England's bid to gain a degree of revenge for their Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy fell flat as the Three Lions had been held to a disappointing 0-0 draw by means of an experimental Azzurri outfit at Molineux on Saturday.
Exactly eleven months on from Italy beating England on consequences at Wembley, Gareth Southgate's guys did not kick-begin their Nations League campaign towards a side who've now not qualified for Qatar 2022 and were battered by using Argentina within the Finalissima.
England had chances but had been arguably 2d-satisfactory inside the first half of, as they had been cheered on via a massively decreased crowd made up mostly by way of children as a consequence of the group problem at final July's very last.
The hosts had the higher of the second duration however nevertheless slumped to a few successive games without a win for most effective the second one time underneath Southgate.
A gripping begin noticed Davide Frattesi and Tammy Abraham miss presentable close-range chances, before Gianluigi Donnarumma tipped a Mason Mount attempt onto the crossbar all within the first 10 minutes.
The flurry became followed by using something of a lull, but Italy threatened once more simply before the half-hour mark as Aaron Ramsdale produced a exceptional forestall to thwart Sandro Tonali from point-blank range.
Italy finished the half of dangerously, too. Gianluca Scamacca smashed over from 8 yards and Matteo Pessina noticed his drive became over.
England should have made it 1-zero early inside the second half of, however Raheem Sterling failed to convert from Reece James' shipping across purpose.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo then made a large number of Lorenzo Pellegrini's lofted pass into the field, neither squaring to the unmarked Scamacca nor getting a shot away, and the sport ultimately petered out to a goalless draw.
