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International: Pellegrini dangerous but Italy suffer defeat


Roma midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini played 90 minutes as Italy suffered a 1-0 defeat against Poland in their second group match at the European Under-21 Championship.

Pellegrini, celebrating his 23rd birthday on the day, crashed a late shot off the post - as the Azzurri suffered defeat against the run of play at Bologna's Dall'Ara stadium.

Nicolo Zaniolo was a late substitute in the match, although he could not help turn things around after Krystian Bielik's first-half strike.

Luigi Di Biagio's side face Belgium in their final group game, needing to win if they are to progress to the semi-finals of the competition.

The game takes place on Saturday at 21:00.