Italy 2-0 Greece: Chelsea's Jorginho scores as Italy secure Euro 2020 spot

Jorgino — Jorginho has scored all three penalties he has taken for Italy

Italy secured their place at next year's Euro 2020 finals by beating Greece 2-0 in Rome.

After a goalless first half, Chelsea midfielder Jorginho opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Andreas Bouchalakis' handball.

Substitute Federico Bernardeschi added a late second with a dipping effort from distance.

The win means Italy top Group J with 21 points, an unassailable 11 points clear of third-placed Armenia.

Greece needed to win to keep their own qualification hopes alive but they rarely threatened.

Italy had been booed off at half-time after failing to manage a shot on target but they were much improved after the break, with Jorginho's opener visibly relaxing his team-mates.

Line-ups
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Line-ups

Italy

Formation 4-3-3

21G Donnarumma
2D'Ambrosio
19Bonucci
15Acerbi
7Spinazzola
18BarellaSubstituted forZanioloat 87'minutes
8Jorginho
6Verratti
14ChiesaSubstituted forBernardeschiat 39'minutes
17ImmobileSubstituted forBelottiat 79'minutes
10Insigne

Substitutes

1Sirigu
3Biraghi
4Cristante
5Izzo
9Belotti
11Grifo
12Meret
13Romagnoli
16Zaniolo
20Bernardeschi
22El Shaarawy
23Mancini

Greece

Formation 4-2-3-1

12Paschalakis
2Bakakis
17HatzidiakosBooked at 14mins
5Siovas
3Stafylidis
21Kourbelis
6BouchalakisBooked at 62minsSubstituted forGiannoulisat 75'minutes
18Limnios
8Gonçalves Rodrigues
9KoulourisBooked at 27minsSubstituted forDonisat 67'minutes
14BakasetasSubstituted forMantalosat 79'minutes

Substitutes

1Vlachodimos
4Lampropoulos
7Siopis
10Fetfatzidis
11Donis
13Dioudis
15Galanopoulos
16Pavlidis
19Vrousai
20Mantalos
22Giannoulis
23Koutris

Referee:: Sergey Karasev
Attendance:: 56,274

Match Stats

Home TeamItalyAway TeamGreece

Possession: Home71%; Away29%

Shots: Home20; Away8

Shots on Target: Home4; Away1

Corners: Home8; Away4

Fouls: Home9; Away11

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Match ends, Italy 2, Greece 0.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Italy 2, Greece 0.

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Attempt missed. Zeca (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
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Corner, Greece. Conceded by Danilo D'Ambrosio.
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Attempt blocked. Anastasios Donis (Greece) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zeca.
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Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Anastasios Donis (Greece).
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Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Italy. Conceded by Konstantinos Stafylidis.
87'
Substitution
Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Nicolò Barella.
86'
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Offside, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi tries a through ball, but Marco Verratti is caught offside.
85'
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Corner, Italy. Conceded by Alexandros Paschalakis.
85'
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Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a through ball.
85'
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Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85'
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Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
81'
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Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci.
81'
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Attempt blocked. Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
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Attempt blocked. Jorginho (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
80'
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Corner, Italy. Conceded by Dimitrios Kourbelis.
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Attempt blocked. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.