Antonio Conte off to flyer with Italy

Goals from Immobile and De Rossi enough to see off the Netherlands in Bari

Italy’s head coach Antonio Conte celebrates  victory with his players after the win over the Netherlands at San Nicola Stadium in Bari. Photograph: Ciro De Luca / EPA
Italy’s head coach Antonio Conte celebrates victory with his players after the win over the Netherlands at San Nicola Stadium in Bari. Photograph: Ciro De Luca / EPA

Italy 2 Netherlands 0

Italy gave new coach Antonio Conte a flying start when they scored twice in the first 10 minutes to beat Netherlands 2-0 in a friendly in Bari on Thursday.

Ciro Immobile put the home side ahead after three minutes before Daniele De Rossi added a second goal by converting a penalty after debutant forward Simone Zaza was fouled by Bruno Martins Indi.

Indi was handed a straight red card in somewhat harsh fashion, effectively ending the match as a contest and giving Netherlands coach Guus Hiddink a miserable start to his second stint in the job.

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Italy had dropped maverick striker Mario Balotelli while Arjen Robben was one of several Dutch players ruled out through injury.