Viewing figures for the national team continue to rise. After 6,337,000 viewers, representing a 34.2% audience share, watched the Azzurri open their fifth UEFA Nations League campaign on Friday, the second group match against Türkiye drew in 7,380,000 viewers and a 36.42% share. Broadcast on Rai 1, Italy’s 4-1 victory was once again the most-watched programme on prime time TV

Rai 1 will also show Italy’s next two matches during the current international window. Donnarumma and his teammates travel to Paris to face Zinedine Zidane’s France on Friday 2 October, before returning to Bologna for another meeting with Vincenzo Montella’s Türkiye on Monday 5 October. Both games kick off at 20:45.