Italy vs Albania LIVE: Euro 2024 official line-ups, team news and more from Group B fixture

The opening montages of Euro 2024 are sure to incorporate some current historical past. The chiselled Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini standing as Italy’s hard-faced defensive wall. The towering Gianluigi Donnarummadiving to avoid wasting a penalty down low to his left. Roberto Mancini, in a crisp white shirt, draped within the Italian flag and holding the trophy on the Wembley pitch. Italy as European champions.

It might solely be three years in the past however a lot has modified since beating England on penalties. Mancini is lengthy gone and Bonucci and Chiellini have retired from celebrating blocks and last-ditch clearances. In Germany, Italy are taking part in below the shadow of historical past: of their triumph on the final Euros and their victory on the 2006 World Cup, the final main event to be held within the nation. However Italy will not be being talked about as potential winners. Reasonably, they’re hardly being talked about in any respect.

Now, a contemporary, inexperienced squad is what stays after the turmoil of Italy’s reign as European champions. Failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup spelled the tip for Mancini. His departure to Saudi Arabia two weeks after stepping down from the Azzurri introduced a messy finish to a partnership that had introduced all of a report 37-game unbeaten run, a well-known evening at Wembley and spectacular failure following the shock World Cup play-off defeat to North Macedonia.

A reminder of how one can watch right this moment’s remaining recreation as holders Italy tackle Albania.

Kick-off is at 8pm BST on the BVB Stadion Dortmund, dwelling of Borussia Dortmund. The match shall be proven on BBC One, and may be streamed through the iPlayer and BBC Sport web site (each free with a subscription). Protection begins at 7.20pm. Yow will discover a full record of which channel is displaying every match right here.

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Discover out all the pieces it’s essential know beneath.

Holders Italy are up subsequent for Spain, with that recreation kicking off at 8pm BST on Thursday, 20 June.

For Croatia, subsequent up is an important recreation towards Albania. They desperately want three factors on Wednesday, 19 June – that recreation kicks off at 2pm in Hamburg.

Captain Alvaro Morata opened the scoring for Luis de la Fuente’s facet in Berlin, following a high-quality Fabian Ruiz help, and it was Ruiz who doubled the lead with a formidable solo aim.

The standout second, nevertheless, might need come from Lamine Yamal, when the 16-year-old assisted Dani Carvajal with a superb cross for 3-0.

Croatia thought that they had pulled one again within the second half, when substitute Bruno Petkovic gained a penalty, hit the spot, and scored within the aftermath, however the aim was dominated out for encroachment.

Italy XI: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Calafiori, Bastoni, Dimarco; Jorginho, Barella; Chiesa, Frattesi, Pellegrini; Scamacca

Albania XI: Strakosha; Hysaj, Ajeti, Djimsiti, Mitaj; Asllani, Ramadani, Bajrami; Asani, Broja, Seferi

Carvajal is fouled close to his personal field and that needs to be that.

The referee blows the whistle and Spain wrap up what was, ultimately, a reasonably snug three factors.

Spain have a late nook, which is taken brief, but it surely results in the fingers of Livakovic.

Croatia counter, however Spain win it again simply and Olmo clips it excessive to Oyarzabal, who loses it by means of a foul.

Croatia work it properly on the suitable however Spain are doing all the pieces to protect this clear sheet, and so they power Perisic into heading it over the bar.

Virtually wonderful from Torres to convey it down on the suitable, however he dealt with it within the course of.

There’ll be 5 added minutes in Berlin.