England Beat Italy in First Match of Euro 2024 Qualifiers!

England Beat Italy in First Match of Euro 2024 Qualifiers! The Three Lions got the better of the Azzurri.

England won 2-1 away to Italy in their UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers. They have started off the group stages in fantastic fashion.

Italy 1:2 England – UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers

Italy famously defeated England on penalties to win Euro 2020 at Wembley Stadium two years ago. The visitors were able to get a semblance of revenge for that defeat last night.

Declan Rice gave them the lead in the first half. Harry Kane doubled their lead from the penalty spot, making him England’s highest ever goal scorer on 54 goals, edging Wayne Rooney.

Italy pulled one goal back in the second half thanks to Mateo Retegui. Left back Luke Shaw received a red card toward the end of the match.

“After remaining with ten men we managed to stay united.” Head coach Gareth Southgate told UEFA.

“We fought, suffered and then brought home a historic victory. Now we have to think about the next game, Ukraine.

“It will be difficult because they arrive more rested: they didn’t play tonight. We will need our fans at Wembley.” He added

“We had an exceptional first half, while it was a very tough second half. We showed two different faces; we controlled the game very well in the first half as soon as we escaped the first line of pressing and at the interval it might have been 3-0.

“At the beginning of the second half we made some wrong decisions and the momentum changed.” The head coach added.

England Beat Italy in First Match of Euro 2024 Qualifiers!