Nicolò Barella’s deflected strike and a debut goal from Moise Kean allowed Italy to start their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory over Finland.
Match Events
7' GOAL! Italy 1-0 Finland (Barella)
GOOOOAAAAAAL! Finland fail to clear beyond the edge of the box after a Verratti free-kick, where Barella is on hand to smash in his first international goal, with the help of a deflection. 1-0 to Italy.
40' NO PEN! Bernardeschi goes down in the box
Bernadeschi wants a penalty after Vaisanen appears to stick a lazy leg out. The Juventus man takes an extra step before going down theatrically, and the ref doesn't give it as a result.
74' GOAL! Italy 2-0 Finland (Kean)
GOOOOOOAAAAAL! Italy have surely sealed all three points with a goal from Kean on his full debut. The youngster caps off a fine night by latching on to Immobile's pass and calmly slotting the ball into the bottom-left corner. 2-0 to the home side!
Match Reports
Italy started their Euro 2020 qualification campaign in style as Nicolo Barella and Moise Kean scored their first international goals in a 2-0 victory over Finland.
Having failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and put in a lacklustre showing in the Nations League, Italy were in need of a win to kick off their Group J campaign on a positive note.
And they were ahead early on in Udine when Cagliari youngster Barella – one of several fresh faces introduced under Roberto Mancini – hammered home from the edge of the box.
Teemu Pukki squandered a gilt-edged chance to restore parity midway through the second half, and Finland were made to pay for that miss when Juventus teenager Kean slotted in to make sure of the points.
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Line-ups
Italy XI: Bonucci, Chiellini, Immobile, Verratti, Biraghi, Cristiano Piccini, Jorginho, Bernardeschi, Barella, G. Donnarumma, M.Kean
Subs: Quagliarella, S. Sirigu, Shaarawy, Pavoletti, A. Cragno, Spinazzola, Romagnoli, Politano, V. Grifo, S.Sensi, Gianluca Mancini, Nicolò Zaniolo
Finland XI: T. Sparv, Teemu Pukki, L. Hradecky, K. Hämäläinen, J. Pirinen, P. Arajuuri, J. Toivio, A. Granlund, R. Lod, Vaisanen, Glen Kamara
Subs: A. Jaakkola, R. Schüller, J. Kauko, M. Sumusalo, Jesse Joronen, R. Taylor, P. Soiri, Thomas Lam, F. Jensen, R. Karjalainen, L. Lappalainen, L. Väisänen
RNZN-CR7
268
Allegri are you watching or not.you have to start kean ahead of mandukiz.He is not same as he used to be.he always seems to be tired.So give chance for kean[Bear]
w2-j
229
A 36 years old scored more goal than Ronaldo what a joke.Try to leave messi shadow now you in a shadow of a 36 years.Funny for people to think CR7 is the goat when you can't out scored a old man. Juventus and Madrid fans go wake up in your sleep.this 19 years old Boy will soon shadow cr7 in juventus.
DaMhztourage
205
Surely new kid on the block Moise Kean , announced himself on his debut for the Italian national team , he's really unstoppable after his double for Juventus recently. Congratulations Kean
VanishPrasad
154
At 19 years and 1 month, Moise Kean is the second youngest player to score for Italy ⚡️
faizhassan
115
kean is a pure class ... he is going to be the best striker for italy for next 15 years
VanishPrasad
54
Nine years since he last played for Italy, Fabio Quagliarella is back in international football 🇮🇹
fosdety
44
How is kean not in fifa future stars
Abbawaziri
43
Chelsea should replace Higuain with Kean and if Hazard goes then replace him with Paqueta Chelsea will see huge effect.
JasonNaj
41
savage😂😂😂