What is the chance of England scoring less than three penalties in the shootout?

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I came across this problem during our maths class at the university. I am having trouble formulating this problem (wondering if my approach is correct). Am I supposed to use Binomial distribution? I am unable to find the system anywhere.

Suppose that penalty conversion probability for the players of Italy and England are as follows:

Probability of player scoring a penalty

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What is the chance of England scoring less than three penalties in the shootout?

What is the chance of Italy scoring three or more penalties?

I just need a hint about the first question (England), and that'd be enough, I believe, for me to be able to solve this.

Thanks a lot in advance.