Italy 1 England 2

England secured a rare football win over Italy tonight with an 80th minute goal by  Jermain Defoe.

Fifty-two days since that shattering quarter-final shoot-out defeat in Kiev, the atmosphere could not have been more different.

A 30,000-capacity stadium in Switzerland that was barely half full for a game few had any appetite for.

Both had largely experimental sides, but it was Italy's Euro 2012 stalwart De Rossi, who did the damage for Englang, rising to meet Alessandro Diamanti's corner and power it in.

KEY MOMENTS

Nine minutes: Andy Carroll heads over from a Frank Lampard corner as England have their first chance.

14 minutes: England debutant Jack Butland does well to turn aside a deflected free-kick from Alessandro Diamanti.

15 minutes: GOAL. England are caught napping as Italy skipper Daniele de Rossi heads in a Diamanti corner.

21 minutes: Adam Johnson has England's first on-target effort but it fails to seriously test Italian goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu.

23 minutes: England are relieved when Mattia Destro breaks clear but shoots over the bar.

27 minutes: GOAL. Phil Jagielka equalises with his first England goal as he heads in a Lampard corner.

31 minutes: Sirigu has to react quickly to palm away a pile-driver from Lampard.

39 minutes: A Lampard free-kick is only inches too high.

46 minutes: Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy is handed his England debut in place of Butland. Jermain Defoe replaces Carroll.

50 minutes: Ruddy gets his body behind a dipping attempt from Antonio Nocerino to make his first save.

54 minutes: Ruddy excels in keeping out a shot on the turn from close range from Destro.

57 minutes: Italian substitute Federico Peluso shoots into the sidenetting after running on to Nocerino's fine pass.

62 minutes: Jagielka and Ashley Young are replaced by Joleon Lescott and James Milner.

66 minutes: Gary Cahill finds the net but the referee spots an infringement by Lescott.

68 minutes: Jake Livermore is handed his debut in place of Lampard. Michael Carrick takes over as captain.

73 minutes: Lescott's close-range effort hits a post.

78 minutes Ruddy again excels in pushing substitute Marco Verratti's fierce shot over the bar.

79 minutes Chelsea defender Ryan Bertrand is given his debut in place of Leighton Baines.

80 minutes: GOAL. Defoe puts England in front with a 20-yard drive. It proves to be the winner.