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Euro 2020: Daily briefing
Italy are taking on Austria at Wembley in the last-16 of Euro 2020. The Azzurri’s sparkling start to the championship has established Roberto Mancini’s side as one of the favourites, but the Austrians are into the knockout phase for the first time ever after finally ending their Euros drought with two group-stage wins.
Mancini managed to keep his team’s momentum going despite eight changes to the previous starting XI to claim maximum points against Wales after back-to-back 3-0 victories over Turkey and Switzerland. Their prize for winning Group A is a place in the more challenging side of the draw, as they will face Belgium or Portugal in the next round and then potentially France, Spain or Croatia in a semi-final. The four-time world champions have now recorded 10 straight wins and have not lost since 2018. In fact, the last time Italy failed to keep a clean sheet was in a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands last October - over 1,000 minutes of football ago.
Austria will tackle their first knockout fixture in European Championship history with few fans present in London due to quarantine restrictions. They defeated Ukraine 1-0 last time out and coach Franco Foda is excited about his team’s chances of progressing beyond the first knockout round of a major tournament for the first time since the 1982 World Cup. Follow all the latest updates below.
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Euro 2020: Five things we learned as Roberto Mancini’s side prevail in extra time
Italy required two goals in extra-time to defeat a stubborn Austria team and progress to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020.
Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina scored quickfire goals after the match had finished 0-0 at Wembley Stadium to set up a last-eight meeting with either Belgium or Portugal.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:41
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Euro 2020: Italy 2 - 1 Austria
It was far from the dominating, swashbuckling performances that they displayed in the group stages but Italy scored twice in extra time and edged their way past Austria.
Austria, playing their first ever Euros knockout game, performed admirably. They ground Italy down during the 90 minutes but ran out of gas in the first half of extra time. Then they fought back, scored one but ran out of time to equalise.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:39
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Full-time: Italy 2 - 1 Austria
120+1 mins: Italy hold on. Austria threw everything they had at them in the closing minutes but it just wasn’t enough. Italy go through and after a resolute performance Austria are out.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:34
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Euro 2020: Italy 2 - 1 Austria
117 mins: Three minutes to go for Austria. Belotti is fouled and Italy decide to just keep possession. Austria press but it’s nice work from Belotti who holds up the ball and ekes out a few vital seconds.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:30
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GOAL! Italy 2 - 1 Austria (Kalajdzic, 114’) ⚽️
114 mins: They’re back in it! Schaub swings a corner into the box. Kalajdzic throws himself at the ball and meets it with a header on the near post. The ball glances off his head and squeezes into the back of the net. They can’t get back into this can they?
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:28
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Euro 2020: Italy 2 - 0 Austria
111 mins: Big chance for Sabitzer! The ball is flicked into the box and comes to the Austrian number nine. He attempts to volley it home but misses the ball. It bounces kindly for him though and his follow up finds the side netting.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:24
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Euro 2020: Italy 2 - 0 Austria
108 mins: What a run this is from Di Lorenzo! The Napoli full back collects the ball on the edge of his own box and sprints down the right wing. No Austria player even gets close to him as he cuts back inside and laces one from the edge of the opponents box. The goes wide but that run deserved more.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:23
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Euro 2020: Italy 2 - 0 Austria
ET Second half: Austria get the last 15 minutes started. Italy shouldn’t throw this away.
What a save! Louis Schaub has just come on for Austrian and he belts a shot from outside the box. Donnarumma has to dive to his left but he manages to parry the ball away with a strong left hand.
Austria aren’t done yet.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:19
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Extra time half-time: Italy 2 - 0 Austria
ET Half-time: A perfect 15 mins for Italy. Two goals scored by two substitutes. Austria’s race seems to be run. It’s a long way back from here.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:16
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GOAL! Italy 2 - 0 Austria (Pessina, 105’)
105 mins: That’s the end of that. The ball comes into the box from the left side and Insigne receives the ball. Hinteregger can’t take the ball off him and he sets it nicely for Pessina. The substitute takes a touch to set himself before drillin a low shot into the far bottom corner.
Michael Jones26 June 2021 22:15