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After a 3-1 game and 4 consecutive victories, Italy is second in the group, 6 points behind, and it is extremely difficult to advance.

8:07am, 12 October 2025【Football】

A group match in the first stage of the European World Cup qualifiers begins, with Italy visiting Estonia as a guest. Italy achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss in the first 4 group matches. After a disastrous defeat to Norway, Italy won three consecutive games. Among them, the game against Israel was very close, and in the end Italy won a thrilling victory. This time Italy faced Estonia, a team ranked 129th in the world. The result was without any surprises, Italy won the game!

In this game, Italy has a 3421 formation. Retegui was at the front. Raspadori and Moise Kean are behind him. Dimarco, Tonali, Barrera and Orsolini teamed up to attack. The back three of Calafiore, Bastoni and Di Lorenzo started. Donnarumma serves as the starting goalkeeper. Italy's starting lineup is worth a total of 487 million euros, while Estonia's starting lineup is worth only 9.45 million euros.

Not long after the game started, Italy got a chance. Raspadori's shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area was too positive. The goalkeeper confiscated the ball. In the 4th minute, Italy scored! Keane dribbled the ball into the penalty area, deceived the defender with a fake move, pushed the ball into the far corner, and the ball went in! Italy got off to a fantastic start. However, Keane was injured and went off the field later, which was a bit unlucky. In the 23rd minute, Raspadori's header was blocked.

In the 30th minute, Italy got a penalty kick. However, Retegui missed the free throw and missed the opportunity to expand the score. However, 8 minutes later, Italy scored again. Retegui made up for it and scored with a push shot from the penalty area. In the 41st minute, Palumetz fouled and was shown a yellow card. At halftime, Italy led Estonia 2-0. Italy's ball possession rate in the first half was as high as 76%, with 15 shots, 5 on target, and 2 goals scored. Estonia didn't even have a single shot in the first half and played very poorly.

Change sides and fight again in the second half. In the 55th minute, Retegui took a long shot from the outside and hit the ball high. Subsequently, Raspadori's shot was miraculously saved by the goalkeeper. In the 74th minute, Italy scored again. Spinazzola sent a cross from the left, Pio outflanked the ball in the middle and shot, and the ball hit the net!

After 2 minutes, Italy lost the ball. Donnarumma made an extremely low-level mistake and missed the ball. Sapinen scored the ball in front of the goal and got a goal back. At the last moment, Dimarco's free kick shot was saved. In the end, Italy defeated Estonia 3-1 and won 4 consecutive games. Italy has 4 wins and 1 loss in 5 games and scored 12 points, ranking second in the group. With one round less, it is 6 points less than Norway. It is extremely difficult to advance directly.

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