Bastoni and Barella decide, the highlights

We have seen many good things, which must lead somewhere. In many good things there was the possibility of going bad. We prepared ourselves, we tried to attack the defensive line, but we went back. We have changed it too often, too quickly, with the idea of ​​doing harm.

Is Barella decisive? This is a national team that can do without anyone. It’s a wrong way of speaking to say that Italy depends on one player.

Italy beats Albania and reaches 3 points in Group B of Euro 2024. The goals from Bastoni and Barella were decisive. Italy, at 3 points, is level with Spain, who are ahead in the standings thanks to their 3-0 win over Croatia.

The national team led by Luciano Spalletti starts Euro 2024 in the best way. The Azzurri defeated Albania 2-1. A comeback success achieved with goals from Bastoni and Barella, who between the 11th and 16th minutes turned the result around, after Bajrami’s early goal.

Two minutes from the end of injury time the Verona midfielder takes the place of Barella, the best on the pitch and man on the match.

Donnarumma made an extraordinary save against Manaj, who after entering was literally one step away from the equalizer.

Spalletti’s substitutions always role after role. Center forward Scamacca out, Retegui in. Darmian takes over from Dimarco. There remains one more substitution for Italy.

Manaj, an old acquaintance from Serie A, takes over Broja, third substitution for Albania. Spalletti instead makes the first two substitutions: Chiesa and Pellegrini out, Cambiaso and Cristante come in.

Italy leads 2-1 over Albania, Spalletti’s team manages the advantage and if they win they would put Spain in command of Group B.

Enter Hoxha for Asani and Laci for Seferi. The first substitutions are made by Albania.

A much more thoughtful Italy at the start of the second half. Spalletti is warming up a number of players, in particular Darmian and Cambiaso. Beans and Retegui are also prepared.

Riccardo Calafiori battles with Broja and knocks him out. The Italian defender was booked, and the Fulham centre-forward also received a yellow card as he fell and slapped the Bologna centre-back. Pellegrini was also previously warned.

We start again from Italy’s 2-1 win over Albania. Goals from Bajrami, Bastoni and Barella. Now there are another 45 minutes to play. The two coaches did not make any changes.

Dimarco made a serious mistake, two of his clubmates erased that mistake. Bastoni found the equalizer with a header, Barella doubled the score with a feat.

2-1 is the result of the first half in favor of Italy, who after a horrendous start – goal by Bajrami after 23 seconds – managed to turn the match around with goals from Bastoni and Barella between the 11th and 16th minutes ′. So at half-time Spalletti and his boys were ahead.

This is truly a beautiful Italy to see. Pure entertainment in Dortmund, where you see a modern team, which attacks with practically all the players and which finds itself with a series of playmakers, including defensive ones.

Italy is one step away from making it 3-1. Frattesi on cue, makes the right movement, enters the penalty area and kicks, the ball ends up on the post. Sin. Looking back at the replay you can see Strakosha’s big hand.

Thirty very intense minutes in Dortmund, where Italy leads 2-1 over Albania. Bajrami scored after 23 seconds, then came the goals of Inter players Bastoni and Barella, who put Italy in front. And Italy is playing great football.

Nicolò Barella is one of those midfielders who has a great feeling for goals. In the national team he excels. This against Albania is his 10th goal (in 53 appearances) for Italy, he also scored in the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 against Belgium. Barella thus surpasses none other than Francesco Totti, scorer of 9 goals in 56 games, in the all-time ranking of Italy’s goalscorers.

The Roma captain, who wears the number 10 shirt for the national team, knocked out Broja in an attempt to stop Albania’s counterattack. Referee Zwayer warns him.

Italy overturned the result in five minutes, Barella scored: 2-1. The Inter midfielder with a fabulous counter-jumping shot leaves no chance for Strakosha and gives the advantage to Italy, who now completely find their smile again.

Bastoni scored a very important goal, the fifteenth overall of this European Championship, the first for Italy. For the Inter defender it is the second center in blue, the first goal was scored in a Nations League match against Germany, which won 5-2 in Moenchengladbach. Today Bastoni scored in Dortmund.

Italy scores the equalizer: Alessandro Bastoni scored: 1-1. Splendid scheme by the Azzurri, from a corner kick. Pellegrini brushes the ball and the Inter defender heads the ball from close range and scores. Very heavy goal for Italy who quickly gets back on track.

Italy started its European Championship in a horror way. Dimarco made an incredible mistake and launched Bajrami, who from two steps bagged a historic goal for Albania, but also for Italy, who had never conceded a goal so early in a match.

Italy responds immediately with a maneuvered action, Pellegrini goes to the conclusion, but his shot ends up just wide. Albania is ahead 1-0!

Albania goal after 25 seconds, 1-0 over Italy. Incredible mistake by Dimarco, who involuntarily serves Bajrami. The Sassuolo player makes no mistakes in front of Donnarumma. Albania ahead.

Let’s go! The European Championship begins for Italy, which as reigning champion faces Albania in Dortmund. The kick-off was taken by the national team led by Sylvinho.

The match between Italy and Albania, the Azzurri’s first match at Euro 2024, will also be broadcast live and can be followed on Rai 1. The match, which can also be streamed on RaiPlay, will be commented by the voice of the National team Alberto Rimedio and Antonio Di Gennaro.

On the official UEFA account, a few minutes before Italy-Albania, a video appeared of Jannik Sinner, number 1 in tennis, wishing the Italian footballers their best wishes for their debut at the European Championships: “I’m Jannik. I wanted to inaugurate a good luck for this tournament. Always go Azzurri and go Italy. I will watch and follow you.

The wonderful Dortmund stadium, which was once called Westfalen Stadion, will host 60 thousand spectators, the clear majority in the stands will be Albania supporters, estimated at over 40 thousand. The Italian fans will be positioned, however, in the warm heart of the Borussia support and that is in the so-called yellow wall.

The European Championships are held in Germany and there is a German race director. In fact, Felix Zwayer will be the referee of Italy-Albania. Zwayer doesn’t have a great track record with Italian teams, having managed Napoli-Barcelona (1-1) and Brighton-Roma (1-0) in European cups this year.

Furthermore, it was the whistle for Juventus-Lyon in 2020, which decreed the elimination of the Bianconeri from the Champions League. But he is a top level referee, he was chosen for the last Nations League final between Spain and Croatia.