Pio Esposito scores and wins penalty as Italy beat France 3-1

📰 Italy beat France 3-1 at San Siro on 12 November, with Inter's Pio Esposito scoring twice. 📌 Key points 🇮🇹 Italy won their Nations League match 3-1. ⚽ Esposito equalised and then scored the winning penalty. 🧤 His brother Sebastiano missed a penalty. 😬 A Donnarumma pass error gave France an early lead. 📈 Italy now top the group after losing 2-0 to Belgium. 📝 What happened ⚽ Donnarumma's poor pass let Olise score inside 10 minutes. Pio equalised by flicking in a Cambiaghi cross at the near post. 🎯 Sebastiano missed a penalty, then Frattesi put Italy ahead from a Dimarco assist. A second penalty followed and Pio scored. 🗣️ Pio said he felt extra responsibility to finish the game for his brother. He admitted his missed play-off penalty against Bosnia came to mind but said he could not hide forever. 📊 By the numbers • Italy 3-1 France • Pio, 21: nine goals in 14 caps • Top of the group after a 2-0 loss to Belgium 🔭 Why it matters Pio shook off the play-off penalty miss. Inter, short of players, face Atalanta on 22 November.