Winning to continue dreaming in a stadium that for the first time since the start of the European Championships will not be ours. Italy will face Austria in England at Wembley starting at 9pm for the round of 16 of Euro2020. A very important match and from inside or outside like all those that will await us if we have to pass the round with the ultimate goal of returning to Wembley where the semifinals and finals will be played. A stadium in which the national team was unable to finish, denied by the organizers, in order not to overload the turf. Roberto Mancini will re-propose the typical formation net of Florenzi and Chiellini, while the coach of the Austrians O will focus everything on Sabitzer and Alaba ..
STATISTICS – Italy have remained unbeaten in the last 13 matches against Austria (10W, 3N), the Azzurri’s last defeat against the Austrians dates back to a friendly in December 1960 (1-2). Italy have won all four games against Austria between the World Cup and the European Championships, all in the World Cup: 1-0 in 1934, 1-0 in 1978, 1-0 in 1990 and 2-1 in 1998. Seven of Italy’s 14 matches in the knockout stage at the European Championships ended in a draw (4V, 3P). Of these seven draws, five ended in the penalty lottery (2V, 3P), one with the toss of the coin and the other with the final playoff, which was then won. This is Austria’s first ever participation in the knockout stage dhe European Championships and the first in this phase of a great tournament since the 1954 World Cup, when it reached the semifinal.
OFFICIAL FORMATIONS
Italy: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Acerbi, Spinazzola; Verratti, Jorginho, Barella; Berardi, Immobile, Insigne.
Austria: Bachmann; Lainer, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Alaba ;. Schlager, Laimer; Grillitsch, Sabitzer, Baumgartner; Arnautovic
