Georgia started the second half brightly, creating a couple of nervous moments in the Italy defence before Kaladze’s gifts changed the momentum.

Sampdoria midfielder Angelo Palombo, deputising for the mbappe football shirt suspended Daniele De Rossi, played a hopeful ball forward in search of Iaquinta but centre-back Kaladze headed the ball into the top corner of his own net from six yards, leaving Lomaia wrong-footed on 56 minutes.

Moments later Italy’s substitutes Gaetano D’Agostino and Fabio Quagliarella combined with the latter shooting just wide of the far post.

However, on 67 minutes Kaladze did it again as Criscito crossed into the box looking for Iaquinta, the Milan defender shanked his right foot clearance past a bewildered Lomaia.

Criscito almost made it a hat-trick of own goals five minutes Football jerseys cheap from time of a bizarre night of football as his shank forced Gianluigi Buffon into a diving one-handed save.

Italy could well have increased their lead as they hit the post three times within a second deep into injury time.

Quagliarella’s close range header hit the upright, came off the diving Lomaia and back onto the upright before running across goal where Iaquinta smacked it onto the outside of the post and behind for a goal-kick.