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Italian Serie A: Moise Kean (72′) Juventus 1-0 Empoli
European Championship Qualifying: Moise Kean (74′) Italy 2-0 Finland
Moise Kean and Nicolo Barella’s first international goals helped Italy start Euro 2020 qualifying with a dominant win over Finland.
Fabio Quagliarella’s brace against Liechtenstein made him Italy’s oldest-ever goal scorer, and he added an assist for good measure in a 6-0 rout.
Fabio Quagliarella scores for Italy for the first time since 2010 and becomes the Azzurri’s oldest goal scorer ever at 36 years old.
European Championship Qualifying: Marco Verratti (32′) Italy 2-0 Liechtenstein
The father of Moise Kean has said Juventus still owe him two tractors, yet they are not even giving him free tickets to watch his son in action anymore.
Biorou Jean Kean represented his son, who scored his first goal for Italy this week, until Mino Raiola became his agent after he had joined Juventus’ youth academy, and he said all he had requested from the Bianconeri in return for his son’s signature was two tractors.
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Kean had started out in the youth system of Juve’s city rivals Torino until…
Moise Kean and Nicolo Barella’s first international goals helped Italy start Euro 2020 qualifying with a dominant win over Finland.
European Championship Qualifying: Moise Kean (74′) Italy 2-0 Finland
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Italy forward Moise Kean has said he is learning from Juventus teammate Cristiano Ronaldo after becoming the country’s youngest goal scorer for more than 50 years.
Kean, 19, scored Italy’s second goal on his first start for his country as they began their European Championship qualifying campaign with a 2-0 home win over Finland on Saturday.
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