Italy's journey towards the 2018 World Cup in Russia begins well. In the first match of the qualifying group, the Azzurri beat Israel 3-1 in Haifa, achieving the first success of the Ventura era after the defeat in a friendly against France.
Pellè opened the scoring, and after a quarter of an hour he easily scored Antonelli's cross from the left. In the half hour of the first half, Candreva converted a penalty conceded for a foul on Bonaventura, who was able to quickly slip away on the wing.
It seems finished, but it isn't. Chiellini takes care of putting our opponents back into the game, who loses the ball in the disengagement before the break and triggers the opponent's attack. The ball lands on Ben Haim's feet, who invents a winning lob from the top of the area.
In the 54th minute the same Juve centre-back crowned his nightmarish performance by being sent off for the sum of yellow cards. At that point, minutes of authentic suffering begin for the Azzurri, who however resist and in the final they manage to score the knockout blow with Immobile, able to unload a ball sent back by Buffon and extended by Pellè into the right-footed goal.
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?? First three points for the #Blue di #Ventura!! ?? pic.twitter.com/rtbI0xQ9Yd— Italian national team (@Vivo_Azzurro) 5 September 2016
“Chiellini is a player who makes two mistakes in 5 years, he has used up his bonuses, now they are in an iron barrel – joked Ventura at the end of the match -. Verratti is a player of great depth, he arrived six days after being out for a long time and has shown that he is an important component of this team ”.
In a month Spain awaits us, which yesterday destroyed Liechtenstein 8-0.
