UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, March 28, 2015
Italy WWWDW 2
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Bulgaria WLLDD 2
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ITA112
BUL202
Vassil Levski Stadion · 6,000 att.

Match Report

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Eder scores in Italy debut to give Azzurri draw in Bulgaria

Eder marked his Italy debut in style with a brilliant equaliser as they kept their Euro 2016 qualifying run going in Bulgaria.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
17
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
6
50
Possession
50
16
SHOTS
6
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
5
Accurate Crosses
1
8
Crosses
3
0.6
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
2

Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BUL

  1. 13Nikolay MihaylovG
  2. 11Stanislav ManolevD
  3. 5Nikolay BodurovD
  4. 23Aleksandar AleksandrovD
  5. 6Iordan MinevD
  6. 18Vladimir GadzhevM
  7. 21Svetoslav DyakovM
  8. 17Ilia MilanovM
  9. 10Ivelin PopovM
  10. 7Mihail IvanovM
  11. 19Ilijan MicanskiF

Substitutes

  1. 1Vladislav StoyanovG
  2. 12B MitrevG
  3. 2Ivan BandalovskiD
  4. 3Borislav StoychevD
  5. 4Georgi TerzievD
  6. 16Ventsislav VasilevD
  7. 8Simeon SlavchevM
  8. 14Kristiyan MalinovM
  9. 15Ivaylo ChochevM
  10. 20Aleksandar TonevM
  11. 9Valeri BojinovF
  12. 22Radoslav VasilevF

ITA

  1. 12Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 15Andrea BarzagliD
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciD
  4. 3Giorgio ChielliniD
  5. 5Luca AntonelliM
  6. 6Antonio CandrevaM
  7. 10Marco VerrattiM
  8. 21Andrea BertolacciM
  9. 4Matteo DarmianM
  10. 7Simone ZazaF
  11. 9Ciro ImmobileF

Substitutes

  1. 18Federico MarchettiG
  2. 2Emiliano MorettiD
  3. 13Andrea RanocchiaD
  4. 8Roberto SorianoM
  5. 14Mirko ValdifioriM
  6. 16Marco ParoloM
  7. 23Franco VázquezM
  8. 11Alessio CerciF
  9. 17ÉderF
  10. 20Graziano PellèF
  11. 22Manolo GabbiadiniF

Timeline

  1. 4' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Iordan Minev has just scored on his own net! Bulgaria now trails 0 - 1
  2. 11' Goal!! Ivelin Popov hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the right channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  3. 17' Goal!! Ilijan Micanski hits a very good header to the upper left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Bulgaria now leads 2 - 1
  4. 56' Svetoslav Dyakov is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 58' Italy makes a sub: Citadin Eder enters for Simone Zaza. Reason: Tactical
  6. 71' Italy makes a sub: Roberto Soriano enters for Andrea Bertolacci. Reason: Tactical
  7. 73' Bulgaria makes a sub: Valeri Bojinov enters for Ilijan Micanski. Reason: Tactical
  8. 77' Italy makes a sub: Manolo Gabbiadini enters for Luca Antonelli. Reason: Tactical
  9. 83' Ciro Immobile is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 84' Goal!! Citadin Eder hits a very good right footed shot to the upper right corner from the left channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 2
  11. 85' Bulgaria makes a sub: Simeon Slavchev enters for Ivelin Popov. Reason: Tactical
  12. 88' Roberto Soriano is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 88' Bulgaria makes a sub: Ventsislav Vasilev enters for Ilia Milanov. Reason: Tactical
  14. 90' Matteo Darmian is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  15. 90' End of the game

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