EURO 2020/2021 Italy – Spain – semi-final result

Italy – Spain 1: 1 pp (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 2 in 11th shootout

Goals: 60. Church – 80. Morata

Judges: Brych – Borsch, Lupp (all Germany), ZK: Toloi, Bonucci – Busquets

shot from 11 m: Locatelli nedal, Olmo nedal, Belotti 1: 0, Moreno 1: 1, Bonucci 2: 1, Thiago 2: 2, Bernardeschi 3: 2, Morata nedal, Jorginho 4: 2

Assemblies and rotations:

Italy: Donnarumma – Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Emerson (74. Toloi) – Barrella (85. Locatelli), Jorginho, Verratti (74. Pessina) – Church (107. Bernardeschi), Immobile (61. Berardi), Insigne (85. Belotti)

Spain: Simon – Azpilicueta (85. M. Llorente), Garcia (109. P. Torres), Laporte, Alba – Koke (70. Rodri), Busquets (106. Thiago), Pedri – Olmo, Oyarzabal (70. Moreno), F Torres (62. Morata)

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From the beginning, the Spaniards were faithful to their numerous combinations when playing with the ball, trying to dull the opponent’s attention and looking for a moment of surprise. With 12 minutes played, Pedri could have brought this one home for Oyarzabalov as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. The Italians surprisingly fell in the middle of the field and they were also bothered by the high attack of the opponent. F. Torres was the unlucky victim and couldn’t continue the game, so FC’s free kick had found the back of the net. The Italian goalkeeper Simon offered a chance to a poorly planned run, Barrella tried another move instead of the end and the defenders disarmed him. With 25 minutes played, Donnarumma nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Over time, the Italians dared to advance, their actions were often pulled by the fast-footed Emerson, but the absence of a shooting attempt was absent. Emerson was the first to send in the last minute of the opening act, hitting the crossbar from a sharp angle after Passing Pass.

He started the second half at a faster pace on both sides. Azpilicueta “Kicked” Oyarzabal with a constructive defensive intervention, after his pass he fired just above Busquets. Immediately, at the opposite end, he worked out the shooting position of Chies, the end of which was eliminated by a prompt intervention by Simon. The offensive actions spilled over, and Donnarumma scored the intervention after an Oyarzabal shot from a distance. The Italian goalkeeper then captured the center of Albu, he started a quick counter with his hands, the initial attack was stopped by the Spanish defense, but in the second wave Chiesa ran and in the 60th minute inside the penalty area twisted the ball to the post. Five minutes later, the Spaniards were able to equalize, Koke sent an arc into the penalty area and the running Oyarzabal did not hit the ball in the head in a good position. With the arrival of Morat, the Spaniards changed the style of play and sent one center after another to the penalty area. However, the substitution Berardi had a better chance to change the score, after a clever pass Chiesa did not shoot Simon with his right. Soon the same guard was repeated, only from a greater distance, and Simon emerged successfully from the microfight. The move with Morat came out to Spain in the 80th minute, when the fresh striker pulled the ball to the half of the opponent, overcame with the defeat with Olm overcame the superiority of the defending players and overcame Simona in cold blood. “La Furia Roja” duly aroused the compensatory intervention and pursued the decision.

This did not happen in the basic time and Spain also played the third overtime in the tournament. The extra time began to unfold at a calmer pace, and neither team wanted to impartially give the lead to the rival. Olmo could have reduced the lead with a blistering strike from the left wing, had it not been for an excellent block by the visitors’ keeper. The Spaniards sensed the passivity of the Italians, after the center of Moreno Morata went to jump with Donnarumm, the arrival of M. Llorente was blocked by Bonucci. Italy had only one blocked shot of Berardi and the match was resolved by an eleven shot. Although Locatelli did not succeed in it at first, after the unchanged shots of Olm and Morat, he sealed the progress of Italy in the fifth series of Jorginho.

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