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FT Sunday, March 28, 2021
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Belotti and Locatelli earn Italy win in Bulgaria

Italy's Andrea Belotti and Manuel Locatelli secured a 2-0 win over Bulgaria on Sunday to make it two wins from two in Group C.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
12
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
4
67.5
Possession
32.5
22
SHOTS
3
6
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
520
Accurate Passes
210
594
Passes
285
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
1
22
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.1
62
Long Balls
56
34
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
12
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
12
9
Tackles
15
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
9
11
Effective Clearances
15
11
Clearances
15

Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BUL · 3-5-2

  1. 23Plamen IlievG
  2. 14Daniel DimovCD
  3. 15Vasil BozhikovCD-L
  4. 4Valentin AntovCD-R
  5. 18Ivaylo ChochevCM-L
  6. 7Georgi KostadinovCM-R
  7. 5Petar VitanovAM
  8. 21Momchil CvetanovLM
  9. 6CicinhoRM
  10. 9Andrej GalabinovCF-L
  11. 10Spas DelevCF-R

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 21Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 4Leonardo SpinazzolaLB
  5. 16Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 12Stefano SensiCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 9Andrea BelottiF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 22Federico ChiesaRF

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Bulgaria 0, Italy 1. Andrea Belotti (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Bulgaria. Birsent Karagaren replaces Cicinho.
  3. 57' Georgi Kostadinov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 58' Antonio Vutov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 59' Vasil Bozhikov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 62' Substitution, Bulgaria. Kristiyan Malinov replaces Georgi Kostadinov.
  7. 68' Substitution, Italy. Giovanni Di Lorenzo replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  8. 68' Substitution, Italy. Manuel Locatelli replaces Stefano Sensi.
  9. 75' Substitution, Italy. Ciro Immobile replaces Andrea Belotti.
  10. 76' Substitution, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Federico Chiesa.
  11. 78' Substitution, Bulgaria. Atanas Iliev replaces Spas Delev.
  12. 82' Goal! Bulgaria 0, Italy 2. Manuel Locatelli (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  13. 83' Manuel Locatelli (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Substitution, Italy. Matteo Pessina replaces Marco Verratti.
  15. 88' Substitution, Bulgaria. Martin Raynov replaces Petar Vitanov.
  16. 89' Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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