Italy and England are the two biggest selections in the group and the dispute for the first positions should only be between them. England enters with a slight favoritism in this game, which in my opinion is totally precipitated.

Champion of the last Eurocup, Italy begins its journey to fight for the defense of the title. This is a very strong team in their domain and even when they are not going through a good phase, they still tend to bring difficulties to their opponents.

The last time these two nations faced each other in an international game was in the UEFA Nations League, in September 2022, where they played a low-quality match at the San Siro, ending with a 1-0 victory for the Italian team.

Italy lost striker Federico Chiesa, left-back Federico Dimarco, and goalkeeper Ivan Provedel to injury, the latter two replaced by Emerson Palmieri and Marco Carnesecchi. Striker Ciro Immobile and Giacomo Raspadori due to injury are also absent through injury.

Carnesecchi is one of four uncapped players named in Mancini's squad for the March fixtures, with Wladimiro Falcone, Alessandro Buongiorno, and striker Mateo Retegui also looking to make their first appearances for Italy.

Southgate will have to do something he's never done before, beat Italy. The England manager has faced the Italians four times before, drawing three and losing once, with one of those draws ending in defeat on penalties in the Euro 2020 final.

England will also be without striker Marcus Rashford, as well as Mason Mount and Nick Pope due to injury.

The lack of pace could be the big key point here in this game since England last played only in the World Cup while Italy also arrives with some absences that could harm their game. However, even in the face of this scenario, I see that the hosts are in a position to play a quality game and hold at least a draw in this important match for the Eurocopa classification.

My probable score here is 1-0 1-1

Marco Antonio,

GL!

意大利和英格兰是小组中最热门的两个球队，第一位置的争论只能在他们之间进行。英格兰队在这场比赛中略有偏袒，我认为这完全是沉淀下来的。

上届欧洲杯冠军，意大利开始了卫冕之旅。这是一支在他们的领域内非常强大的球队，即使他们没有经历好的阶段，他们仍然会给对手带来困难。

这两个国家上一次在国际比赛中交锋是在 2022 年 9 月的欧洲国家联赛中，他们在圣西罗球场进行了一场低质量的比赛，最终意大利队以 1-0 获胜。

意大利队前锋费德里科基耶萨、左后卫费德里科迪马尔科和门将伊万普罗维德尔因伤缺阵，后两人由埃默森帕尔米耶里和马尔科卡内塞基代替。前锋西罗因莫比莱和贾科莫拉帕多里也因伤缺席。

Carnesecchi 是四个之一未出场的球员入选了曼奇尼 3 月比赛的大名单，弗拉迪米罗·法尔科内、亚历山德罗·布翁焦尔诺和前锋马特奥·雷特吉也希望首次代表意大利出场。

Southgate 将不得不做一些他以前从未做过的事情，击败意大利。这位英格兰主帅此前四次面对意大利队，三平一负，其中一场平局在 2020 年欧洲杯决赛中以点球大战失利告终。

英格兰队也将缺席前锋马库斯·拉什福德，以及梅森·芒特和尼克·波普因伤缺阵。

缺乏节奏可能是这场比赛的一大关键点，因为英格兰上一次只参加了世界杯，而意大利也有一些缺席可能会损害他们的比赛。然而，即使面对这种情况，我也看到主队有能力打一场高质量的比赛，至少在这场争夺欧冠资格的重要比赛中保持平局。

比分参考 1-0 1-1

祝好运