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Italy come from behind to beat Zidane's France
Pio Esposito celebrates his penalty
Image caption, Pio Esposito has scored four goals in this Nations League campaign

France suffered their first defeat under Zinedine Zidane as they were beaten 3-1 by Italy at the San Siro in the Nations League.

Les Bleus took the lead when Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma passed the ball straight to Michael Olise, who beat a couple of defenders before firing in.

But Roberto Mancini's hosts were level with Pio Esposito's clever near-post finish from Nicolo Cambiaghi's ball.

Sebastiano Esposito missed a penalty for Italy before Davide Frattesi lashed in a second after being picked out by Federico Dimarco.

The Azzurri won another penalty, which Pio Esposito took and scored for his second goal.

The 21-year-old Inter Milan striker has scored nine goals in his first 14 caps.

The game marked the first time Italy had beaten France in a home game since 1962.

Former France captain and ex-Real Madrid boss Zidane replaced Didier Deschamps after the World Cup and had led them to three wins and a draw.

Italy are now top of Group A1, above France because of a better head-to-head record.

The pair are on 10 points, one above Belgium - who came from behind to beat Turkey 2-1 earlier.

The top two will go into the quarter-finals. Sunday's final group games see Belgium host Italy and France at home to Turkey.

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