Harry Kane scored a historic objective for England as they claimed a slender 2-1 win over Italy on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples. The win helped the Three Lions get off to an ideal begin in Group C, and was their first in Italy since 1961.

Following their disappointing quarterfinal exit by the hands of France on the 2022 FIFA World Cup, England have been taking part in their first worldwide match. Their opponents have been Italy, a aspect that defeated them within the remaining of Euro 2020 at Wembley. The match was held in Naples because the Azzurri returned to town for the primary time in a decade.

England regarded superior from the primary whistle, with Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham and Kalvin Phillips bossing the sport in opposition to the Italian trio of Jorginho, Marco Verratti and Nicolo Barella in midfield. The Three Lions deservedly went in entrance by way of the West Ham captain after solely 13 minutes. The midfielder was readily available to complete from contained in the field after a Harry Kane try was blocked.

The Three Lions exuded management within the sport, with the Italians left chasing shadows in entrance of their very own followers. With half-time approaching, England acquired their second objective of the sport.

Harry Kane acquired up for a header on the again submit, just for Napoli right-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo to dam his try along with his hand. The VAR awarded the penalty to England, and their captain Kane stepped as much as fireplace previous Gianluigi Donnarumma to internet his 54th objective for his nation within the forty fourth minute. The Tottenham Hotspur striker has now develop into his nation’s report goalscorer, eclipsing the report of 53 objectives beforehand held by Wayne Rooney.

There was time for extra drama as Kane arrange Jack Grealish on the stroke of half-time. The Manchester Metropolis man failed to attain regardless of having a gaping internet in entrance of him, and the scores remained 2-0 on the break. The house followers booed their gamers as they headed into the interval.

Italy emerged for the second half extra energised as they regarded for tactics to punish their guests. It took solely ten minutes of the second half for the Azzurri to tug one objective again by way of Argentina-born striker Mateo Retegui. The debutant fired an effort previous Jordan Pickford after clumsy defending from Harry Maguire.

Italy improved after their objective, however have been unable to discover a well past England. The Three Lions ended the sport with ten males after Luke Shaw obtained two yellow playing cards in fast succession. The primary got here for time-wasting within the 78th minute earlier than he obtained a second two minutes later for a rash problem.

England held on for a deserved win on a record-breaking evening for Harry Kane. They inflicted a primary defeat in Euros qualifying on Italy in 41 video games and a primary residence defeat in Euros qualifying since 1999. The Three Lions will face Ukraine subsequent at Wembley on Sunday.