LONDON (AFP) - Italy's Gianpaolo Pazzini made his mark on the football history books on Saturday as he scored the first goal at the revamped Wembley Stadium in England Under-21's 3-3 friendly draw against their Italian counterparts.

Pazzini's strike after just 25 seconds was the fastest ever scored at the old or new versions of the stadium and the Fiorentina striker will also go down in history as the first player to score a hat-trick in the rebuilt arena.

His dream day started with a rasping long range effort that took a slight deflection off Anton Ferdinand and flew past goalkeeper Lee Camp.

David Bentley became the first England player to get on the scoresheet at the new Wembley when he equalised with a freekick after 31 minutes.

Bentley's Blackburn team-mate Matt Derbyshire set up England's second goal when he picked out Wayne Routledge and the winger finished well just after half time.

Pazzini equalised with a tap-in before Derbyshire restored England's lead from close range soon after. But Pazzini had the last word with a fine effort to level again midway through the second half.

Though only about two-thirds of the seats at the 90,000-capacity national ground were filled - Wembley is being tested to get its safety certificate - the English Football Association said it was still the "largest ever under-21s crowd in world football history."

The FA were given the keys to Wembley earlier this month after work on it was finally completed, years behind schedule and at a final cost of 800 million pounds.

The March 24 match is the second of two "ramp-up" events to ensure the stadium is in working order, the first being a March 17 community day.