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 single shot on target but they were much improved after the break, with Jorginho's opener visibly relaxing his team-mates.
-
Line-ups
Match Stats
Live Text
Line-ups
Italy
21Donnarumma
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
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
Match Stats
Home TeamItalyAway TeamGreece
Possession
Home71%
Away29%
Shots
Home20
Away8
Shots on Target
Home4
Away1
Corners
Home8
Away4
Fouls
Home9
Away11
Live Text
Posted at
Match ends, Italy 2, Greece 0.
Full TimePosted at 90'+3'
Second Half ends, Italy 2, Greece 0.
Posted at 90'+3'
Attempt missed. Zeca (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Posted at 90'+2'
Corner, Greece. Conceded by Danilo D'Ambrosio.
Posted at 90'+2'
Attempt blocked. Anastasios Donis (Greece) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zeca.
Posted at 89'
Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 89'
Foul by Anastasios Donis (Greece).
Posted at 89'
Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Posted at 88'
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Konstantinos Stafylidis.
SubstitutionPosted at 87'
Substitution, Italy. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Nicolò Barella.
Posted at 86'
Offside, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi tries a through ball, but Marco Verratti is caught offside.
Posted at 85'
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Alexandros Paschalakis.
Posted at 85'
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.
Posted at 85'
Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 85'
Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
Posted at 81'
Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci.
Posted at 81'
Attempt blocked. Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
Posted at 81'
Attempt blocked. Jorginho (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Posted at 80'
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Dimitrios Kourbelis.
Posted at 80'
Attempt blocked. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
SubstitutionPosted at 79'
Substitution, Greece. Petros Mantalos replaces Anastasios Bakasetas.
SubstitutionPosted at 79'
Substitution, Italy. Andrea Belotti replaces Ciro Immobile.
Goal!Posted at 78'
Goal! Italy 2, Greece 0. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci.
Posted at 76'
Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
Posted at 76'
Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
SubstitutionPosted at 75'
Substitution, Greece. Dimitrios Giannoulis replaces Andreas Bouchalakis.
Posted at 74'
Foul by Danilo D'Ambrosio (Italy).
Posted at 74'
Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Posted at 73'
Attempt missed. Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andreas Bouchalakis with a headed pass following a corner.
Posted at 73'
Corner, Greece. Conceded by Ciro Immobile.
Posted at 73'
Attempt blocked. Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantinos Stafylidis with a cross.
Posted at 72'
Corner, Greece. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.
Posted at 71'
Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi following a corner.
Posted at 71'
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Konstantinos Stafylidis.
SubstitutionPosted at 67'
Substitution, Greece. Anastasios Donis replaces Efthymios Koulouris.
Posted at 65'
Corner, Greece. Conceded by Leonardo Spinazzola.
Posted at 65'
Attempt blocked. Konstantinos Stafylidis (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitris Limnios.
Goal!Posted at 63'
Goal! Italy 1, Greece 0. Jorginho (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
BookingPosted at 62'
Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Posted at 62'
Penalty conceded by Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Show more updates
goal
Source: bbc.com