Pio Esposito scored the penalty his brother missed and ended Italy's 64-year France wait

Sebastiano Esposito put Italy's first penalty wide on the hour at San Siro. Fifteen minutes later his younger brother, Francesco Pio, took the second one and drilled it into the bottom-left corner. That made it 3-1 over France on Thursday night and gave Italy their first home win over France since 1962. It was also Zinedine Zidane's first defeat as France coach.

France, without Kylian Mbappé, went ahead in the 10th minute when Gianluigi Donnarumma sliced a short goal-kick pass straight to Michael Olise. Olise skipped between two defenders and scored at the near post, his fifth goal in five Nations League games. Opta counted it as Donnarumma's 38th career error leading to a goal, seven of them for Italy.

Pio Esposito equalized in the 26th minute with Italy's first real chance, sticking out a leg after Nicolò Cambiaghi beat Malo Gusto to the byline and cut it back. Gusto then brought Cambiaghi down in the box early in the second half, and Sebastiano stepped up and missed. Three minutes later, Davide Frattesi finished a Federico Dimarco cross moments after Dimarco came off the bench. When Dayot Upamecano fouled Antonio Vergara in the 74th minute, it was the Inter striker, not his brother, who took the ball. Mike Maignan guessed right and still couldn't reach it.

Pio Esposito is the first Italy player since Christian Vieri, who did it in 1997 and 1998, to score at least eight goals in his first 14 international appearances, according to Opta data cited by beIN SPORTS. He also had a game-high five shots. San Siro is his home ground at Inter, and he now has nine goals there.

The scoreline flattered Italy a little. France had 65% of the ball, 18 shots to Italy's 11 and 1.54 expected goals to Italy's 2.21, per the match stats. Bradley Barcola hit the foot of the post in the first half, and Donnarumma tipped a Rayan Cherki strike onto the woodwork after the break. Both teams put five shots on target. Italy were simply more clinical with theirs.

Italy now lead Group A1 on 10 points, level with France but ahead on head-to-head, with Belgium a point behind on nine after winning 2-1 in Turkey. Roberto Mancini's side, unbeaten in four games of his second spell, host Belgium on Sunday, while France finish against a Turkey team that has lost all five. France will be aiming to clinch their quarterfinal place there, and Italy's own place is in their hands. One point separates the top three, and after Thursday, the penalty-taking question has a clear answer.