England took a valuable 2-1 victory over their Italian counterpart in a match that brought them together on Thursday at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples.
This is within the framework of the competitions of the first round of the third group of the Euro 2024 qualifying tournament, which will be held in Germany next year.
The Three Lions team took revenge for the defeat of the Azzurri in the final of the last European Championship, which was held at Wembley Stadium.
Declan Rice opened the scoring and then Harry Kane became England’s historic goalscorer with a second goal from a penalty late in the first half.
Although Matteo Retigi scored for Italy in the second half and England’s Luke Shaw received a red card, that didn’t stop the Three Lions from scoring their first away win over Italy since May. 1961.
The night was special for Kane, who broke the record he shared with Wayne Rooney by scoring his 54th England goal.
Southgate also became the third English manager to celebrate his 50th national team win, after Ralph Ramsey (69) and Walter Winterbottom (78).
So, the England team managed to snatch the first victory in 46 years in an official match against Italy, and the Italian team suffered its first defeat in 24 years in the qualifying matches of the European Championship, and the last defeat was from Denmark in the Naples Stadium.
Source: “Wakalat”
