Bradley Barcola found the net in the opening minute when he caught Giovanni Di Lorenzo napping and raced into the area before curling a shot past Gianluigi Donnarumma. Italy levelled after half an hour with Federico Dimarco volleying home a deft backheel pass from Sandro Tonali, and the sides went in level at the break after a pulsating opening half.
Five minutes after the interval France were rocked again when Davide Frattesi put Italy ahead, and Giacomo Raspadori gave the visitors the breathing space they needed in the 74th minute to silence the Parc des Prince crowd.
āMagnificent game. We were afraid that he [Tonali] wouldnāt make it to play 90 minutes, but in the end he gave two good bursts. We found a very strong player again,ā the Italy manager, Luciano Spalletti, said.
In Fridayās other game in Group A2, Kevin De Bruyne scored twice to lead Belgium to a 3-1 win over Israel in a match played behind closed doors in Hungary because of security concerns.
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