International Recap | David on target, France and Italy win | OneFootball

Friday, 5 September, was a successful day for many of our Bianconeri away on duty for their respective national teams. Italy, France and Canada all claiming wins.

In non-competitive action, Jonathan David was on target for Canada as they beat Romania.

There were plenty of competitive games as well, so let’s take a look at how it all went.

ITALY START WITH A WIN UNDER GATTUSO

Gennaro Gattuso’s time in charge of Italy began with a big win, as the Azzurri defeated Estonia 5-0 in Bergamo. Although they had started slow, a stellar second half saw Italy score five times through Moise Kean, Mateo Retegui (two), Giacomo Raspadori and Alessandro Bastoni.

Andrea Cambiaso and Manuel Locatelli came on in the second half, and Cambiaso provided the assist for the fourth goal of the evening.

Federico Gatti was an unused substitute.

FRANCE WIN WITH A CLEAN SHEET

Didier Deschamps’ France were also celebrating, scoring a goal in each half to beat Ukraine 2-0 with goals from Michael Olise and Kylian Mbappe.

Khephren Thuram was on the bench and did not get on.

MONTENEGRO FALL AT HOME

Vasilije Adzic, like Thuram and Gatti, was named on the bench for Montenegro. He came on for the final 20 minutes, but couldn’t prevent his side from losing 2-0 to Czechia.

SWEDEN U21s CELEBRATING

Earlier in the day, Jonas Rouhi and Sweden’s U21s beat Armenia 3-0 in qualification for the 2027 U21s European Championship.

SATURDAY ACTION (ALL TIMES CEST)

15:00 | Latvia-Serbia - World Cup 2026 qualification

18:00 | Armenia-Portugal - World Cup 2026 qualification