MILAN (The Thursday Times) — Francesco Pio Esposito ke do goalon ki badaulat Italy ne Jumeraat ko San Siro mein pichhe reh kar France ko 3-1 se shikast de di, yun Zinedine Zidane ko France ke coach ki haisiyat se pehli shikast hui aur Italy apne Nations League group mein sarfehrist aa gaya.
Kylian Mbappe aur Ousmane Dembele ke baghair khelne wali France ne 10wein minute mein bartari haasil ki, jab Italy ke goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma ne gaind seedhi Michael Olise ko de di, jinhon ne ek defender ko chakma de kar goal kar diya. Yeh paanch Nations League matchon mein Olise ka paanchwan goal tha.
Italy ne 26wein minute mein apne pehle haqeeqi mauqe par barabari kar di, jab Nicolo Cambiaghi ne byline se gaind pichhe bheji aur Esposito ne qareeb se goal kar diya. Half time se pehle Bradley Barcola ka shot France ki janib se post ke nichle hisse se takraya.
Zaya penalty, phir wapsi
Doosre half ke aaghaz mein Donnarumma ne Rayan Cherki ka shot post ki taraf mod diya. Ek ghante ke khel par Esposito ke bhai Sebastiano ne penalty bahar maar di, jo Malo Gusto ki janib se Cambiaghi ko giraane par mili thi.
Teen minute baad Davide Frattesi ne mutabadil khilari Federico Dimarco ke cross par goal kar ke Italy ko bartari dila di. Phir ek aur mutabadil khilari Antonio Vergara ko Dayot Upamecano ne giraya to doosri penalty mili, aur is baar Pio Esposito ne koi ghalati na ki aur gaind nichle kone mein pohncha di.
Yeh May 1962 ke ek dostana match ke baad Italy ki apne maidan par France ke khilaf pehli fatah thi. Zidane ki coaching mein France is se pehle sirf ek baar jeet se mehroom raha tha, Paris mein Italy ke khilaf 1-1 ki barabari mein.
Is nateeje ke baad Italy 10 points ke saath Group A1 mein sarfehrist hai, France ke points bhi utne hi hain lekin baahami muqable mein Italy aage hai. Belgium Turkiye ko hara kar nau points ke saath teesre number par hai, jabke Turkiye musalsal paanch match haar chuka hai.
