Overview

• A stoppage-time strike from Sandro Tonali sealed a nine-goal game that featured a Moise Kean brace plus goals from Matteo Politano and Giacomo Raspadori for Italy, two own goals by Manuel Locatelli and Alessandro Bastoni, and a Dor Peretz double for Israel.
• An early Gianluigi Donnarumma own goal was wrongly wiped out for an alleged foul, a decision referee Slavko Vincic made that was upheld on review by German VAR officials Christian Dingert and Sascha Stegemann.
• The victory leaves Italy level with Israel on nine points in Group I, three behind leader Norway on 12.
• The match was staged in Debrecen because Israel cannot host qualifiers at home, and the team wore black armbands after a deadly attack in Jerusalem.
• Italy targets wins in October fixtures against Estonia on October 11 and Israel on October 14 to stay on course for direct qualification.