With Italy suffering an embarrassing defeat to Mexico during the week all eyes were on Marcello Lippi’s to see how they would bounce back in their last friendly encounter before flying out to South Africa.
Gokhan Inler opening the scoring early on when he made the most of some standing off by the Azzurri to bury a strike inside the post. La Nazionale came fighting back however and it was Fabio Quagliarella who leveled the scoring when his header went in off the post.
