Euro 2020 Quarterfinal Highlights: Insigne, Barella star as Italy beat Belgium 2-1 to reach semifinals

Belgium vs Italy Highlights, Euro 2020 Quarterfinal Football Match: Belgium are knocked out after losing 1-2 against Italy in quarterfinal. Italy reached semifinals. Follow Highlights of Belgium vs Italy, Euro 2020 quarterfinal match.

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Belgium vs Italy, Euro 2020 Quarterfinal Highlights: Belgium are knocked out after losing 1-2 against Italy in quarterfinal. Italy reached semifinals. Romelu Lukaku scored from penalty at the stroke of halftime. Giovanni Di Lorenzo conceded the penalty after a challenge on Jeremy Doku. Lorenzo Insigne and Nicolo Barella put Italy in front scoring two goals in the first half....Read More

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• 3 Jul 2021, 02:25:02 AM IST

  FT: Belgium 1-2 Italy

  Belgium are knocked out after losing 1-2 against Italy. Roberto Mancini's Italian dream lives on as Italy are through to semifinals.

• 3 Jul 2021, 02:21:08 AM IST

  90+1' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  FREEKICK! Berardi concedes a freekick taking down De Bruyne. Dangerous area.

  
  

  De Bruyne all over it. But the challenge on Donnarumma fizzled out the attack in the box.

• 3 Jul 2021, 02:17:45 AM IST

  89' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  Pressure is building on Roberto Mancini's Italy as Belgium continue to threaten Italy's defence.

• 3 Jul 2021, 02:13:23 AM IST

  84' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  CHANCE! Doku breaks through Italian defence but his shot was way above goalpost.

• 3 Jul 2021, 02:12:37 AM IST

  83' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  Witsel breaks through but he cannot cross the ball but Bonucci blocking it.

• 3 Jul 2021, 02:08:51 AM IST

  78' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  Spinazzola in tears as he goes down after a muscle pull. He looks in real distress.

  
  

  Spinazzola, Insigne OFF, Berardi, Emerson OFF

• 3 Jul 2021, 02:04:23 AM IST

  75' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  Italy changes:

  
  

  Belotti IN, Immobile OUT

  Cristante IN, Verratti OUT

• 3 Jul 2021, 02:01:50 AM IST

  72' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  Belgium are troubling Italian defence and we may see reinforcements coming for Mancini's team.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:58:39 AM IST

  69' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  SHOT! Insigne takes a shot from outside but it was pushed by Courtois.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:55:31 AM IST

  66' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  CHANCE! Insigne passes into the box and Spinazzola almost added another goal here. Just hit it over.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:50:57 AM IST

  62' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  CHANCE! Doku sends a pass, De Bruyne sends a cross to Lukaku, and his shot has been deflected on goalpost!

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:47:26 AM IST

  58' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  A little challenge on Doku. But no player booked.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:45:11 AM IST

  55' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  CORNER! Kevin de Bruyne takes a quick one, Doku breaks into the box but it was saved by Donnarumma.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:41:40 AM IST

  52' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  CHANCE! Chiesa sends a cross to Immobile in front of goal, but Immobile failed to get any connection on it.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:38:48 AM IST

  49' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  Italy are moving forward, pressing on Belgium defence early on in 2nd half.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:36:35 AM IST

  47' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  SHOT! Chiesa gets the ball in a dangerous area but he has hit it wide.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:23:36 AM IST

  2nd half: Belgium 1-2 Italy

  The 2nd half begins... can Belgium get another one to level the score?

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:21:11 AM IST

  HT: Belgium 1-2 Italy

  It is halftime and what a spectacle this has been. Belgium 1-2 Italy at HT

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:17:56 AM IST

  45+1' Belgium 1-2 Italy

  PENALTY SHOT! Romelu Lukaku to take the penalty. AND HE SCORES!

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:16:34 AM IST

  45' Belgium 0-2 Italy

  PENALTY! Di Lorenzo has nudges Doku in the box and Belgium get a penalty.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:12:33 AM IST

  44: Belgium 0-2 Italy

  GOALLLL! Insigne has hammered in a shot and doubled Italy's lead.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:11:47 AM IST

  41' Belgium 0-1 Italy

  SHOT! Chiesa takes a shot and it curled and almost went into the nets. Chiesa is on fire.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:10:13 AM IST

  39' Belgium 0-1 Italy

  Belgium tried really hard to send a ball in the box but nothing really came off of it.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:06:19 AM IST

  35' Belgium 0-1 Italy

  Belgium have become a little rattled with the goal, and they are now making wrong movements.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:01:56 AM IST

  31' Belgium 0-1 Italy

  GOALLLL! BARELLA SCORES! Belgian defence caught napping on a free kick routine.

• 3 Jul 2021, 01:00:36 AM IST

  30' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  CORNER! Spinazzola wins a corner. Insigne sends it in to the box, but nothing comes off it.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:57:52 AM IST

  27' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  CHANCE! Chiese breaks through Belgium box and almost converts.Good defending from Belgium.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:56:44 AM IST

  26' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  SAVE! De Bruyne breaks through again and he passes it to Lukaku, who forces another save from Donnarumma.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:53:20 AM IST

  23' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  SAVE! Donnarumma makes a sensational save as KDB hammers a thunderous shot on goal.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:50:53 AM IST

  20' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  YELLOW! Verratti has taken down Tielemans and he has been booked. He was pulled by his shirt.

  
  

  BOOKED! Seconds later, Tielemans was booked for a challenge on Verratti.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:48:37 AM IST

  16' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  CHANCE! Forward movement from Belgium and KDB takes a screamer towards goal, but it was straight at goalkeeper. What a chance.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:44:04 AM IST

  13' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  GOALLLLL! Bonuci scores in the quarterfinals!

  
  

  OH NO, VAR RULES IT OUT! OFFSIDE.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:42:58 AM IST

  12' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  CORNER! De Bruyne's cross from corner was uncharacteristically very disappointing.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:40:30 AM IST

  10' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  Italy have started making some headways in the match, keeping possession and taking the ball to Italy. Quickness and nice tempo. But no goals yet.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:37:22 AM IST

  7' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  Belgium showing great intent as they are going forward and breaking through. But no goals yet.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:35:29 AM IST

  4' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  SHOT! Lukaku gets a long pass from Alderweireld and he has hammered it over the goalpost. He was offside, anyways.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:32:27 AM IST

  2' Belgium 0-0 Italy

  CHANCE! De Bruyne played Lukaku into the box, and Donurumma called into action straightaway into the match.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:27:09 AM IST

  KICKOFF: Belgium 0-0 Italy

  KICKOFF! Belgium get the ball rolling and we are underway...!

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:19:38 AM IST

  Euro 2020, Belgium vs Italy - LIVE!

  LIVE! The players from both the teams Belgium and Italy are in the middle for the National Anthems. Here we go....

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:18:28 AM IST

  On the other end...

  Spain have defeated Switzerland 3-1 on penalties to reach semifinals. Who will they meet Belgium or Italy?

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:15:59 AM IST

  Chiellni speaks before match

  "We have got a lot of respect for Lukaku because he had a great season for Inter, and this goes for our entire squad," said defender Giorgio Chiellini.

  
  

  "All season we witnessed what a match-winner and important player he has become.

  
  

  "I think it would be doing a disservice to say Belgium are all about Romelu Lukaku, though, as they have quality players throughout the pitch. We will prepare as we always have done, keeping an eye on Lukaku and their other top players."

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:05:30 AM IST

  Belgium vs Italy: Stats

  • Against no side have Belgium played more games at major tournaments without winning than Italy (4, level with France and Germany) while the only European nations Italy have faced more often at the same tournaments without losing are Germany (9) and Austria (5).

  
  

  • Italy have reached the quarter-final of the European Championship for a fourth consecutive tournament. Each of those previous three appearances at this stage have been decided by a penalty shootout, with the Italians eliminated by Spain in 2008 and Germany in 2016 while progressing past England in 2012. Indeed, that accounts for three of Italy's five European Championship penalty shootouts - more than any other nation prior to the 2020 edition.

  
  

  • Belgium have won seven of their last eight matches at the European Championships - the exception in this run was at this stage at Euro 2016, when they lost 3-1 to Wales.

  
  

  (Opta Stats, as told by Sky Sports)

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:59:34 PM IST

  Mancini ahead of Belgium clash

  "We will play our own game, well aware that we are up against the best team in the world at this moment of time," Mancini said.

  
  

  "If they have been top of the FIFA rankings for three years, it means they have been very good for a long time, but we will still play our way.

  
  

  "We could tweak a few things along the way if things do not go to plan, but we have a certain style of play and Belgium do too. I am sure it will be a wonderful game of football. The winner will be the team who makes the fewest errors."

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:40:21 PM IST

  Italy Starting XI

  Italy (4-3-3)

  Starting XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini (capt), Leonardo Spinazzola; Nicolo Barella, Jorginho, Marco Verratti; Federico Chiesa, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne

  
  

  Subs: Sirigu, Meret, Emerson, Acerbi, Bastoni, Toloi, Locatelli, Pessina, Cristante, Belotti, Berardi, Bernardeschi.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:36:21 PM IST

  Belgium Starting XI

  Belgium (3-4-3)

  
  

  Starting XI: Thibaut Courtois; Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen (capt), Thomas Vermaelen; Thomas Meunier, Youri Tielemans, Axel Witsel, Thorgan Hazard; Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Jeremy Doku

  
  

  Subs: Kaminski, Sels, Boyata, Denayer, Carrasco, Mertens, Dendoncker, Chadli, Praet, Benteke, Batshuayi, Trossard.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:00:33 PM IST

  Euro 2020 Quarterfinal, Belgium vs Italy - LIVE!

  Hello and welcome to our live blog on Euro 2020 Quarterfinal football match between Belgium and Italy. This match, between two of the best teams in the competition will be a test of wills and desire to succeed.