translated from Spanish: Italy beat Austria in a tough encounter and is the second team in the quarter-finals of the European Championship

The Italian team certified on Saturday its presence in the quarterfinals of Euro 2020 after beating Austria 2-1 thanks to goals from Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina, who decided the tie in extra time, in a clash played at Wembley that was far from the version offered by the ‘Azzurra’ so far. Roberto Mancini’s team was one of the teams to highlight after the first phase, with full of wins, seven goals for and none against. In addition, he already has 30 matches without losing, almost three years in total for an Italy that is called to achieve the highest levels in this European Championship.This has been shown in this start, however, the four-time world champion seemed a completely different team at Wembley to the one shown at the Olympic in recent weeks. Only the starting eleven presented a change. A coaching move as Mancini decided to leave Locatelli on the bench and gave entry to Verratti.Italia did not play well, in fact, suffered in some phases against the Austrians, who warned first with a taco in the air of Sabitzer. Spinazzola replied strongly on a shoe with the outside of his boot and Arnautovic was not afraid to look for the volley goal from outside the area. The match was a fast-paced exchange of blows. This was not the script that the ‘azzurro’ box would have imagined, which woke up with a shot from Immobile with a few minutes to go before the break. Berardi also forgave, already in the second half, with an acrobatic shot and Austria saw how they cancelled out a goal for offside after a play by Arnautovic.Tanta was the equality that the clash had to be decided in extra time, with a play by Chiesa -in the space left by Alaba- and five minutes after the start of extra time. Juve’s, responsible for this year’s cup title, completely shut down Franco Foda’s players, who could not lift the flight and even conceded the second on a move by Pessina.Sasa Kalajdzic gave some excitement to the game with a goal almost impossible due to the lack of space in a header. However, nothing changed the triumph of an Italy that breathed much later than it would have wished. The extra time saved a team that arrived with the immaculate resume and will continue in such a way, but with some doubts after the bad game against a team like Austria, theoretically much inferior, which forced the Italians to recover their most classic condition of validating any path in order to reach the triumph. His opponent in the quarterfinals will come out of Belgium-Portugal.

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