Palestra will remember Italy debut ‘for the rest of my life’

Marco Palestra made his senior Italy debut in a 2-0 World Cup play-off win over Northern Ireland. ‘I’ll remember this for the rest of my life.’

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The Azzurri took a while to break through the Northern Ireland defence in Bergamo, eventually getting there with Sandro Tonali’s strike from the edge of the area.

Tonali then set up Moise Kean to seal the 2-0 result, sending them through to the play-off final.