Football
Italy vs Bulgaria. European Championship Group C.
7:45pm, Tuesday 22nd June 2004.
Stadio Olimpico.
Match ends, Italy 2, Bulgaria 1.
Second Half ends, Italy 2, Bulgaria 1.
Goal! Italy 2, Bulgaria 1. Antonio Cassano (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Massimo Oddo with a cross.
Attempt missed. Valeri Bozhinov (Bulgaria) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dimitar Berbatov.
Offside, Italy. Alessandro Del Piero is caught offside.
Marco Di Vaio (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Milen Petkov (Bulgaria).
Massimo Oddo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zdravko Lazarov (Bulgaria).
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Zdravko Zdravkov.
Attempt saved. Alessandro Nesta (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Massimo Oddo with a cross.
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Zlatomir Zagorcic.
Corner, Bulgaria. Conceded by Gianluigi Buffon.
Attempt saved. Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy).
Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Italy. Marco Di Vaio replaces Marco Materazzi.
Offside, Italy. Antonio Cassano is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Andrea Pirlo (Italy).
Zdravko Lazarov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrea Pirlo (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Milen Petkov.
Attempt blocked. Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Del Piero.
Substitution, Bulgaria. Velizar Dimitrov replaces Marian Hristov.
Antonio Cassano (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marian Hristov (Bulgaria).
Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Borimirov (Bulgaria).
Attempt missed. Christian Vieri (Italy) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alessandro Del Piero with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ilian Stoianov.
Attempt blocked. Andrea Pirlo (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Christian Vieri (Italy) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andrea Pirlo with a cross.
Delay in match because of an injury Zlatomir Zagorcic (Bulgaria).
Attempt saved. Antonio Cassano (Italy) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrea Pirlo.
Offside, Italy. Christian Vieri is caught offside.
Substitution, Italy. Massimo Oddo replaces Simone Perrotta because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury Zdravko Lazarov (Bulgaria).
Ilian Stoianov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ilian Stoianov (Bulgaria).
Attempt blocked. Zdravko Lazarov (Bulgaria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Bulgaria. Kiril Kotev replaces Predrag Pazin.
Delay in match because of an injury Simone Perrotta (Italy).
Marian Hristov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andrea Pirlo (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Vieri with a headed pass.
Antonio Cassano (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Christian Vieri (Italy) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrea Pirlo with a cross following a set piece situation.
Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Zdravko Lazarov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andrea Pirlo (Italy).
Attempt missed. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Simone Perrotta with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Andrea Pirlo (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stefano Fiore following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Italy. Christian Vieri replaces Bernardo Corradi.
Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Valeri Bozhinov (Bulgaria).
Foul by Zlatomir Zagorcic (Bulgaria).
Zlatomir Zagorcic (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Simone Perrotta (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Valeri Bozhinov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Christian Panucci (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Italy 1, Bulgaria 1. Simone Perrotta (Italy) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
Antonio Cassano (Italy) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Gianluca Zambrotta.
Second Half begins Italy 0, Bulgaria 1.
Substitution, Bulgaria. Valeri Bozhinov replaces Zoran Jankovic.
First Half ends, Italy 0, Bulgaria 1.
Attempt saved. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonio Cassano with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonio Cassano.
Christian Panucci (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Italy 0, Bulgaria 1. Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Marco Materazzi (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Marco Materazzi (Italy) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Bulgaria. Dimitar Berbatov draws a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Alessandro Nesta (Italy).
Zoran Jankovic (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Simone Perrotta (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Zoran Jankovic (Bulgaria).
Stefano Fiore (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Offside, Italy. Bernardo Corradi is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is too high from a direct free kick.
Marian Hristov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Alessandro Nesta (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria).
Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Antonio Cassano (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Corradi with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dimitar Berbatov.
Attempt blocked. Bernardo Corradi (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefano Fiore with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zoran Jankovic.
Attempt saved. Bernardo Corradi (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Antonio Cassano with a headed pass.
Daniel Borimirov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ilian Stoianov (Bulgaria) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Simone Perrotta (Italy).
Zoran Jankovic (Bulgaria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Italy. Gianluca Zambrotta is caught offside.
Offside, Bulgaria. Dimitar Berbatov is caught offside.
Simone Perrotta (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Zdravko Lazarov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Stefano Fiore (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antonio Cassano with a cross.
Attempt saved. Martin Petrov (Bulgaria) left footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Zdravko Zdravkov.
Foul by Alessandro Del Piero (Italy).
Antonio Cassano (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
