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Giaccherini and Pelle strikes earn Italy win over Belgium

Italy's midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini (up) vies with Belgium's forward Eden Hazard during the Euro 2016 group E football match between Belgium and Italy at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium in Lyon on June 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO

 Italy's Emanuele Giaccherini and Graziano Pelle scored delightful goals to earn the former European champions a 2-0 win over the world's second-ranked side Belgium in the first heavyweight clash of Euro 2016 on Monday.

Giaccherini latched on to an exquisite through ball from Leonardo Bonucci just after the half-hour mark, controlling the ball with his left foot and slotting home with his right to earn the four-times world champions a deserved win in Group E.

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