Despite being counted the confrontations that have occurred between England and Italy in official competitionsevery time these teams meet on the field of play They leave us memories of emotions that are difficult to forget.
Euro 1980: Tardelli’s goal
After facing each other 11 times in unofficial matches, the June 14, 1980, England and Italy met for the first time in an official competition On the second day of the 1980 euroin it Municipal Stadium of Turin.
With only eight participants divided into 2 groupsboth teams met after having tied against Belgium and Spain respectively, seeking to enter the next phase where the third place as the champion of the competition.
The Italian team ended up winning this first match with a late goal by Marco Tardelli, who celebrated effusively by running around the entire field and then falling to the ground and holding his head in his hands in a sign of relief Because it was a match of great tension and few finishes, leaving the first great precedent in this type of duel.
Marco Tardelli giving victory to Italy | Image: @UEFA.com
Posteriorly, Italy managed to advance to the third place match against Czechoslovakia where they won.while the English stayed in third position in group two.
1990 World Cup: Definition for third place
A decade later, on July 6, 1990the English and Italians faced each other again in Italy, but now in Bari, to define third place in the World Cup.
The Squadra Azzurra led by Azeglo Viccini, came to this match after losing on penalties in the semi-final against Argentinabut making a notable participation in add 5 wins and a draw, allowing only one goal in the entire tournament.
For their part, the English fell in the same way on penalties in the semi-final against West Germany after tying at one goal in regulation time.
This confrontation, which is generally not of great interest to those involved on this occasion, had a great value for Salvatore Schillaci, who was in the fight to be the best player and scorer of this edition.
Once again as happened in the Euro, the Azzurri would take the victory now by 2 to 1, in another very disputed final which served for the Italian attacker to be the winner of the golden boot by scoring six goals along with the golden ball of that edition of that World Cup. being the best moment of his career.
Celebration of Salvatore Schillaci | Image: FIFA.com
Euro 2012: Pirlo’s panenka
Another moment that has marked this series of matches is the quarter-final penalty shootout in Euro 2012, which was played jointly in Poland and Ukraine.
During the regular time neither of the two teams managed to open the scoring with which the match had to be decided by sign de penalties.
With the score against after the failure of Montolivothe Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo, He had the need to score to keep his team in the round, something that he achieved, but in an abnormal way because he decided hitting the ball to the center leaving all the Italians in suspense and later celebrating once it came in making it 2-2.
Definition of Pirlo in the penalty shootout | Image: Eurosport
The final result would be 2-4 for Italy who would reach the final of this edition of the Euro Cup.
World Cup 2014: Surprise in group D
One of the most Devastating events in history for both national teams were presented in Brazil 2014. In this World Cup they shared a group with Costa Rica and Uruguay being the most difficult groupalthough it was expected that one of the dYou could advance due to the hierarchy of your players.
Despite this, the domain of Italy continued to predominate in this rivalry by achieving its fourth victory in official competitions now by 2 to 1, thanks to the goals of Balotelli and Marchisio who were the only scorers in this World Cup for the Azzurribecause in their two remaining games they were unable to score a goal, although with the draws obtained they managed to take third place in the group, adding three points above the point of England that ended up at the bottom bringing with it a generational revolution.
Balotelli celebrating goal against England | Image: ABC.es
Euro 2020: Consecrate yourself at Wembley
The most recent event dates back to 2021, after the postponement of this edition due to the health situation in which the world found itself, when they faced in the Euro 2020 final which was held at Wembley Stadiumbeing the first time they faced each other in English soil just like that, they were competing for a title.
During this duel, several records were broken, such as that of fastest goal in a final, the oldest scorer to score in a final and the longest streak without winning a European Championship
After the tie at one in regular time as happened in 2012, it had to be resolved by via penalties where those led by Mancini defeated the English, being the most notable victory in this series for the title obtained.
Italy’s celebration of winning Euro2020 | Image: Cope
This Tuesday, a new chapter of the rivalry will be written where the three lions will seek their second victory and certify their qualification for Euro 2024 as well as complicate the Azzuri’s passage.
2023-10-16 23:00:00
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