Italy U18 beat Kosovo U21 3-0 in their Group Stage-3 meeting at the Mediterranean Games on Wednesday 26 August 2026. The visitors took all three points without much trouble, though the final scoreline suggests they were never truly in danger of losing.
Kosovo came into this fixture having lost four of their last five matches. They managed a 1-3 win over Albania U21 two days earlier but had fallen to Spain U21, Romania U21 and Turkey U21 in the weeks before. A 0-0 draw with Luxembourg sat in between those defeats.
Italy U18 had been slightly more unpredictable. They drew 1-1 with Albania U21 and lost 3-1 to Algeria U21 in their two most recent games, but a 2-2 draw with Ukraine U18 earlier in February showed they could also find the net against decent opposition.
The result puts Italy ahead in the group conversation, though the standings haven't shifted dramatically yet. Kosovo remain winless in their recent run and will need to improve quickly if they want to keep their tournament hopes alive.
For Italy, this is a fourth straight result that isn't a defeat — a draw, a loss, another draw, and now a win. They are closing in on a deal with reality that they cannot afford to slip further back in the standings.