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Italy national football team
European Championship | Qualifiers
Sep 6, 2015 at 7.45pm UK
 
Bulgaria national football team

1-0

De Rossi (6' pen.)
FT(HT: 1-0)

Daniele De Rossi penalty gives Italy victory over visiting Bulgaria in Palermo

Italy secure an important three points against Bulgaria following a slender 1-0 win over the visiting side in their Euro 2016 qualifying clash in Palermo.

Daniele De Rossi scored a match-winning penalty before later being dismissed as Italy secured a 1-0 victory over Bulgaria in their Euro 2016 qualifying clash this evening.

Daniele De Rossi of Italy scores a penalty to make it 1-0 during the UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifier match between Italy and Bulgaria on September 6, 2015 in Palermo, Italy.© Getty Images

Italy made a fantastic start to the match when Antonio Candreva went down inside the box in the opening minutes, allowing De Rossi to convert the penalty at the second time of asking after being made to retake following suspected encroachment.

The home side looked to build on the lead when Graziano Pelle teed up Stephan El Shaarawy, only for his strike partner to bend his volley away from goal.

Italy's goalscorer almost put his side in trouble when he lost the ball in midfield, allowing Iliyan Mitsanski to burst forward before eventually being denied by a standout save from Gianluigi Buffon.

The hosts should have doubled their lead on the 30-minute mark when Marco Verratti flashed an incisive ball across the box, where Pelle rose highest to send a header a matter of inches over the crossbar.

De Rossi might have secured a brace before the interval, but he headed over poorly after Verratti had again done well to cross from the flank, leaving Italy to go into half time with a 1-0 lead.

Antonio Conte's charges started the second half impressively, and Marco Parolo almost grabbed a second only to be denied by a memorable save from Bozhidar Mitrev.

The game then descended into chaos in the 55th minute, when De Rossi was shown a straight red for kicking out at Mitsanski, who was also dismissed under somewhat bemusing circumstances.

The pace seemed to be drained from the contest after the dismissals, although Italy did come close to finding a second through El Shaarawy, but he was once again wasteful as he found Mitrev unmoved in his goal.

Bulgaria might have snatched an important equaliser late on, only for Ivaylo Chochev to fire his volley off target with the goal gaping in front of him.

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