In the early hours of Saturday (18th) morning, in Group C of the Europa League qualifying round, last year's champions, Italy, with Federico Giovanni Aizza's second goal after a five-month absence from the national team, won 5-2 at home against Macedonia, which is already out of the tournament, and recovered to be equal to the points of Ukraine.
Italy knew that three points would be crucial in this match, and started the match with an attack, with Damian scoring in the 17th minute, and then the attack continued in waves. In the 39th minute, North Macedonian stalwart Schlafimov was penalized for a 12-yard penalty for a handball in the penalty box, and Zorzanu's shot was softly and weakly parried away by Dimitrijczewski.
幸好转个头，意大利就由费达历高基艾沙射入拉开纪录，呢位「星二代」上半场补时再入1球，意大利领先至3比0。基艾沙因伤错过之前4场欧国外，期间意大利只有2胜1和1负，佢今场复出果然大大提升球队攻力。
