There are teams that find it difficult to start after a great title but Italy does not seem to be the case, no matter how much the result may suggest otherwise. He played well, dominated and generated clear chances, but you can’t always win and Bulgaria, although it seems like a topic that journalists use so much, he played his game and defended a point in the most difficult start of the group.
The automatisms that made them European champions have not been forgotten. The defense, commanded by Bonucci, remains solid, few organize the game like the Verratti-Jorginho couple and both Insigne and Chiesa are two daggers for the bands.
Mancini opted for the same eleven type of July except for the sides and Chiellini. Acerbi, who already gave enough minutes in the Euro, replaced the veteran of Juventus. Emerson, who has already played since the semifinals, due to Spinazzola’s injury. Florenzi, this most surprising, by Di Lorenzo, who was left out by technical decision.
The first goal came from Federico Chiesa’s boots. Florencia dismissed him as a promising young man and received him again, but as a European champion man who has not forgotten how to reach the Artemio Franchi tights. With a spectacular diagonal play, he used Immobile as a futsal center to return a wall to him and open the scoring in front of his father Enrico, who was celebrating in the box.. Shortly before the break, a Maradonian move by Despodov, who revealed Florenzi surprise, it caused the tie of Iliev. And the marker did not move anymore.
Italy tried endlessly, but the goalkeeper and the sunken defense prevented a goal from a team lacking ideas beyond penetration by the wings. Everything remains in a draw that should not worry Italy excessively but should be alert. Switzerland is four points behind with two games behind and they will face them in Basel on Sunday.