Italy advance 4-2 on penalties
Match Formations
- Hart1
- Cole3
- Lescott15
- Terry6
- Johnson2
- Young11
- Parker17
- Gerrard4
- Milner16
- Rooney10
- Welbeck22
Game Information
Kiev Olympic Stadium
2:45 PM, June 24, 2012Coverage: ESPN/ESPNDP/ESPN3
Kiev, Ukraine
Attendance: 56,500
- Referees:
- Pedro Proenca
- Pedro Proenca
- Pedro Proença
Penalty Shootout
England
Italy
Steven Gerrard Pen 1 Mario Balotelli |
Wayne Rooney Pen 2 Riccardo Montolivo |
Ashley Young Pen 3 Andrea Pirlo |
Ashley Cole Pen 4 Antonio Nocerino |
Pen 5 Alessandro Diamanti |
Match Timeline
Match Commentary
121' Right, time to wrap up and in summary, Italy go through as deserved winners. They will need to up their levels before they face Germany though. For England they go out with a bit of a whimper but get full marks for effort. See you Wednesday for Spain v Portugal. Bye for now. |
121' Hodgson: "I can't fault any of the players, we had a lot running on empty at the end but they kept us in right until the end. Unfortunately it was Italy who got the breaks in the shoot out." |
121' Some stats that sum up Italy's superiority: They had 68% possession and 36 shots on goal compared to England's nine. I think it is fair to say the best team won. |