First bitter release for theItaly champion of Europe. The blues of Roberto Mancini in fact they draw 1-1 at home against Bulgaria and now, while confirming itself at the top of Group C of World Cup Qualifiers with 10 points, they can be approached in the standings by Swiss, with full points after two games.
As expected, Italy immediately takes over ball of the game but he struggles, at least initially, to find the right hole in the host defense. In fact, Bulgaria, with the exception of some timid phrasing in the blue field, does good guard at the edge of your area of rigor but the attitude does not pay in the long run.
At 16 ‘in fact church it is centered and, after the exchange in the strait with Immobile, leaves a left diagonal that leaves no way out Georgiev.
Found the1-0, the men of Mancini continue to keep the offensive pressing high but neither Immobile neither Badge they find the bottom of the net from a good position. The missed opportunities keep the hopes of Bulgaria alive, which in the 39th minute with a quick restart on the axis Despodov-Iliev concretizes the1-1 on which the teams go to the locker room.
When operations resume, Italy pours into the Bulgarian half but Georgiev reactively rejects all the threats brought by the blues in the last 16 meters. Verratti, Chiesa, Bonucci e Stretcher in fact they repeatedly try to puncture the guest rear guard which, however, somehow always manages to get out unscathed.
Mancini then tries with the changes to find that panache and those plays that can break the balance of the game again but the entrances Cristante, Berardi e Breakers they do not produce the desired effects. Even in the final the Wall erected by Bulgaria withstands the bump and so the race ends in a draw that can not leave thebitterness in the mouth for how the match was directed.
OMNISPORT | 02-09-2021 22:51
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