Result : Italy 3-1 Belgium
FLORENCE, May 30 (Euro 2008) - Italy continued their preparations for Euro 2008 with a comfortable victory over Belgium on Friday.
Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale has done his chances of a departure in Austria and Switzerland nothing wrong with a first half brace to put the world champions in command.
Alessandro Del Piero, whose inclusion in the team has long been in doubt, then proved himself worthy of a place through the establishment Mauro German Camoranesi for the third goal a few minutes to be presented during the second half.
Wesley Sonck headed a consolation for Belgium with the final act of the game.
Coach Roberto Donadoni said that the warming meeting would give a golden opportunity to assess its options tactics before the tournament next month and he used his substitution to give all his forward Fabio Quagliarella except one term.
With so much competition before men given the nod to start were eager to impress early, and as such, the Italians took the initiative in the first 10 minutes.
After a corner was played short and Andrea Pirlo in the eighth minute, the AC Milan midfielder crossed to the far post where Di Natale expected to apply the finish line.
Until then the chances were from elsewhere on the ground as Gennaro Gattuso, Fabio Cannavaro and Christian Panucci has all chances to score.
But after Di Natale but continued to lead the attack for the Azzurri, as he flooded the region with a cross before another goal to go himself that the half-hour mark approached, twice Off target shooting 12 yards.
Détendue as Italy, Belgium managed their first attempt at Marouane Fellaini also fired across the same distance after 31 minutes.
The visitors upped their effort four minutes later as Steven Defour Belgium forced the first corner.
But just as they were getting into the game Belgium found themselves another goal. Alberto Aquilani Di Natale found again in the region, and he scored Italy's second with a low finish four minutes before the break.
Donadoni rang the changes at half-time with Cannavaro, Panucci and Di Natale be replaced by Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Grosso and Del Piero.
It was on the ground a little over three minutes when he found his Juventus team-mate Camoranesi in the field to score the third goal by Italian-blank range.
Just leave the game of Belgium has finally begun to threaten that Gaby Mudingayi forced Gianluigi Buffon into his first save of the night after 50 minutes.
Defour followed four minutes later, but still expects Italy unlikely to concede.
Marco Borriello, Massimo Ambrosini and Antonio Cassano all got their chance to play as it is entered stages, Borriello course the nearest three to mark when he fired wide range of nearly nine minutes.
But the last action of the day was reserved for Belgium, which after a brilliant second half forced a good save from Buffon by Sonck at the last minute, with Club Brugge forward headed a consolation effort resulting corner.

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