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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

GOALLLLL! Bonuci scores in the quarterfinals!

OH NO, VAR RULES IT OUT! OFFSIDE.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

• 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)

"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."

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.

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.

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.