The 33-year-old's two strikes against Liverpool lifted Milan to a 2-1 victory in Athens less than two weeks ago, and his pair of goals at the Faroe Islands earned the Azzurri a triumph by the same scoreline.

"Athens has given me an incredible charge," Inzaghi said. "This is the most beautiful moment of my career."

The result has left Italy two points behind Group B leaders France.

"I knew it wasn't going to be an easy game, but the important thing was to take home the victory," Inzaghi said.

"Even if we had scored seven goals, we still would have only taken three points home."

Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has had the difficult task of replacing Marcello Lippi, who was at the helm during last year's World Cup success in Germany.

The narrow margin of Saturday's win has not opened the floodgates of praise for him or his players in the Italian media.

"We had several opportunities to score," Donadoni said. "Had we won the game 4-1, no one would be criticising us."

Now the Italians will turn their attention to Lithuania, whom they face in Kaunas on Wednesday.