Our national U18 men's team defeated Italy in the first friendly match before the start of the European Championship, which opens on July 10 in Sofia and Plovdiv. Desislava Velichkova's boys were better and closed the match with a 3:0 victory. Among Italy's ranks were the names of Dimitar Zlatanov's grandson-Manuel, as well as the youngest of the Porro brothers-Simone. Dimitar Zlatanov was also here, along with his wife Maria. Manuel's father - Hristo Zlatanov is in Italy due to commitments with his club Piacenza, where he is the sporting director.

Two more friendly matches are scheduled between the two teams.