Italy make the breakthrough
Federico Chiesa comes off the bench to give Italy the lead with a fine finish
Italy make the breakthrough
Federico Chiesa comes off the bench to give Italy the lead with a fine finish
Federico Chiesa’s strike against Austria is only his second goal for the Italian national team, and the first since scoring in their 9:1 win over Armenia on 18 November 2019.
A fantastic finish to give Italy the long-awaited opening goal!
14/6/96 - Enrico Chiesa scores against Czech Republic for Italy at Euro '96
26/06/21 - Federico Chiesa scores against Austria for Italy at Euro 2020
Scoring at the Euros. It’s a family thing
Italy now lead 2-0 against Austria through Matteo Pessina.
◉ Ciro Immobile (2)
◉ Manuel Locatelli (2)
◉ Matteo Pessina (2)
Three players have scored 2+ goals for Italy at a European Championships for the very first time.
25 - Federico Chiesa has scored in a Euro game 25 years & 12 days after the goal of his father Enrico (14th June vs Czech Republic).
Austria pull one back with six minutes remaining against Italy
Sasa Kalajdzic becomes the first ever Austrian player to score in the knockout rounds at the Euros.
He’s also the first player to score against Italy at Euro 2020.
Italy have conceded an international goal for the first time since October 2020 vs. Netherlands
Their run of 11 consecutive clean sheets finally comes to an end.
1168 - Sasa Kalajdzic’s goal for Austria was the first Italy have conceded since October 2020, ending a run of 1168 minutes without conceding for the Italians
Poland
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Northern Ireland
Bulgaria
Lithuania
San Marino
Czech Republic
Turkey
Switzerland
Wales
Austria
For the first time since November, Italy have conceded a goal.
Italy have set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in the history of the men’s national team:
◉ 31 games
◉ 83 goals
◉ 26 wins
◉ 23 clean sheets
◉ 8 goals conceded
◉ 0 defeats
Suited and booted.
The Azzurri progress to the quarter-final following their extra-time win against Austria.
Since 2000, Italy have progressed to the quarter-finals in five of their last six European Championships:
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
The Azzurri march on again.
3 – Tonight’s game between Italy and Austria saw three goals scored in extra-time at the EURO’s for just the second time, after France vs Portugal in 1984.
The longest active unbeaten runs in international football:
Italy (31 games)
Algeria (27 games)
Italy are four away from tying Brazil and Spain’s all-time record of 35 games.
Three sub players have scored combined in an extra time for the first time in an European Championship or World Cup both ever (Federico Chiesa, Pessina & Kalajdzic).
Phil Foden looks set to return for England their last-16 game against Germany on Tuesday with Mason Mount in contention to start after being confined to quarantine.