At the age of 20, Esposito scored and became the fourth youngest player in the history of the Italian team to score three goals.

Hupu reported on November 17 that in the final focus match of the European Group I of the World Cup preliminaries, Italy sat at the San Siro to face top-ranked Norway.

In the previous round, Norway beat Estonia 4-1 at home and topped the group, while Italy defeated Moldova 2-0 with goals from Mancini and Esposito, dragging the suspense to the final round. Even so, if Italy wants to directly grab the qualifying spot, it still needs to win Norway with a big score in this game. The situation can be said to be "only theoretically possible."

In the first half, Esposito, who was only 20 years and 141 days old, scored again, scoring his third goal for the Italian adult national team. According to statistics, he has become the fourth youngest "Mr. Three Goals for the National Team" in the history of the Italian team, second only to Giuseppe Meazza who is 19 years and 191 days old, Mario Corso who is 20 years and 71 days old, and Gianni Rivera who is 20 years and 84 days old.