Michael Kayode admits he ‘didn’t expect’ to score a goal on his Italy debut and is trying to bring his Brentford throw-ins to the Nazionale.

The Brentford full-back had been pushing for his senior Italy debut for several years, and finally got his opportunity in this Nations League trip to Bursa.

He made the most of it, forcing a save for the Davide Frattesi tap-in and then scoring the second himself in an almost identical team move.

Alessandro Bastoni and Francesco Pio Esposito completed the 4-1 rout against Turkiye , with only Baris Alper Yilmaz in response.

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“I didn’t expect my debut to go like this, so I am really happy,” Kayode told RAI Sport.

This was perhaps the best first half performance of several years for an Italy team, surging into the 3-0 lead within the opening half-hour.

It was a complete transformation from the side that lost 2-0 to Belgium on Friday, with eight changes to the starting XI.