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Italy v England as it happened: Three Lions begin qualifiers with win

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England beat Italy in their opening Group C match
England beat Italy in their opening Group C matchFlashscore
Harry Kane became England’s all-time record goalscorer as the Three Lions survived Luke Shaw’s late red card to beat Italy in their Euro 2024 opener in Naples.

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Key moments

Italy v England match stats
Italy v England match statsFlashscore
Harry Kane applauds supporters after his record-breaking evening
Harry Kane applauds supporters after his record-breaking eveningAFP

90+6' The match has just finished.

90+4' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) goes down in the box after a challenge from the defender. Possibly unsighted, the referee just waves play on.

90+2' Srdjan Jovanovic shows a yellow card to Francesco Acerbi (Italy) for his blatant foul.

88' Substitution. Marco Verratti makes his way off the pitch and Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) comes on as his replacement.

85' Gareth Southgate decides to make a substitution. Jude Bellingham will be replaced by Conor Gallagher (England).

81' Substitution. Kieran Trippier (England) in, Phil Foden out.

England are stunned as Luke Shaw is sent off
England are stunned as Luke Shaw is sent offAFP

80' Luke Shaw (England) is told to leave the pitch by the referee after receiving a yellow card for misconduct!

78' Luke Shaw (England) will have to be careful for the rest of the match as he is shown a yellow card.

72' Kyle Walker (England) receives a yellow card from the referee, but it seems like a very harsh decision.

69' Roberto Mancini prepares a substitution. Lorenzo Pellegrini is replaced by Wilfried Gnonto (Italy).

69' Roberto Mancini has decided to introduce fresh legs, with Sandro Tonali (Italy) replacing Jorginho.

69' The referee signals that it is time for a substitution and Phil Foden (England) comes onto the pitch so that Jack Grealish can be given a rest.

62' Here is a change. Domenico Berardi is going off and Roberto Mancini gives the last tactical orders to Matteo Politano (Italy).

62' The referee signals that it is time for a substitution and Bryan Cristante (Italy) will replace Nicolo Barella.

Mateo Retegui gives Italy hope in the 52nd minute
Mateo Retegui gives Italy hope in the 52nd minuteAFP

62' It must be a yellow card. It is. Jorginho (Italy) receives the caution after an awful tackle.

57' This yellow card was deserved. The tackle by Harry Maguire (England) was quite harsh and Srdjan Jovanovic didn't hesitate to show him a yellow card.

56’ 1 - 2 Goal! Lorenzo Pellegrini shows great vision to find Mateo Retegui (Italy) with a cheeky pass inside the box, and his first-time shot is precise and sails into the bottom left corner. 1:2.

46' The second half gets underway.

45+3' The referee blows his whistle to end the first half and the players are now heading to their respective dressing rooms.

45+1' Jack Grealish (England) finds space inside the box to shoot after collecting a short pass, but it's a wasted effort as it flies well wide of the right post.

Harry Kane becomes England's all-time leading goalscorer to make it 2-0
Harry Kane becomes England's all-time leading goalscorer to make it 2-0AFP

44' 0 - 2 GOAL! That’s a great strike from the spot by Harry Kane (England) into the right of the net, giving goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma no chance!

44' The England players are happy as the referee awards a PENALTY after the VAR review!

42' Play continues despite the shouts by some England players for a penalty. Wait! Referee Srdjan Jovanovic interrupts the game right now and he will review that decision using VAR! Let's see what happens.

41' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) appears to handle the ball in the box, but the referee wasn't in the best position. Let's see what he decides.

32' So close! Kalvin Phillips (England) tries a curler from the edge of the box, but it slides just wide of the left post.

29' Declan Rice (England) gets booked for the first time in this match.

Declan Rice celebrates giving England the lead
Declan Rice celebrates giving England the leadAFP

13' 0 - 1 Goal! Declan Rice (England) fires the rebound inside the right post after the ball breaks to him in the box. The score is 0:1.

12' Jude Bellingham (England) had a good chance to change the score. He ran towards the goal and unleashed a shot from just outside the penalty area which went straight towards the roof of the net, but the goalkeeper was ready and made an amazing save. England win a corner.

1' The match has just started.

Starting XIs

England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Rice, Phillips, Bellingham, Saka, Grealish, Kane

Italy: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Tolói, Acerbi, Spinazzola, Barella, Jorginho, Verratti, Berardi, Retegui, Pellegrini

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