UEFA European Championship

FT Friday, July 2, 2021
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Match Report

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Italy hold off Belgium to reach Euro 2020 semifinals

Italy defeated Belgium 2-1 to reach the Euro 2020 semifinals thanks to first-half goals from Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
2
53.8
Possession
46
14
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
469
Accurate Passes
372
532
Passes
448
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
17
0.4
Cross %
0.1
57
Long Balls
49
37
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
10
19
Effective Clearances
13
19
Clearances
13

Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-2

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 3Thomas VermaelenCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Axel WitselCM-L
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 16Thorgan HazardLM
  8. 15Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 25Jérémy DokuCF-L
  11. 7Kevin De BruyneCF-R

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 21Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 4Leonardo SpinazzolaLB
  5. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 14Federico ChiesaRF

Timeline

  1. 20' Marco Verratti (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 21' Youri Tielemans (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Goal! Belgium 0, Italy 1. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Verratti following a set piece situation.
  4. 44' Goal! Belgium 0, Italy 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  5. 45'+2' Goal! Belgium 1, Italy 2. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  6. 69' Substitution, Belgium. Dries Mertens replaces Youri Tielemans.
  7. 70' Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Thomas Meunier.
  8. 74' Substitution, Belgium. Dennis Praet replaces Nacer Chadli because of an injury.
  9. 74' Substitution, Italy. Bryan Cristante replaces Marco Verratti.
  10. 74' Substitution, Italy. Andrea Belotti replaces Ciro Immobile.
  11. 79' Substitution, Italy. Domenico Berardi replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  12. 79' Substitution, Italy. Emerson replaces Leonardo Spinazzola because of an injury.
  13. 90' Domenico Berardi (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Italy. Rafael Tolói replaces Federico Chiesa.

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