Italy began their Euro 2020 preparations in simple style on Friday as a second-string team hammered minnows San Marino 7-0 in a game controlled by Maltese referee Trustin Farrugia Cann.

Roberto Mancini’s revived side are one of the dark horses for this summer’s delayed European Championship and had a predictably easy time against their lowly neighbours.

An experimental line-up went for the jugular in an attempt to make the final 26-man squad for the Euro which Mancini needs to select by June 1.

 

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