Italy overcome fast starting Albania to open title defence
June 15 – European champions Italy survived the fastest goal in finals history to defeat Albania 2-1 and get their title defence underway in style.
Three years ago, Italy conquered England and Europe at Wembley, but as continental champions their fortunes took a downturn – missing out on the World Cup in Qatar and losing manager Roberto Mancini to Saudi Arabia – and on Saturday calamity arrived early in the shape of Nedim Bajrami’s strike,
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