Romelu Lukaku has just scored his 64th goal for Belgium – that’s now at least twice as many as any other player in the history of the Belgium national team.
A truly remarkable achievement for the fantastic forward. 
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19 - Jéremy Doku is the first teenager to win a penalty in a European Championship match since Wayne Rooney v France for England in 2004.
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Romelu Lukaku has now played the same number of international matches as R9 and David Villa:
Romelu Lukaku - 64 goals
Ronaldo - 62 goals
David Villa - 59 goals
A world-class record for a world-class striker.
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5 & 6 - Romelu Lukaku’s penalty means that no Belgian player has scored more goals than him at either the European Championships (five, level with Marc Wilmots) or the World Cup (six).
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There have been 17 goals from outside the box at EURO 2020
◎ Yarmolenko
◎ Schick
◉ Locatelli
◉ Immobile
◎ De Bruyne
◎ Shaqiri
◎ Kahveci
◎ Seferović
◎ Damsgaard
◎ Christensen
◎ Modrić
◎ McGregor
◎ Dolberg
◎ T.Hazard
◎ Pogba
◎ Forsberg
◉ Insigne
Three for Italy..
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A list of active players with more goals for Italy than Lorenzo Insigne:
Ciro Immobile
Andrea Belotti
End of list.
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Petkovic consoling his players is a lovely image. Football. They wrote their name in the history books, and were so close to penning a whole new chapter.
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WWWWWWWWWWWWW
Roberto Mancini’s Azzurri are two wins away from winning the European Championship and equalling Spain’s record winning streak at international level.
Up next? Spain.
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Longest winning runs in European Championship history (including qualifying):
15- Italy (2020)
14- Belgium (2020)
14- Germany (2012)
12- France (2004)
Another record for Roberto Mancini’s side.
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Italy and Spain will face each other in the knockout stages of the Euros for the 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 straight tournament 
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This season, for the first time since 2012, Chelsea reached the Champions League final.. and won.
This summer, for the first time since 2012, Italy have reached the semi-final of a major tournament.
Who’s pulling the strings for both teams? Jorge Luiz Frello Filho.
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Jorginho misplayed just ONE pass during Italy’s 2-1 win vs. Belgium
◉ 71 passes attempted
◉ 70 passes completed
◎ Most Italy interceptions (3)
◎ Most Italy possession won (9)
Mancini’s Midfield Maestro.
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Italy will face Spain in EURO 2020 semi-finals 
Italy are through to the Semi-Finals where they will face SPAIN
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Italy are in the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-final against Spain after beating Belgium 2-1 with goals from Nicolò Barella and Lorenzo Insigne.
Match Events
0’ The match is about to start!
1’ Donnarumma makes decent save
4’ Lukaku’s shot over the bar
12’ OFFSIDE! Bonucci’s goal disallowed
19’ Yellow Card! Verratti booked
20’ Yellow Card! Tielemans booked
22’ CHANCE! De Bruyne’s shot stopped by Donnarumma
26’ CLOSE! Lukaku’s shot stopped by Donnarumma again
27’ Insigne’s long shot over the bar
30’ GOAL! Belgium 0-1 Italy (Barella)
40’ CHANCE! Chiesa’s shot inches wide
43’ GOAL! Belgium 0-2 Italy (Insigne)
45’ Penalty Goal! Belgium 1-2 Italy (Lukaku)
47’ Chiesa’s shot wide out
61’ CLOSE! Spinazzola makes timely block
66’ CHANCE! Spinazzola’s shot wide out
69’ Insigne’s shot stopped
77’ Injured Spinazzola replaced
83’ CHANCE! Doku’s shot over the bar
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15 - Including the qualifying rounds, Italy have won each of their last 15 European Championship matches - a new competition record. Belgium themselves had won 14 consecutive matches before today’s defeat. Goliath.
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When Roberto Mancini took over Italy, they were at their lowest ever point in the FIFA rankings and had just failed to qualify for the World Cup.
They’re now unbeaten in 32 games and in the Euro 2020 semifinals 
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Lorenzo Insigne vs Belgium:
79’ played
75 touches
1 goal
3 shots/2 on target
2 big chan. created
3 key passes
55/62 acc. passes
1/2 succ. dribbles
2/3 duels won
8.6 SofaScore rating
He was immense for Italy tonight! 
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Jeremy Doku successfully completed 8 out of 13 dribbles tonight – no other player managed to complete more than 6 dribbles in a single match at EURO2020 so far.
The 19-year-old was a real menace with the ball at his feet! 
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