<p>Caretaker boss Silvio Baldini raised eyebrows when he called up Italy’s youngest – and certainly most inexperienced – squad in over a century, and the side with just three prior call-ups performed just about as expected in a narrow win over Luxembourg.</p><p>And after a promising start, particularly from the likes of debutant Jeff Ekhator, it was one of those former full internationals who drew first blood.</p><p><strong>Naturally, it was Genoa youngster Ekhator who provided the assist, finding Francesco Pio Esposito, who poked into the bottom corner from the edge of the area via a deflection for his fifth international goal in just his ninth cap.</strong></p><p>Any improvement from Greece – who will also be watching this summer’s tournament from home – was muted, and Italy continued to press with Esposito testing Odysseas Vlachodimos.</p><p>The second half wasn’t much better, with Luca Koleosho coming in at the far post to touch Seydou Fini’s cross onto the bar.</p><p>The game reached something of a stalemate after that, and when the hosts did have an opening, Tasos Douvikas was hauled down by Luca Reggiani when about to race through, resulting in a red card for the 18-year-old defender just 13 minutes into his international debut.</p><p>It was easy to see why Greece had found the net in just one of their last four matches, as they continued to find things difficult despite the personnel advantage.</p><p>The efforts of Christos Tzolis and Christos Zafeiris to make a difference were in vain, especially that of the latter, who rocketed against the upright with just over five minutes remaining.</p><p>The Galanolefki were ultimately only able to trouble Gianluigi Donnarumma in the final moments – to no avail – and the Heraklion crowd was left wondering what was next for the Euro 2004 champions.</p><p>This was always set to be a gloomy international break for Italy, who were still haunted by March’s defeat to Bosnia & Herzegovina, but they can at least have faith that the next generation is in good shape.</p><p>No win in five paints a bleaker picture for Greece, who will be 14 years on from their last major tournament appearance by the time Euro 2028 comes around.</p><p><strong>Flashscore Man of the Match: Pietro Comuzzo (Italy)</strong></p><p><strong>Click here for more on the match</strong></p>