Tonali: ‘Italy must believe in ourselves more’

Sandro Tonali felt ‘comfortable’ as Italy beat Estonia 3-1 in their World Cup qualifier, warning they ‘must believe more in ourselves and find that confidence.’

The Nazionale had beaten Estonia 5-0 on Gennaro Gattuso’s debut in Bergamo, and emerged with a 3-1 victory from Tallinn this evening.

Moise Kean scored before spraining his ankle, then Mateo Retegui found the net after having missed a penalty.

Francesco Pio Esposito came off the bench to score his first senior Italy goal, though Gianluigi Donnarumma’s howler gifted Estonia a consolation.

“This is good for our confidence, which we are slowly getting back, and the way we controlled the ball was one of the few times we’ve really been comfortable, even in the last 10 minutes when they all poured forward,” Tonali told Sky Sport Italia.

“We respected Estonia, but also played our game and showed how much we wanted to bring the points home.”

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