From 0-3 to 2-0! The 9th in the world came out of the shadow of a crushing defeat, defeated the weak team, and Raspadori made a contribution

The first stage of the World Cup European Qualifiers began, and Italy, ranked 9th in the world, faced Moldova at home. Italy lost to Norway three days ago, and the score of 0-3 was too shameful. The crushing defeat directly led to the dismissal of head coach Spalletti. He will officially leave after this match against Moldova. Italy has played against Moldova five times before, and Italy won all of those 5 games. This time there was no exception, with Italy defeating Moldova and winning 3 points.

Italy lined up 3511 formation in this game. Retjee is at the front. Raspadori is behind him. Cambiaso, Vlatesi, Ricci, Tonali and Dimarco attacked together. Di Lorenzo, Bastoni and Luca Ranieri form three defenders. Donnarumma serves as the starting goalkeeper. Italy's starting lineup has a total value of 434 million euros, while Moldova's starting lineup has a total value of only 9.48 million euros.

Shortly after the game started, Nikulescu scored a header. However, because offside is the first, the goal is invalid. Italy escaped. Three minutes later, Flatesi's volley in the penalty area was blocked. In the 16th minute, Luca Ranieri headed the ball and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out. In the 27th minute, Nikulescu broke into the right side of the penalty area, pulled his feet and shot angrily, but kicked it away. In the 31st minute, Retge's low shot in the penalty area was a bit positive, and his strength was insufficient, so the goalkeeper fell to the ground to save the ball. Five minutes later, Dimarco shot low from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area and missed slightly. In the 40th minute, the goal finally appeared. Laspadori's low shot near the penalty area line directly penetrated into the near corner of the goal. The goalkeeper had no response and could only watch the ball enter the net. At the end of the half, Italy led Moldova 1-0.

The second half changed sides and then played again. Italy took the lead in making substitutions. Orsolini and Barrera came on the bench, and Dimarco and Ric came on the bench. In the 50th minute, Italy scored another goal. Cambiaso's low shot in the penalty area penetrated the opponent's goal. Moldova is in a desperate situation. In the 73rd minute, Vlatesi missed a one-on-one opportunity. His shot was too straight and the goalkeeper blocked the ball. In the end, Italy defeated Moldova 2-0 and came out of the shadow of a 0-3 defeat to Norway.