Italy beat Bulgaria 0-2. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 22 shots. Best on the pitch was Leonardo Bonucci, rated 7.9.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — UEFA
   BUL 3-5-2·4-3-3 ITA
   Coach: Y. Petrov · R. ManciniReferee: S. Vinčić📍 Stadion Vasil Levski
2. 1. First half
   2. -5'
      

      BUL
      Yellow card
      A. Vutov
   3. 43'
      

      ITA
      GOOOAL!Andrea BelottiPenalty
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      

      BUL
      Substitution
      ▲B. Karagaren▼Cicinho
   3. 57'
      

      BUL
      Yellow card
      G. Kostadinov
   4. 59'
      

      BUL
      Yellow card
      Vasil Bozhikov
   5. 62'
      

      BUL
      Substitution
      ▲K. Malinov▼G. Kostadinov
   6. 68'
      

      ITA
      Substitution
      ▲Giovanni Di Lorenzo▼Alessandro Florenzi
   7. 68'
      

      ITA
      Substitution
      ▲Manuel Locatelli▼Stefano Sensi
   8. 75'
      

      ITA
      Substitution
      ▲Ciro Immobile▼Andrea Belotti
   9. 76'
      

      ITA
      Substitution
      ▲Federico Bernardeschi▼Federico Chiesa
   10. 78'
       

       BUL
       Substitution
       ▲Atanas Iliev▼Spas Delev
   11. 82'
       

       ITA
       GOOOAL!Manuel LocatelliAssist: L. Insigne
   12. 83'
       

       ITA
       Yellow card
       Manuel Locatelli
   13. 88'
       

       BUL
       Substitution
       ▲M. Raynov▼P. Vitanov
   14. 88'
       

       ITA
       Substitution
       ▲Matteo Pessina▼Marco Verratti
   15. 89'
       

       ITA
       Yellow card
       Federico Bernardeschi