Italy beat France 3-1 in Nations League at San Siro, going top of Group A1

Italy beat France 3-1 on Thursday at the San Siro in Milan, moving top of UEFA Nations League Group A1 on 10 points, level with France but ahead on head-to-head record. Michael Olise gave France a 10th-minute lead after a Gianluigi Donnarumma error. Italy responded through Pio Esposito and Davide Frattesi either side of half-time, and Esposito added a penalty after his brother Sebastiano had earlier missed one. France hit the woodwork twice and were without Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé through injury. The defeat was the first for Zinedine Zidane as France head coach. Belgium are third on nine points after beating Turkey, which suffered a fifth straight loss.

The left-leaning Guardian leads with Italy's comeback, headlined 'Italy roar back to beat France despite Donnarumma's early howler,' and features Olise's fifth goal in five Nations League games, a record only bettered by Harry Kane's seven. It gives the most detail on the chances and Zidane's first defeat. The right-leaning Fox News piece is a commentary of three takeaways, headlined 'Italy Stuns France,' that frames the win around passion and grit over substance. It credits Roberto Mancini's substitution of Federico Dimarco, whose assist set up Frattesi, and stresses Italy's absence from a third straight World Cup, a point the Guardian omits. Both name the score, the Donnarumma error and the Esposito goals, but only the Guardian names Olise or his record, and Fox's excerpt does not mention him. Alternative source Yahoo Sports had not covered this match; its piece covers England's 2-1 win over Croatia at Wembley, so the story is reported only by left and right outlets here.