Apart from that shock opening goal, Italy outclassed Albania and were simply technically superior in all positions. There is no shame in losing 2-1 to the reigning European champions though.

What a half! Albania shocked Italy and the probably the whole world by scoring just 23 seconds into this match, but Italy have taken over the match since then, scoring twice to jump in front.

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