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Italy 2-1 Albania
56. Strakosha is out quickly to deny Frattesi with his feet after a clever pass through from Dimarco.
As it happens, the linesman ended up raising his flag for offside but the Albanian goalkeeper wasn’t to know that, and replays show that it was – again – very tight.
Italy 2-1 Albania
54. Bastoni is back up, the match is back underway, and Jermaine Jenas is back to being irritating on BBC co-commentary.
Italy 2-1 Albania
52. Asllani takes aim with the set-piece and sends a rocket of a shot straight into the face of Bastoni, wiping the Italian defender out.
Referee Felix Zwayer immediately pauses play so that the centre-back can receive medical attention.
Italy 2-1 Albania – Calafiori and Broja yellow cards
50. A slick move upfield from Albania has the Italians worried.
Broja and Asani exchange passes, and when the former goes for the return, he is wrestled to the ground by centre-back Calafiori.
It’s a free-kick to Albania in a dangerous position but, before it can be taken, there is a VAR check for a potential red card against Broja for throwing his arm at Calafiori as both players went to ground.
The decision comes through, and the Chelsea striker is booked.
Italy 2-1 Albania
48. Frattesi is seeing plenty of action at the start of the second period.
In possession he sets off on a crossfield run across the pitch, then finds Pellegrini with a good pass, and to cap it all off, gets in the way of Scamacca’s goalbound strike.
Kick-off – Italy 2-1 Albania
46. There are no changes to report as Italy restart this Group B encounter in Dortmund.
The good news for the Azzurri is that they have managed to make it through the first 23 seconds of THIS half without conceding.
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