Game is over and the final score is North Macedonia 1-1 Italy. Here is the match report.
Match Report
Spalletti took over following the sudden resignation of Roberto Mancini last month and inherited a side which had already lost to England in their opening fixture.
Ciro Immobile broke the deadlock two minutes into the second half when he headed in a rebound after Nicolo Barella’s volley struck the crossbar.
North Macedonia – who beat Italy in the 2022 World Cup play-offs – got back on level terms with nine minutes left through a fine free-kick from captain Enis Bardhi.
The draw left Italy third in the group, but having played only three matches so far because of their Nations League campaign.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
0' OFFSIDE! Italy’s goal disallowed
15' Missed! Dimarco fails to score in front of an open goal!
39' ClOSE! Elmas’s shot saved by Goalkeeper!
47' GOAL! North Macedonia 0-1 Italy (Immobile)
71' CLOSE! Elmas’s shot wide out
81' GOAL! North Macedonia 1-1 Italy (Bardhi)
Line-ups
North Macedonia XI: Stefan Ashkovski, Visar Musliu, Stole Dimitrievski, Gjoko Zajkov, Ezgjan Alioski, Bardhi, Elmas, Jani Atanasov, Bojan Miovski, Agon Elezi, Jovan Manev
Subs: Arijan Ademi, Ilija Nestorovski, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Damjan Siskovski, David Babunski, Isnik Alimi, Igor Aleksovski, Ljupco Doriev, Milan Ristovski, Nikola Serafimov, Bojan Dimoski, Ahmed Iljazovski
Italy XI: Immobile, Di Lorenzo, Cristante, Politano, Dimarco, Zaccagni, Barella, G. Mancini, Donnarumma, Bastoni, Tonali
Subs: Darmian, Biraghi, Romagnoli, Meret, Locatelli, Guglielmo Vicario, Frattesi, Giacomo Raspadori, Zaniolo, Mateo Retegui, Wilfried Gnonto, Giorgio Scalvini