UDINE, Italy — Italy came away with hope for the future after Nicolo Barella and Moise Kean scored their first international goals in a 2-0 win over Finland to open European Championship qualifying on Saturday. Italy moved atop Group J, level on three points with Greece, which won at Liechtenstein 2-0. He became the second youngest scorer for Italy after Bruno Nicole in 1958. But the youth movement was the theme from the beginning, when Kean became the youngest striker to start for Italy in more than a century, in place of injured winger Federico Chiesa. On Tuesday, Italy hosts Liechtenstein in Parma, Greece plays at Bosnia and Finland visits Armenia.

Source: National Post March 23, 2019 22:07 UTC