3: 1! Donnarumma made a low-level mistake, Italy won 4 consecutive victories + double-killed the weaklings, but Haaland had no choice but to take the hat.

While France, Spain, and Portugal were many World Cup hopefuls, winning the World Cup preliminaries frequently and seizing the initiative to qualify, Italy, which had missed the World Cup for two consecutive years, once again encountered tenacious resistance. Due to the 3-goal defeat of Norway in the first round away game, the Azzurri have been ranked behind Norway in the competition for the first place in the group; in the early morning of October 12, Italy ushered in a showdown with Estonia in the world preliminaries. Keane, Retegui and Esposito all scored. In the case of Donnarumma's mistake, the Azzurri completed a 3:1 away double play.

The two teams had already met once in the first round last month, when the Azzurri won a 5-goal victory. Coming to the away game this time, Gattuso sent out a 3-4-2-1: the three power forwards of Retegui, Keane and Raspadori started together; Dimarco and Orsolini were separated on the wings; Varela and Tonali were double midfielders; Bastoni, Calafiore and Di Lorenzo formed a back three, with Donnarumma guarding the goal.

Italy launched a blitz immediately after the opening. In the 4th minute, Dimarco made a diagonal pass from the left. Keane made a conscious effort to catch the ball against offside and get rid of the defense, then pushed the shot into the far corner to complete the goal, 1:0! Keane has scored in four consecutive World Cup qualifiers. He has also become the fourth player in the history of the Italian national team to score in four consecutive World Cup qualifiers after Inzaghi. Unfortunately, in the 15th minute, Keane accidentally strained and had to be replaced by Esposito.

In the 23rd minute, Tonali took a corner kick. Raspadori rushed to header and hit the goal. The ball was cleared by Cusco; in the 30th minute, Retegui was defended with the ball in the penalty area. The player fell to the ground and Italy got a penalty kick opportunity, but Retegui's penalty kick was saved by goalkeeper Hein; in the 38th minute, Orsolini broke through the inverted triangle on the right and passed back, Retegui outflanked the net, 2:0!

In the second half, Italy did not allow its opponents to get too many chances. In the 56th minute, through a continuous direct pass, Raspadori had a great opportunity to shoot a volley, and Hein made a wonderful save with one hand; in the 74th minute, Spinazzola made a pass from the wing, and Pio Esposito succeeded, 3:0! The young Pio Esposito just scored his first goal for Inter Milan in the Club World Cup. He also scored 1 goal in the new season. This time he was shortlisted for the national team for the first time and scored his first goal.

Perhaps victory was in sight with 3 goals in hand, but even the stable Donnarumma made a super low-level mistake; in the 76th minute, Estonia made a non-threatening cross from the left. After Donnarumma picked up the ball, a butter hand appeared, and Sapinen smiled in front of the goal, 3:1! However, this episode did not affect the final trend of the game. Italy successfully defeated Estonia 3:1; and it was a 4-game winning streak in the group stage. However, Haaland showed a hat trick in this round. After one more round, Italy still led Italy by 6 points.