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# Italy Under-21s 1 England Under-21s 0: match report
## Read a full match report of the friendly clash between Italy Under-21s and
England Under-21s in Empoli on Tuesday February 8 2011.
![Italy Under-21s 1 England Under-21s 0: match report][1]
On target: Federico Macheda scores the only goal of the game for Italy Photo:
GETTY IMAGES
By Telegraph staff and agencies 6:10PM GMT 08 Feb 2011
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Manchester United striker Federico Macheda scored a late penalty as England
Under-21s were defeated in their friendly clash with Italy in Empoli.
Shortly after substitute Scott Sinclair had squandered a great chance for the
visitors, Ben Mee brought down Niccolo Giannetti to concede a spot-kick with
two minutes remaining.
Macheda, who is currently on loan at Sampdoria, made no mistake to deal
England a blow in their preparations for this summer's European Under-21
Championship in Denmark.
Manager Stuart Pearce, who saw his squad severely weakened by withdrawals,
handed a debut to Middlesbrough defender Joe Bennett while 17-year-old Chelsea
midfielder Josh McEachran made his first start.
Everton striker James Vaughan, meanwhile, made his first appearance for nearly
18 months after impressing on loan for Crystal Palace.
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Italy, who failed to qualify for the European Championships, fielded a team
made up largely of teenagers.
A quiet start to the match took a worrying turn for England and particularly
Everton after little over 10 minutes when Jack Rodwell appeared to suffer a
groin problem and was replaced by Jack Cork.
The only clear-cut chance of the first half fell to Ciro Ferrara's Italy as
Gianvito Misuraca found space behind the England defence but Frank Fielding
got down well to push his shot around the post.
The visitors managed only brief glimpses of goal, with Vaughan, Marc
Albrighton and Henri Lansbury all shooting off target.
The start of the second half saw both Albrighton and Vaughan misplace passes
with England in promising positions while Macheda shot into the side-netting.
With an hour gone, Pearce, who celebrated his fourth anniversary as manager on
Sunday, made a triple substitution, giving debuts to Jonny Howson, Jay
Rodriguez and Alex Chamberlain in place of Vaughan, Lansbury and Nathan
Delfouneso.
Highly-rated Southampton youngster Chamberlain made an immediate impact with a
run and fizzing cross along the six-yard line but none of his team-mates could
get on the end of it.
Sinclair came on for Albrighton with quarter of an hour remaining, and the
Swansea winger should have put England ahead with nine minutes left.
An excellent through-ball from McEachran found the former Chelsea youngster in
acres of space but he shot straight at goalkeeper Carlo Pinsoglio, who then
produced another good save from the same player at his near post.
Having stepped up the pace, though, England conceded the only goal of the game
in the 88th minute.
Substitute Giannetti ran in behind Manchester City defender Mee, who clearly
brought down the striker and was promptly shown a red card, with Macheda
easily beating Fielding from the penalty spot.
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