Italy beat Bosnia in final Euros warm-up
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Empoli: Italy beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 on Sunday to win their final warm up match before defending the European Championship title in Germany....
Empoli: Italy beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 on Sunday to win their final warm-up match before defending the European Championship title in Germany.
Davide Frattesi's classy volley seven minutes before half-time was enough for Italy to claim victory in soaking conditions in Empoli.
Inter Milan midfielder Frattesi could have scored at least once before netting from Federico Chiesa's clipped cross as Luciano Spalletti's experimental line-up showed encouraging flashes of attacking flair and quickfire passing.
The Azzurri performed much better than in Tuesday's drab goalless draw with Turkey, with Gianluca Scamacca also being twice denied by Bosnia goalkeeper Kenan Piric.
"I could have scored more so there's still much to improve on," he said to broadcaster RAI. "We had good chances but we have to take advantage as in the Euros groups we're going to have fewer of them."