✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Sunday 16 June 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 16 June 2024
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Sunday 16 June 2024
👉A super comeback on the debut
Heart of Italy
Shock start, Albania score after 23 seconds
Bastoni and Barella goals, Gigio saves us: 2-1
Spalletti: “A dumb mistake is always hovering”
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 16 June 2024
Front Page Corriere dello Sport Sunday 16 June
👉EURO: Azzurri win 2-1 and Spain beat Croatia 3-0
Too much grace
Italy beautiful and first: Bastoni and Barella overturn Albania
Bajrami scores after 23 seconds
Italy started defending their title with a victory. Italy defeated Albania won the UEFA EURO 2024 Group B Matchday against Albania on Saturday 15 June 2024 at the BVB Stadium in Dortmund, Germany.
The UEFA EURO 2024 Group B Standing shows Spain in the 1st position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +3. Italy in the 2nd position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1. Albania in the 3rd position with 0 points. Croatia in the 4th position also with 0 points.
🏆👉🇮🇹 Italy begins the UEFA EURO 2024 title defence with a win defeating Albania. In Group B, Spain started with a win beating Croatia.
The UEFA EURO 2024 Group B Standing shows Spain in the 1st position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +3. Italy in the 2nd position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1. Albania in the 3rd position with 0 points. Croatia in the 4th position also with 0 points.
✅ Italy defending the title making their debut for the UEFA EURO 2024 Group B game against Albania with a win on Saturday 15 June 2024 at the BVB Stadium in Dortmund, Germany. Despite a shocking start, with Sassuolo midfielder Nedim Bajrami’s record goal immediately after 23 seconds following a wicked throw-in by Dimarco. Italy did not lose their composure and overturned the result thanks to the goals by Alessandro Bastoni and Nicolò Barella. This is a fundamental success for their path in the Europeans. Thanks to this 2-1, the Azzurri reached the top of Group B over Spain, who defeated Croatia 3-0 in the afternoon.
The Azzurri’s journey will continue on Thursday 20 June: Italy will face Spain.
This is Italy’s 11th participation in the UEFA European Championships: only Germany and Spain have won the tournament more times than the Azzurri (twice, in 1968 and 2020), who could also become the second team to win two consecutive UEFA European Championships after Spain itself (2008 and 2012).
The UEFA EURO 2024 Group B Standing shows Spain in the 1st position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +3. Italy in the 2nd position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1. Albania in the 3rd position with 0 points. Croatia in the 4th position also with 0 points.
Serie A and Serie B players called up for Albania National Football team:
GK: Etrit Berisha (Empoli) did not play
GK: Elhan Kastrati (Cittadella) did no play
DF: Elseid Hysaj (Lazio) played all 90 minutes
DF: Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) played all 90 minutes
DF: Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) listed among substitutes
DF: Marash Kumbulla (Sassuolo) listed among substitutes
MF: Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo) scored in the 1s minute, played 87 minutes, replaced by Ernest Muçi.
MF: Medon Berisha (Lecce) listed among substitutes
MF: Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) played all 90 minutes.
MF: Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan) played all 90 minutes.
What a blow! An early goal gave the lead to Albania in the very 1st minute!!! Nedim Bajrami defeated Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) June 15, 2024
Good news! Italy equalized in the 11th minute. Alessandro Bastoni defeated Albania goalkeeper with a headed shot to the high center. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
🏆👉🇮🇹 Italy 1 – 1 Albania 🇦🇱 11th minute, ⚽️ goal by Alessandro Bastoni equalized for @Azzurri_En with a headed shot to the high center. The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner conceded by Elseid Hysaj. https://t.co/ZUhk3dOxzC
Italy took the lead in the 16th minute!! Nicolò Barella scored with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.A special goal because Barella has surpassed Francesco Totti’s record of 9 goals.
🏆👉🇮🇹 Italy 2 – 1 Albania 🇦🇱 16th minute, ⚽️ goal by Nicolò Barella for @Azzurri_En with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. https://t.co/smhmGHfY4H
With his 10th goal for Italy, Nicolò Barella has surpassed Francesco Totti’s international tally (9) 🤯🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/TIWaUeBGFK
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) June 15, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: This will be the first meeting between Italy and Albania in a major competition. The Azzurri have won all four previous matches (friendly and qualifiers) against the Eagles (seven goals scored and one conceded in the partial), all played from 2014 onwards. This will be Italy’s 11th participation in the UEFA European Championships: only Germany and Spain have won the tournament more times than the Azzurri (twice, in 1968 and 2020). Italy could become the second team to win two consecutive UEFA European Championships after Spain (2008 and 2012). Italy has never conceded more than one goal in the last two editions of the UEFA European Championships (2016 and 2020): only six goals were conceded by the Azzurri in the period. In the 45 matches played by Italy at the UEFA European Championships, an average of 1.84 goals per match was recorded (52 scored, 31 conceded): this is the lowest average among the 25 teams that took part in more than 10 matches in the competition.
👉🇮🇹 ITALIA (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Calafiori, Bastoni, Dimarco; Jorginho, Barella; Chiesa, Frattesi, Pellegrini; Scamacca.
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant referees: Stefan Lupp (GER) and Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth official: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
✅ Here are Italy vs Albania official starting lineups for the UEFA EURO 2024 Group B game on Saturday 15 June 2024 at the BVB Stadium in Dortmund, Germany at 21:00.
👉🇮🇹 ITALIA (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Calafiori, Bastoni, Dimarco; Jorginho, Barella; Chiesa, Frattesi, Pellegrini; Scamacca.
✅ Stats before the game: This will be the first meeting between Italy and Albania in a major competition. The Azzurri have won all four previous matches (friendly and qualifiers) against the Eagles (seven goals scored and one conceded in the partial), all played from 2014 onwards. This will be Italy’s 11th participation in the UEFA European Championships: only Germany and Spain have won the tournament more times than the Azzurri (twice, in 1968 and 2020). Italy could become the second team to win two consecutive UEFA European Championships after Spain (2008 and 2012). Italy has never conceded more than one goal in the last two editions of the UEFA European Championships (2016 and 2020): only six goals were conceded by the Azzurri in the period. In the 45 matches played by Italy at the UEFA European Championships, an average of 1.84 goals per match was recorded (52 scored, 31 conceded): this is the lowest average among the 25 teams that took part in more than 10 matches in the competition.
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Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant referees: Stefan Lupp (GER) and Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth official: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)
By Anna Italia
