🔴 Luxembourg-Italy 0-0 | Pio backheel 🤯 record XI 👑 no VAR or GLT ⛔

🔴 Luxembourg-Italy 0-0 | Pio backheel 🤯 record XI 👑 no VAR or GLT ⛔ A new chapter begins for Italy. Sixty-four days after the painful elimination against Bosnia in the World Cup playoffs, the Azzurri are back on the pitch for a friendly against Luxembourg. It will be Silvio Baldini’s first match as interim head coach. For the occasion, the manager is relying almost entirely on the Under-21 group, with Donnarumma and Pio Esposito as the main exceptions. Among the call-ups, several young talents stand out, such as Ahanor, Bartesaghi, Comuzzo, Ndour, Pisilli, Francesco Camarda, Inacio and Koleosho, symbols of the desire to start again with a new generation after the failure that led Italy to miss the World Cup for the third consecutive edition. Tonight’s match is the first of two friendlies: after Luxembourg, the Azzurri will face Greece on Sunday, again away from home. A double test to begin rebuilding confidence and prospects for the future of the national team. 🔴 Article constantly updated; for live text commentary, click on the match card above. 🤯 Backheel + overhead kick from Pio Esposito: Italy VERY close to scoring Italy came close to scoring in the 25th minute with a brilliant piece of play from Pio Esposito. Positioned inside the penalty area, the Italy and Inter forward received a cross and tried to fool the defense and the opposing goalkeeper with an effort that missed the target by a whisker. Shortly afterwards, the Azzurri’s number 9 tried again with an overhead kick from inside the box: the shot went just wide. ⛔ No VAR or GLT The clash between Luxembourg and Italy will be played without technology: no VAR and no Goal-Line Technology in this friendly. In addition, the two teams will have 11 substitutions available. 🤩 Italy’s youth movement: record-setting starting XI Italy are fielding a starting lineup with an average age of 21 years and 354 days. As reported by Opta, it is the youngest for the Azzurri in a match since 22/12/1912 (21 years and 308 days against Austria in a friendly, with Umberto Meazza as coach).  ✅ The OFFICIAL lineups LUXEMBOURG (4-5-1): Moris; Jans, Korac, Carlson, Pinto; Thill, Martins, Olesen, Moreira, Bonhert; Sinani. Coach: Strasser. ITALY (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Favasuli, Chiarodia, Comuzzo, Bartesaghi; Ndour, Lipani, Pisilli; Cherubini, Pio Esposito, Koleosho. Coach: Baldini This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.