In the last 16 rounds of the 16th European Football Championship (EURO 2020), which was hosted by 11 countries for the first time, Italy, coached by Roberto Mancini, who completed Group A with Turkey as the leader, shared their trump card with Austria, who finished Group C in 2nd place.
It was played at Wembley Stadium in London, the capital of England. TRT1, TRT 4K and trtizle.comItaly approached the goal in the 32nd minute of the match, which was broadcast live from Turkey. With a hard hit by Ciro Immobile, the ball hit the post and went out.
The goal scored by Marko Arnautovic for Austria in the 65th minute was canceled due to offside after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review.
The regular time of the fight ended goalless and the overtime period was started.
Italy took the lead 1-0 in the 95th minute. Hanging behind the defense, Federico Chiesa controlled the ball sent to the penalty area from the back post. Freed from his opponent, Chiesa sent the leather ball into the nets with his hard hit.
⚽GOOLL! CHIESAAAA! Italy found the goal they were looking for from Federico Chiesa’s foot in extra time.#EURO2020 #ITA #AUT pic.twitter.com/isHMO5K1sh
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Finding the ball in front of the carrom in front of the goal area in the 105th minute, Matteo Pessina scored the goal with a smooth shot and Italy increased the gap to two.
⚽GOOLL! Matteo Pessina meets the ball in the penalty area and increases the lead to 2 against Austria.#EURO2020 #ITA #AUT pic.twitter.com/eCFAroPA7J
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Sasa Kalajdzic, who sent the ball into the nets with a shot from the right-wing corner by Austria in the 114th minute, brought the situation to 2-1.
⚽GOOLL! Austria reduced the lead against Italy to 1 in the 114th minute with Kalajdzic’s goal in the corner kick.#EURO2020 #ITA #AUT pic.twitter.com/KBWFYTWmj7
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There was no other goal in the remaining minutes and Italy won the match 2-1 and made it to the quarter-finals. With this result, the “Sky Blues”, which increased their undefeated streak to 31 matches, will face the winner of the Belgium-Portugal match in the quarter-finals.
Italy breaks goal conceding record
On the other hand, Italy, who did not see a goal for 1,168 minutes until the 114th minute of the match, developed the record of not conceding a goal for the longest time in national teams. Dino Zoff, who closed his goal for 1,143 minutes in the Italian National Team in 1972-1974, held the previous record.
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