The Italian team, which set a record for consecutive matches, eliminated the Belgians and reached the semifinals of Euro 2020

Italian team in the quarterfinals of the Euro 2020 championship twenty-one exceeded Belgium footballers and was among the four strongest teams in this tournament.

Leonardo Bonucci took the lead after 13 minutes, making it 0 – 1 with an elegant move down the middle. However, the referee, taking advantage of the technological revision of the VAR, registered a lateral line and did not count the goal. Nicolo Barella directed the ball to the far corner of the goal in the 31st minute and put the Italian team ahead 1: 0. Lorenzo Insigne directed the ball to the upper corner of the penalty area with a fantastic shot in the 44th minute and doubled The advantage of the Italian team 2: 0. Romelu Lukaku measured with confidence the penalty given by the referee for the first half and mitigated the result of this match 1: 2.

After 61 minutes, Kevino De Bruyne sent a free kick high over the area. Lorenzo Insigne fired a shot from the 35 meters and Lorenzo Insigne and could not do anything about it, getting off and swerving, he did everything up. There was concern in the stands when, in the 79th minute, Emerson’s Leonardo Spinazzola hit the ground hard, but rejected the coach’s attention and rejoined his teammates on the field.

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Interesting data:

• The Italian national team has won 15 consecutive Eurocup soccer matches (including qualifiers) and has set a record for this tournament.

• Jeremy Doku has become the youngest player on the Belgian national team to start the European or world soccer playoffs in the starting lineup: 19 years and 36 days. The latter was also sanctioned with an eleven-meter penalty in the European Football Championship after a seventeen-year hiatus. The last time Wayne Rooney was able to do this was in 2004, in the England-France game.

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Match progress:

90 min. The Italian team celebrates the victory with the result 2 – 1 and travels to the semi-finals!

Match Stats (Belgium – Italy)

90 min. 5 extra minutes of play are added.

84 min. Freed from the defenses of several opponents, J.Doku fired, but the ball flew well over the goal.

79 min. Due to a severely inopportune tackle, Emerson’s Leonardo Spinazzola spent some time on the pitch writhing in pain before he was able to get up and continue play.

76 min. The ball hit R.Lukaku in the goalkeeper’s hands and the result remained unchanged.

69 min. L.Insigne made a shot from around 30 meters and the 5th minute had been played, but his shot went from the right into the goalkeeper’s hands.

61 min. WHAT OCCASION! After receiving an accurate pass from K. De Bruyne, R.Lukaku was unable to close it precisely to direct the ball into the net.

56 min. Jeremy Doku attempted a shot, but from an awkward position, sending the ball to the visiting fans.

52 min. Federico Chiesa’s free-kick that goes near the left post of Ciro Immobile.

46 min. The second half of the game begins.

45 min. The Italian team obtained a minimum advantage in the first half 2 – 1.

Statistics for the first semester (Belgium – Italy)

45 + 2 min. OBJECTIVE! Romelu Lukaku deflected a shot from the right that the visiting goalkeeper did well to deflect the ball.

45 min. 1 extra minute of play is added.

44 min. OBJECTIVE! Lorenzo Insigne directed the ball to the top corner of the goal with a fantastic shot and doubled the Italian team’s lead 2: 0.

40 min. Giovanni Di Lorenzo fired a shot from the center of the area and Giovanni Di Lorenzo couldn’t do anything about it, getting down and swerving, he did it all up.

31 min. OBJECTIVE! Nicolo Barella directed the ball to the far corner of the goal with a great shot and put the Italian team ahead 1: 0.

26 min. A spectacular volley by Romelu Lukaku almost resulted in a goal, but a good save by the goalkeeper kept him out and G.Donnarumma could only finish off the fumble.

22 min. K. De Bruyne took a superb shot from the center of the area and Gianluigi Donnarumma.

17 min. K. De Bruyne took a shot from around 35 meters and Italiano and couldn’t do anything about it, diving and swerving, he did it all up.

13 min. Leonardo Bonucci has a deflected shot on goal However, the referee, taking advantage of the technological revision of the VAR, registered a lateral line and did not count the goal.

8 min. The transfer of Thomas Meunier was successfully stopped by the opponent and the attack prepared by the Belgian team was stopped.

3 min. Kevin De Bruyne gave him a goal on a layup, tried to hit it with his right and finished off with his left awkwardly.

0 min. The referee announces the start of the game!

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Initial compositions:

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Interesting data:

• Matches between the Belgian and Italian teams will be played in Munich, Germany.

• Belgium eliminated the Portuguese from more battles in the eighth final, while Italy defeated the Austrians after a fierce battle.

• The Italian team won up to 14 of the 22 matches with the Belgians, the latter enjoying victory only 4 times, while 4 times the match ended in a draw.

• Both teams finished their performance at Euro 2016 in the quarterfinals.

• The winner of the Belgian-Italian pair will face Swiss or Spanish footballers in the semi-finals.

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Coach Comments:

Robert Martinez, head coach of the Belgian national team:

“The Italian team will attack from the first seconds of the match. All the players on this team know their role. We had enough time to regain strength and prepare for this match with the Italian footballers.”

Roberto Mancini, head coach of the Italian national team:

“We will try to play our game, we respect our opponents because we know they are a good team. We have already seen that there are no easy matches in this tournament. The Belgian team is currently one of the best teams in the world, but that doesn’t change anything, because at this point in the championship all games are difficult. “

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Team form:

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