Italy Come From Behind to Beat France 3-1 and Hand Zinedine Zidane His First Defeat

Italy came from behind to beat France 3-1 at San Siro, giving Zinedine Zidane his first defeat since taking charge of the French national team and putting the Italians top of Nations League Group A1.

France took the lead after ten minutes when Michael Olise capitalised on a misplaced pass from goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to score his fifth goal in five Nations League appearances. Francesco Pio Esposito equalised for Italy in the 26th minute, converting a pass from Nicolò Cambiaghi.

The second half brought chances for both sides. Donnarumma saved a shot from Rayan Cherki, while Sebastiano Esposito missed a penalty in the 60th minute after Cambiaghi was brought down in the area. Three minutes later, Davide Frattesi put Italy ahead from a Federico Dimarco cross.

The result took Italy to ten points, level with France but ahead on head-to-head record. France came into the match without Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé because of injury, while Belgium sit third on nine points after beating bottom-placed Turkey.