Italy secured their place in the quarterfinals of Euro 2020, by defeating Austria 2 to 1, in a duel marked by parity, which led the two teams to 120 minutes, leaving the maximum effort and testing their resistance on the court.
Parity from the start, with Italy as the favorite, but without the necessary role to hurt an Austrian defensive zone that was compact in the first half. Without major emotions, despite the fact that the Italians looked for spaces on the wings and inside, but without greater depth or danger for Bachmann’s goal.
Similar approaches, seeking to gain possession of the ball, however, there was no team that widely dominated in this item. For the second half, the ‘azurra’ began to open little by little, leaving room for the Austrians, who began to try little by little at the door of Donnarumma. And it is that the options began to arrive, but, in this case, the rojiblancos with greater danger.
The first was in an aerial play, in which Alaba enabled Arnautovic, so that he beat Donnarumma, however, the VAR took action to cancel the play. In addition, for greater suspense, the Austrians demanded a criminal action, but the referee did not even go to the VAR, when sanctioning a previous offside.
The game went to extra time, where Mancini’s men began to exert pressure and take over the ball. The key to the goal would be found at the feet of Federico Chiesa, who lowered a ball with his head in a great way, to then define crossed Bachmann’s goal and put the first in Wembley.
The Italians would continue with the accelerator at full speed, on minute 105, Matteo Pessina would enter on the left wing, to define and bring the classification of the ‘azurra’ closer to the quarterfinals. However, at minute 115 ‘, Kalajdzic found the discount for Austria, after anticipating all the centrals of Italy, in popcorn, to send the ball to the near post. Italy will wait for a rival between Belgium and Portugal.
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