Overview
- Italy moved to 15 points in Group I after two goals from Mateo Retegui and a late strike by Gianluca Mancini in Udine.
- Police used water cannon to stop demonstrators who tried to leave the authorized march route near Bluenergy Stadium, and several people were detained.
- At least one Rai journalist was injured during the confrontations and was reported out of danger after hospital treatment, according to AGI.
- Authorities deployed more than 1,000 police and military with helicopters, drones, concrete barriers and metal detectors, and the Israeli team entered via a secret route under helicopter escort.
- Police estimated about 5,000 people marched to demand that FIFA suspend Israel; attendance was just over 9,000 and a portion of the crowd booed the Israeli anthem.