Beat Albania and Italy started the defense of the title with the right!

With the right at Euro came in Italian European champion! His team Luciano Spalletti she was excellent for 60 minutes, playing very beautiful football and managed to beat her 2-1 Albania for the premiere of the two teams in the 2nd group.

Albanians are brave but at the same time fearful. They took the lead at 23 seconds into the match with Bayram, scoring the fastest goal in the competition’s history, but they conceded the upset until the 16th minute. However, they were almost close to sharing a stroke in the 90th minute with Manai’s lateral 4-a-4 but they didn’t manage to do it!

At the same time, the “Azura squad” turned the match around with their goals Cane, Barellacould have scored more than the two goals he scored, but he lacked substance and was spoiling in the final third of the pitch.

Top derbara between Spain and Italy on the 2nd matchday (20/06), with Croatia who also does not have a point facing Albania in the battle for 3rd place (19/06).

The match

Enjoyable first half throughout. THE Albania freeze her Italy and set fire to the stands where more than 30 thousand of her fans were. After Dimarco’s wrong cross, Bajrami found himself in the area and with lightning executed the Bayram for 1-0 in 23 seconds, achieving the fastest goal in the history of the competition. The quick goal of the Albanians did not deter the “squadra atzura”. With dominant football, the lines very high on the field and a great intensity in their game, Italy touched the equalizer with a cross but Pellegrini he did not find a target from an advantageous position.

And in the 11th minute, his team Spaghetti brought the score to balance when o Pellegrini he made a sweet cross at the second post and o Stick headed Strakosa for 1-1. This goal gave wings to the legs of the Italians, who were already in complete control. And they found five minutes after the end of the upset, when the ball was laid outside the area to Barrel and he with an amazing shot with the outside left the Albanian keeper a statue for 2-1.

Italy’s defense was playing too high, the Baton-Calafiori it was… a midfielder and Di Lorenzo was the only one who closed in a stopper position, with the Albanians seeming trapped in the attacking game of the “Azzurri” and Spalletti’s excellent tactics. In the 33rd Shack with a wonderful slash he took out a tet-a-tet him Fratezi, but the latter’s lob stopped at the left post. And a little later, Skamaka after Pellegrini’s header-pass failed to finish the phase with the outside correctly.

2-1 at half-time looked poor for the dominant Italians and flattering for the Albanians, who, while they had their lines close and exuded too much passion, struggled to look dangerous. The “squadra atzura” entered the second part in a similar way, pushing for the third goal but it didn’t come. Chiesa had a touch on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball licked the right post and then his team Spaghetti he started to slow down the pace of the race, bringing out fatigue as well. The changes were slow to come on the part of the Italian technician, with Sylvinio to make his moves, throwing them into the fight progressively Khoja, Lachi, Manai and Muchi. Despite this, his team was unable to create opportunities, even to get close to the opposing area, since the “Azzuri” were well prepared on the field and cleared all suspicion.

THE Italy controlled the match with a continuous passing game, did not allow the Albanians to threaten and in the last quarter Spalletti scored in turn Cristante, Cambiasso, Darmian, Retegui and Folorunso. The European champions didn’t clear the match with a third goal but they managed and almost paid for it in the final, after out of nowhere Silvinho’s side found a great chance. After deep balls to Calafiori’s back, Manai found himself in a lateral four-a-four but his shot missed the target for a while and while Donnarumma had enough contact with the ball. The 2-1 remained, as did the… hearts in the seats of the “squadra azzura” fans, who started with the right to defend the title.

MVP: Barela did it all! Adjuster in the midfield area for Italy, with endless runs and participation in a creative and blocking part. For icing on the cake, he scores the goal of the upset in the 16th minute with an improbable deflected shot outside the area!

Italy (Spalletti): Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori, Di Marco (83′ Darmian), Jorginho, Barella (90+2′ Folorunso), Fratezzi, Chiesa (77′ Cambiazzo), Pellegrini (77′ Cristante), Skamaca (83′ Reteghi). ).

Albania (Silvinio): Strakosia, Hisai, Tzimsiti, Ageti, Mitai, Ramadani, Aslani, Bayrami (87′ Mouchi), Seferi (68′ Lachi), Asani (68′ Hachi), Broya (76′ Manai).