of the game (15′). quickly, thanks to a penalty obtained by Bellingham following a foul by Di Lorenzo, Harry Kane equalized for the Three Lions (32′). One everywhere at the break, in a part where the debates were relatively balanced.
After 10 minutes in the second half which must have made more than one person nosedive, the English took it upon themselves to wake up the dozing people. As the Italians attempted an attack in the area, Bellingham first tackled to recover the ball before projecting himself, passing a big bridge over an Italian defender and passing to Rashford. The Mancunian striker then completely mystified Udogie before scoring his team’s second goal (57′). A second goal which was followed by a third, since Harry Kane scored a double by beating Donnaruma on a counter (77′). His goals number 60 and 61 in the selection, which allowed him to qualify his team for Euro 2024.
