Atalanta striker Gianluca Scamacca he contributed with recoveries and through balls to Atalanta’s victory, which was at times difficult, over Djimsiti’s Albania. Both started, Scamacca made a mistake in front of goal fifteen minutes into the first half ‘thanks’ to his teammate who knows him too well: cross from Dimarco, the Atalanta player anticipates Scamacca in a slide that he should have just pushed the ball into the goal. At that moment Italy had just equalized a game that had started on an uphill climb: after twenty-three seconds Dimarco’s crazy back pass arrived, and Bajrami scored on the ball. This is the fastest goal (23″) ever conceded by the Azzurri in a major event.
At11′ however the corner arrives for Italybeaten short, with Pellegrini’s cross and the Bastoni’s winning header for the equaliser. A minute after Scamacca’s missed goal, Italy found the winning goal with Barella: Azzurri ahead with Inter; control by Dimarco, counter-ball shot by Barella which goes inside the post. In the 34th minute, great through ball from Scamacca, ball reaches Frattesi, touch down, Strakosha manages to touch it just enough to send it to the post. Scamacca is again the protagonist in the 40th minute, when, served by Pellegrini, he shoots from the outside, but is blocked by Strakosha in the corner.
In the second half, Scamacca tries in the 3rd minute, hitting Frattesi in the area on the path of the shot, which however goes wide of the target. At 59′ Scamacca he makes himself useful by recovering the ball in the area, but Chiesa shoots wide of the post with a great left foot. Retegui then took his place with seven minutes remaining. Djimsiti on the other hand, who manages to contain the Nerazzurri, he remains on the field until the end as a true captain.
