West Ham United striker Gianluca Scamacca won his tenth senior cap for Italy on Thursday night in their 2-1 defeat to England in Naples.
The £30.5million Hammers striker, who has struggled for game time since returning from a knee injury last month, was a surprise inclusion in Italy’s squad to face England and Malta in their first two qualifying matches for the 2024 European Championships in Germany, having been an unused substitute in each of the Hammers’ last four Premier League matches.
Going into their clash with England at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, reports in the Italian media had suggested that Scamacca was in line to start against England. However, that was not the case, with Argentine-born Mateo Retegui instead being handed a full debut, with Scamacca left on the bench.
