Italy beat Spain 4-2 on penalties to reach Euro 2020 final, after the game ended 1-1 in normal time, plus extra time. It was Chelsea star, Jorginho who scored the decisive spot-kick to put Italy into the Euro 2020 final.
The Chelsea man scored with his trademark spot-kick immediately after Alvaro Morata’s penalty was saved by Italian goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Federico Chiesa looked as if he had sent Italy – who are unbeaten in 33 games – to the final in normal time with a delightful curled finish to cap off a quick counter.
But Morata stepped off the bench to slot an equaliser with 10 minutes to go after a one-two with Dani Olmo.
Spain had most of the possession throughout the game, but lacked the quality in the final third to put the game to bed, as the Italian which just moved a step closer to a first European Championship win since 1968, adopted a counter-attacking approach to their game on Tuesday night, and defended very well to push the game to extra time and to penalties.
Italy will now await the winner of the second semi-final game between England and Denmark for Sunday final game in London.
Italy star of the match Federico Chiesa speaking immediately after Italy beat Spain on Tuesday night, said: “I cannot describe my emotion by words, it was a tough match, Spain were great tonight but we come back here on 11 July for the final. We will see, we will see.
“Spain were great, they have star players but we fought until the end and we did it.
“When Locatelli missed the first penalty, everyone was calm saying we can do it and at the end our group helped us in the moment.”