Antonio Conte made a winning start to his Italy reign

Antonio Conte made a winning start to his Italy reign as the Netherlands were beaten in their first match since Guus Hiddink was appointed a second time.
Borussia Dortmund's Ciro Immobile fired the hosts ahead after rounding keeper Jasper Cillessen in the third minute.
Hiddink's side were 2-0 behind after 10 minutes, Daniele De Rossi scoring a penalty after Bruno Martins Indi was sent off for a foul on Simone Zaza.
For the disjointed Dutch, Wesley Sneijder saw a rare shot parried away.
Italy, who failed to advance past the group stage at the 2014 World Cup, looked rejuvenated as they secured a first win on home soil for a year.
Hiddink, who replaced recently appointed Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal after the World Cup, must now lift his side - which included included United duo Daley Blind and Robin van Persie - before they start their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign away to the Czech Republic on 9 September.
Italy begin their qualifying campaign away to Norway on Tuesday.
Italy head coach Antonio Conte
Antonio Conte steered Juventus to three successive Serie A titles while in charge of Juventus
Italy v Netherlands
This was Italy's first win on home soil since they beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in September 2013 in Torino
Italy v Netherlands
The Netherlands had just one shot - off target from outside the box - in the first half against Italy

Lineup, Bookings (2) & Substitutions (11)

Italy

  • 12 Sirigu
  • 13 Ranocchia
  • 05 Astori
  • 19 Bonucci
  • 23 Giaccherini
  • 14 Darmian (Candreva - 73' )
  • 08 Marchisio (Verratti - 63' Booked )
  • 16 De Rossi (Parolo - 67' )
  • 20 De Sciglio (Pasqual - 67' )
  • 07 Zaza (Destro - 73' )
  • 09 Immobile (Giovinco - 77' )

Substitutes

  • 01 Buffon
  • 02 Maggio
  • 03 Chiellini
  • 04 Ogbonna
  • 06 Candreva
  • 10 Giovinco
  • 11 El Shaarawy
  • 15 Pasqual
  • 18 Parolo
  • 21 Verratti
  • 22 Destro
  • 24 Florenzi
  • 25 Padelli
  • 26 Perin
  • 27 Quagliarella
  • 28 Poli

Netherlands

  • 01 Cillessen
  • 05 Blind
  • 04 Martins Indi Dismissed
  • 03 de Vrij
  • 02 Janmaat (Van der Wiel - 72' )
  • 06 de Jong (Pieters - 63' )
  • 10 Sneijder
  • 08 Wijnaldum (Fer - 85' )
  • 11 Lens (Veltman - 12' )
  • 07 Kuyt
  • 09 van Persie (Narsingh - 80' )

Substitutes

  • 12 Van der Wiel
  • 13 van Dijk
  • 14 Veltman
  • 15 Pieters
  • 16 Verhaegh
  • 17 Narsingh
  • 18 Afellay
  • 19 Fer
  • 20 Klaassen
  • 21 Depay
  • 22 Krul
  • 23 Zoet
Ref: Sergey Karasev

Match Stats

Possession51%49%90minsItalyNetherlands

Shots

9 4

On target

6 1

Corners

4 1

Fouls

14 8

Live Text Commentary

Full time
Full Time Match ends, Italy 2, Netherlands 0.
90:00 +2:09 Full time
Full Time Second Half ends, Italy 2, Netherlands 0.
90:00 +1:49 Attempt blocked. Daley Blind (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leroy Fer.
88:14 Offside, Netherlands. Jasper Cillessen tries a through ball, but Dirk Kuyt is caught offside.
86:16 Corner, Italy. Conceded by Wesley Sneijder.
84:55 Substitution
Substitution Substitution, Netherlands. Leroy Fer replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
79:51 Substitution
Substitution Substitution, Netherlands. Luciano Narsingh replaces Robin van Persie.
79:21 Attempt missed. Mattia Destro (Italy) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Manuel Pasqual with a cross.
78:14 Foul by Leonardo Bonucci (Italy).
78:14 Robin van Persie (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76:26 Davide Astori (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76:26 Foul by Robin van Persie (Netherlands).
76:05 Substitution
Substitution Substitution, Italy. Sebastian Giovinco replaces Ciro Immobile.
73:23 Booking
Booking Marco Verratti (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73:21 Foul by Marco Verratti (Italy).
73:21 Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72:51 Marco Verratti (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72:51 Foul by Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).
72:28 Substitution
Substitution Substitution, Italy. Mattia Destro replaces Simone Zaza.
72:02 Substitution
Substitution Substitution, Italy. Antonio Candreva replaces Matteo Darmian.

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