In the first half the ball was being passed mostly between Italians; with the occasional English touch. The we're no goals scored in the first 45 minutes, there weren't any in the second either. However, England were keeping the possession for longer and having more and more scoring opportunities. Eventually, the game had to continue in extra time.
England had a few close shaves, with Joe Hart making sure that none of them ended up in the back of his net. But the game had to end in a penalty shoot out. Balotelli and Gerrard both scored for their team, Montolivo didn't have any luck, Rooney and Pirlo scored the next ones. Ashley Young's shot hit the top bar, Nocerino scored for Italy and Ashley Cole's shot was saved. If Italy scored this time, they would be through to the semi finals. England haven't really got a good reputation for winning penalty shoot outs, and they weren't going to change that today. Diamanti scored the final goal of the game. Italy are through to the semi finals were they will play against Germany, Portugal will play against Spain.
There were no yellow cards for England.
Yellow cards for Italy:
Barzagli, Maggio
Subs for England:
Welbeck ~ Carroll
Milner ~ Walcott
Parker ~ Henderson
Subs for Italy:
Cassano ~ Diamanti
De Rossi ~ Nocerino
Abate ~ Maggio
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