(From L) Italy's defender Leonardo Bonucci, Italy's forward Andrea Belotti, Italy's forward Domenico Berardi, Italy's midfielder Matteo Pessina and Italy's defender Rafael Toloi celebrate after winning the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-final football match between Italy and Spain at Wembley Stadium in London on July 6, 2021. CARL RECINE / POOL / AFP They were not always on top in this game though, with Spain the better team for long spells of an epic contest before Federico Chiesa, the Juventus forward, gave Italy the lead with a fabulous finish an hour into a match watched by a crowd of almost 58,000. The much-maligned Alvaro Morata, who was dropped from the starting line-up, came off the bench to equalise with 10 minutes of normal time left. No further scoring in extra time meant penalties again for Spain, who had beaten Switzerland in a shoot-out in the quarter-finals. They had also beaten Italy on penalties at Euro 2008, but this time misses from Dani Olmo and then Morata saw … [Read more...] about Italy beat Spain on penalties in epic Euro 2020 semi-final
