Italy suffer for shootout win in emotional and authentic tournament tussle | Barney Ronay
06-Jul-2021 23:02:07 | The Guardian
Italy were on the back foot for most of semi-final but Roberto Mancini’s tinkering had the necessary impact against Spain
That train just keeps on running. On a gripping night under the gloom of high-summer London skies it looked for a while as though Roberto Mancini’s Italy might have hit a dead stretch of track.
At Wembley Italy were dominated for the opening hour. Then they were dominated for the final half hour. They suffered, and ran, and suffered a little more. It was, once again, exhausting and also uplifting, the controlled intensity of a team playing right at the edge of its emotions.
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