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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Martin Petkov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elia Scarinci got free with Venko Notev in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 11 minutes into the game, Lachezar Kavaldzhiev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ciccio Bocchi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ciccio Bocchi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignat Nozharov, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Ciccio Bocchi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignat Nozharov in the 19th minute of the match. Ciccio Bocchi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Petkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Elia Scarinci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Venko Notev made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Elia Scarinci sent off a good shot on target. 24 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Petkov came free, but Ciccio Bocchi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Italy's Bruno Colombo got a free kick in the 27th minute. 32 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Elia Scarinci came free, but Venko Notev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ciccio Bocchi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Petkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ciccio Bocchi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignat Nozharov in the 38th minute of the match. Ciccio Bocchi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Petkov in the 40th minute of play. Italy's Mattia Hummels managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ilko Hindalov in the 41 minute of the game. After 43 played minutes Bulgaria got a freekick which was hit by Ilko Hindalov. A throw-in in the 46th minute of the game was made by Ilko Hindalov with Martin Petkov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elia Scarinci stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ilko Hindalov made in the 55th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Rangel Parashkevov. Velichko Dúrov made in the 59th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Martin Petkov. In the 64th minute of the match Italy got a corner. Bulgaria's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mattia Hummels ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Mattia Hummels almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Bulgaria's Venko Notev did a great save. Venko Notev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristoforo Daniele in the 66th minute of play. Venko Notev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristoforo Daniele, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bulgaria made a substitution. Marko Ruskov replaced Martin Petkov. Bulgaria made a substitution. Mihail Mustakerski replaced Lachezar Kavaldzhiev. Ilko Hindalov made in the 78th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Marko Ruskov. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Christian Cinque hit a great ball. 83 minutes into the match, Cristoforo Daniele had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Venko Notev. Bulgaria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristoforo Daniele was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. A collision led to Italy getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Christian Cinque hit a great ball. In the 91stth minute of the game Cristoforo Daniele who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bulgaria's Venko Notev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 92nd match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Zoff to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Marko Ruskov put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Ciccio Bocchi. The Italy fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Bulgaria were clearly better and deserved to take the win.