Stephan El Shaarawy ended a three-year drought by scoring the winning goal as Italy beat Azerbaijan 3-1 Saturday to qualify for next year's European Championship.
After Eder's opener and an equalizer from Dmitri Nazarov, El Shaarawy finished off a counterattack in the 43rd for his first national team goal since November 2012.
Manchester United's Matteo Darmian added another for Italy in the second half.
''Now that we've qualified it might have seemed easy but there's nothing easy,'' said Italy coach Antonio Conte, who took over when Cesare Prandelli resigned after the Azzurri's first-round elimination from last year's World Cup.