Roberto Mancini's Italy leaves behind the discontent and problems of recent months, winning the match against England 1-0, valid for the fifth day of the Nations League.

At San Siro decides a nice goal by Giacomo Raspadori during the second half.

With this success, the Azzurri take second place in Group 3 (8 points) and leave hope for first place.

In this sense, the last match on Monday against Hungary (10 points), capable of beating Germany away 1-0, will be decisive. 

A brilliant Italy starts with the right attitude and in the 5 'immediately touches the advantage with Scamacca, who heads off Dimarco's cross calling Pope to an instinctive intervention.

For the rest of the first half very little happens, almost nothing to tell the truth.

Italy no longer reaches the conclusion, while England does not give the feeling of wanting to sting, trying only at 42 'with Kane, whose shot from distance ends up abundantly high. 

In the second half the pace is higher and in the 68th minute the Azzurri unblock it.

Bonucci launches very long for Raspadori, very good at controlling, turning around and letting go an impregnable right-footed shot for the English goalkeeper, which is worth the 1-0 tricolor.

England's reaction is entrusted to a double shot by Kane on which Donnarumma is keeping a good watch, while in the 85th minute Italy goes two steps away from doubling in the space of 10 seconds;

first Gabbiadini is hypnotized by Pope face to face, then Dimarco hits a post with a left-handed shot deflected by an opponent.

In recovery, the last guest call is a header from Bellingham that goes off just high on the crossbar.

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Italy Vs England - Nations League 2022/2023 Raspadori scores

Mancini: "We beat one of the strongest national teams in the world"

"It's a very important victory: it leaves us calm for the top seeds of the European qualifying draw, it still gives us the chance to finish first in the Nations League group, and gives us the awareness of having beaten one of the strongest national teams in the world".

This is the comment of Roberto Mancini, national team coach, after the 1-0 over England.

"In a group with Germany and England - he told Rai - we made many young players play, with less experience than the others. Yet on Monday we are going to play first place in the group in Budapest: a good result in these months of suffering".