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Pio Esposito scores and wins penalty as Italy beat France 3-1
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๐ฐ Italy beat France 3-1 at San Siro on 12 November, with Inter's Pio Esposito scoring twice.
๐ Key points
๐ฎ๐น Italy won their Nations League match 3-1.
โฝ Esposito equalised and then scored the winning penalty.
๐งค His brother Sebastiano missed a penalty.
๐ฌ A Donnarumma pass error gave France an early lead.
๐ Italy now top the group after losing 2-0 to Belgium.
๐ What happened
โฝ Donnarumma's poor pass let Olise score inside 10 minutes. Pio equalised by flicking in a Cambiaghi cross at the near post.
๐ฏ Sebastiano missed a penalty, then Frattesi put Italy ahead from a Dimarco assist. A second penalty followed and Pio scored.
๐ฃ๏ธ 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.
๐ By the numbers
โข Italy 3-1 France
โข Pio, 21: nine goals in 14 caps
โข Top of the group after a 2-0 loss to Belgium
๐ญ Why it matters
Pio shook off the play-off penalty miss. Inter, short of players, face Atalanta on 22 November.
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