While England flies to the European Championship, Italy will play for qualification in a month. And even winning at Wembley, not much would have changed. Gianluca Scamacca's first goal in the national team was not enough for the Azzurri, who took the lead at Wembley after a quarter of an hour only to suffer the comeback of the English, scored by Kane (two goals) and Rashford, and dragged by an irrepressible Jude Bellingham. In the stadium where 828 days ago they were crowned Champions of Europe, Italy played with an open face as Spalletti had asked, showed some nice combinations at speed and proved they could hurt the hosts. What made the difference, however, was the young Real Madrid star, who first earned the penalty converted by Kane and then made up 2-1 with a sumptuous play in the middle of the field, before the final 3-1 scored on the counter-attack by the usual, endless Kane. Spalletti's first defeat on the national team bench does not affect qualification for the European Championship. A qualification that will be decided in November between Roma and Leverkusen: in fact, four points with North Macedonia and Ukraine will be enough to detach the pass for the European Championship, otherwise losing in Rome to the Macedonians it will be necessary to beat Ukraine in the last match. What is certain is that Italy still holds its destiny in its hands.
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