Overview

• Moise Kean, Mateo Retegui and Pio Esposito scored in Tallinn, with Esposito netting his first senior international goal after Retegui had a penalty saved.
• Estonia pulled one back through Sappinen following a Donnarumma error, but Italy comfortably closed out a third straight win under Gennaro Gattuso.
• Norway thrashed Israel 5-0 with a Haaland hat-trick, creating a goal-difference gap that makes Italy’s direct qualification highly improbable.
• Italy are set to enter UEFA’s March playoff path as a seeded team that will host the semi-final, with the bracket draw scheduled for November 21 in Zurich.
• Kean left with an ankle issue and will undergo tests, Bastoni is suspended for Israel, and the FIGC reports more than 8,000 tickets sold for the Udine qualifier.