Nations League Highlights: Italy 3-1 France

MILAN - NOVEMBER 12: Pio Esposito of Italy scores his team’s third goal from the penalty spot during the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group phase match between Italy and France at San Siro Stadium on November 12, 2026 in Milan. (Photo by Mattia Ozbot/Getty Images)

You can watch the highlights from Italy’s historic 3-1 Nations League victory over France at San Siro, with Francesco Pio Esposito’s brace and Davide Frattesi overturning the Michael Olise opener.

The Azzurri had to fight back from a rough start, as Gianluigi Donnarumma’s howler gifted Olise the lead within 10 minutes.

However, Pio Esposito met the Nicolò Cambiaghi pull-back from the by-line to restore parity.

Their heads could’ve dropped when Sebastiano Esposito blazed a penalty wide, but instead Frattesi turned it around, before Pio Esposito succeeded where his big brother could not by converting from the spot.

This result put the Nazionale top of the Nations League group with a superior head-to-head record and goal difference with France, both on 10 points.

It is also the first time the Azzurri managed to beat France on Italian soil since May 1962, and is the first defeat suffered by Zinedine Zidane since taking over the Bleus bench.