jmetaB0246c300a2468c92cc589b1b6871d8c53b65135c0c615c00171cce53c109e84cb0@4ba663765714781ad949364b671673879192dba9aa98eb129d0e821daf4b779erss.item metarss.netM <item> <title>Italy bounce back from first-minute shock as Barella strike sinks Albania</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/15/italy-albania-euro-2024-match-report</link> <description><p>Italyâs title defence is alive and well for now. Expectations around Luciano Spallettiâs new-look side have been low but this win over the tournamentâs rank outsiders, achieved despite a monumental scare inside the opening half-minute, was ultimately conducted with a familiar air of authority. Alessandro Bastoni and Nicolò Barella, the Internazionale pair, stepped up with decisive interventions in a remarkable opening quarter and the remainder was a successful exercise in the kind of game management that once seemed a national pastime.</p><p>Such a narrow margin of defeat may yet prove useful to Albaniaâs hopes of scraping third place in the group of death. If that proves unattainable they will, at least, depart with something to remember them by. Nedim Bajramiâs emphatic finish was the fastest goal in European Championship history and lifted the roof from a stadium that has surely never hosted anything like an Albanian influx that kept temperatures high throughout.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/15/italy-albania-euro-2024-match-report">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/euro-2024">Euro 2024</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/italy">Italy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/albania">Albania</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/european-championship">European Championship</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 21:03:52 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/15/italy-albania-euro-2024-match-report</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/161fe9e5342ff7ca95512d0db54435d9992a2077/0_86_4096_2458/master/4096.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0fcdb3ad9695a946db00daead11420aa"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/161fe9e5342ff7ca95512d0db54435d9992a2077/0_86_4096_2458/master/4096.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a9e772bf2cbeae0c8d6f25a7880505f9"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Nick Ames at BVB Stadion Dortmund</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-06-15T21:03:52Z</dc:date> </item>
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