Italy 4-0 Malta: Hosts win to keep pressure on Group C leaders England
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Italy cruised past Malta to keep alive their hopes of topping England to win Group C.
Giacoma Bonaventura, 34, scored his first international goal for the dominant hosts, before Domenico Berardi struck twice.
Davide Frattesi tucked an effort inside the post for the fourth in injury time.
Italy moved three points behind group leaders England, who they faced at Wembley on Tuesday night, with three games left.
Defending European champions Italy are level on 10 points with third-placed Ukraine, who beat North Macedonia 2-0, and will need at least two more wins to qualify for Euro 2024.
Victory for England, however, on Tuesday would see the Three Lions win the group.
Line-ups
Italy
Training 4-3-3
- 1G Donnarumma
- 13Darmian
- 14Mancini
- 23Bastoni
- 3DimarcoSubstituted forUdogieat 79′minutes
- 18BarellaSubstituted forFrattesiat 65′minutes
- 5Locatelli
- 8BonaventuraSubstituted forBiraghiat 87′minutes
- 11BerardiSubstituted forOrsoliniat 65′minutes
- 10Raspadori
- 7KeanSubstituted forScamaccaat 79′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Di Lorenzo
- 4Biraghi
- 6Udogie
- 9Scamacca
- 12Vicario
- 15Acerbi
- 16Cristante
- 17Frattesi
- 19Scalvini
- 20Orsolini
- 21Meret
- 22El Shaarawy
Malta
Training 5-3-2
- 1Bonello
- 7MbongSubstituted forAttardat 66′minutes
- 23ApapBooked at 54mins
- 13Pepe
- 22Muscat
- 3Camenzuli
- 20YankamBooked at 53minsSubstituted forNwokoat 84′minutes
- 19KristensenSubstituted forMuscatat 66′minutes
- 6Guillaumier
- 9MontebelloSubstituted forSatarianoat 55′minutes
- 21MbongBooked at 44minsSubstituted forPaiberat 84′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Attard
- 4Borg
- 5Shaw
- 8Pisani
- 10Degabriele
- 11Paiber
- 12Al-Tumi
- 14Satariano
- 15Corbalan
- 16Galea
- 17Nwoko
- 18Muscat
Live Text
Match ends, Italy 4, Malta 0.
Second Half ends, Italy 4, Malta 0.
Goal! Italy 4, Malta 0. Davide Frattesi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Italy).
Kyrian Nwoko (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Matteo Darmian (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Scamacca.
Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Italy).
Matthew Guillaumier (Malta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Italy. Cristiano Biraghi replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
Substitution, Malta. Brandon Paiber replaces Paul Mbong.
Substitution, Malta. Kyrian Nwoko replaces Yannick Yankam.
Manuel Locatelli (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Mbong (Malta).
Foul by Destiny Udogie (Italy).
Paul Mbong (Malta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Ferdinando Apap (Malta).
Substitution, Italy. Gianluca Scamacca replaces Moise Kean.
Substitution, Italy. Destiny Udogie replaces Federico Dimarco.
Offside, Italy. Alessandro Bastoni tries a through ball, but Matteo Darmian is caught offside.
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