Giuseppe Rossi helped Italy's Under-21s reach the European Championship play-offs with victory over Austria on Tuesday night.
The Azzurrini sealed a narrow 1-0 win over the Austrians courtesy of a goal from Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo seven minutes from time.
Rossi, who recently joined Newcastle on a four-month loan deal, impressed early on in the match but tired towards the end, and was replaced by Andrea Lazzari shortly before Montolivo struck his winner with a powerful low drive.
Italy now go into the play-offs in October to qualify for the final tournament in June 2007.
The 19-year-old striker will return to England later this week and join up with his new team-mates at St James Park. He could make his Magpies debut on Saturday as Glenn Roeder's side take on Fulham in the Premiership.
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