The soccer result between Italy and Albania 2-1 in the opening match of Euro 2024 shows that Italy had to work very hard to successfully come back and win the first 3 points. This victory helps Italy have a comfortable spirit heading into the upcoming matches.

Football results Italy vs Albania today June 16 – Group B

Italy: Albania score 2:1

Coach Spalletti has arranged the squad to focus on аttаck, which is completely understandable because Albania is the opponent they must win to compete for tickets to continue in the “deаth” group, where there is also a difference. presence of two strong teams, Spain and Croatia. Below are some notable developments leading to the Italian football result with Albania 2-1:

Minute 1: As soon as the match started, the score was opened but not by the defending champion. Instead, Bajrami cleverly took advantage of Dimarco’s mistake to help Albania take the lead. This forced Italy to аttаck fiercely to quickly regain the advantage. Note that the Azzurri have only failed to score in 2/9 recent matches (and both of those matches ended in a 0-0 draw).

Minute 11: The defending champion quickly leveled the score thanks to midfielder Bastoni’s goal in a corner. With Italy soon relieving psychological pressure, the first half score probably won’t stop at 1-1.

Minute 16: The match was extremely drаmаtic with goals continuously appearing. This time, Dimarco fought fiercely, creating conditions for Barella to shoot a long-range shot from outside the 16m50 line, hitting Albania’s net. Although it is unclear whether there will be any more goals in the first half, resistance can at least be expected from Albania, the weaker team. Before Italy took the lead, Albania was the team that had received more corner kicks (2-1).

At the end of the first half, Italy entered the break with a 2-1 advantage, despite conceding a goal in the first minute. Albania tried its best but could not make a difference.

After halftime, both teams had no personnel changes. The progress of the second half will depend on Albania’s playing attitude, while Italy clearly wants to play according to the strategy of maintaining results.

Minute 60: In the first minutes of the second half, Albania showed very weak resistance. Even though they were leading, they still did not dare to аttаck strongly. This is clearly shown by the fact that they are still inferior in the corner kιck index. The match was almost arranged.

As expected, there was no further drаmа in the final minutes and the match ended 2-1. The result of Italian football against Albania was decided from the 16th minute. Albania’s incompetence and “shyness” were clearly shown by the fact that they had fewer shots and took fewer corners.

Italy (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Riccardo Calafiori, Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco, Jorginho, Nicolo Barella, Davide Frattesi, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Federico Chiesa, Gianluca Scamacca.Albania (4-3-3): Thomas Strakosha, Elseid Hysaj, Arlind Ajeti, Berat Djimsiti, Mario Mitaj, Kristjan Asllani, Ylber Ramadani, Nedim Bajrami, Jasir Asani, Armando Broja, Taulant Seferi.

Other statistics leading to the final football results between Italy and Albania above:

Ball control: Italy 65% ​​- Albania 35%Shots on target: Italy 5 – Albania 2Corner kicks: Italy 5 – Albania 3Yellow card: Italy 0 – Albania 0Red card: Italy 0 – Albania 0