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Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Fabio Foni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gergin Kerkenyakov in the 4th minute of the match. In the 11th minute Florian Polidori shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doncho Nolev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Alberto Ferraresi took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Doncho Nolev to make any attempt to save it. Biagio Coscarella hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the match, U21 Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Gergin Kerkenyakov came free, but Fabio Foni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Doncho Nolev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florian Polidori, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Fabio Foni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evtim Bandrov in the 27th minute of the match. Fabio Foni stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gergin Kerkenyakov's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Florian Polidori notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of U21 Bulgaria's Doncho Nolev. Doncho Nolev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Doncho Nolev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florian Polidori in the 39th minute of play. Alberto Ferraresi did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Doncho Nolev 40 minutes into the match. Fabio Foni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evtim Bandrov in the 43rd minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alberto Ferraresi was the one to do the kick off. After 53 played minutes U21 Bulgaria got a freekick which was hit by Dencho Handzhiyski. Doncho Nolev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florian Polidori in the 56th minute of play. When Evtim Bandrov came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the U21 Bulgaria fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Evtim Bandrov couldn't finish the play. A collision led to U21 Italy getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Alex Martano hit a great ball. Evtim Bandrov had several of the U21 Italy's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 65 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-1 score and a disappointed Fabio Foni as he didn't even see the shot coming. U21 Italy's Donato Armellini was substituted for Armin Del Bello. U21 Italy made a substitution. Edoardo Leoni replaced Bruno Briganti. U21 Italy made a substitution. Edoardo Del Pizzo replaced Florian Polidori. Doncho Nolev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edoardo Del Pizzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Doncho Nolev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edoardo Del Pizzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. U21 Bulgaria's Yanek Karachorov was substituted for Gabriel Chuklev. In the 74th minute U21 Italy were awarded a corner. Alberto Ferraresi went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to U21 Italy's Edoardo Del Pizzo getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 78th match minute, U21 Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Biagio Coscarella to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Evtim Bandrov in the 79th minute really tested Fabio Foni's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. The audience cheered loudly when Evtim Bandrov's long shot in the 79th minute became 3-2 when the ball went to the left of and passed Fabio Foni. Doncho Nolev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edoardo Del Pizzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Doncho Nolev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edoardo Del Pizzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. U21 Italy's Fabio Foni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Italy from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, U21 Italy's Fabio Foni got control of the ball when Evtim Bandrov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, U21 Bulgaria's Yanek Karachorov got a free kick in the 89th minute. Yanek Karachorov's late challenge caught a U21 Italy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yanek Karachorov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 95th match minute, U21 Bulgaria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yanek Karachorov to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. U21 Italy had won after a very even match.