England didn’t get the start that they were expecting at Wembley against Italy, with the visitors opening the scoring inside the first quarter hour.
It was a comedy of errors for the Three Lions which manager Gareth Southgate surely won’t be happy about.
Declan Rice failed to cut out a simple cross-field pass and then his colleagues were far too flat-footed as Italy went for the jugular.
As the ball came across the box, Rice’s former West Ham team-mate, Gianluca Scamacca, was completely unmarked inside the six-yard box and couldn’t miss.
Italy take the lead at Wembley ?#C4Football | #ENGITA | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/PtoCFUnkya
— Channel 4 Sport (@C4Sport) October 17, 2023
GOAL!!!
Gianluca Scamacca only scored 3 goals for West Ham in the Premier League but he's scored his first ever Italy goal to silence Wembley!!!#beINSPORTS #EURO2024 #ENGITA pic.twitter.com/8OzK75VrBy
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) October 17, 2023
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