wow , i love pirlo , unlucky to england but hopefully italy go on to win the euro 2012 . my favourite penalty of all time so far !Alessandro Diamanti scored the decisive penalty kick Sunday to give Italy a 4-2 shootout win over England and a spot in the European Championship semifinals.
Ashley Young hit the crossbar with England’s third, and Ashley Cole’s attempt was then saved by Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon diving to his left.
Mario Balotelli, Andrea Pirlo — with an audacious slow chip-shot down the middle of the goal —and Antonio Nocerino also scored for Italy. Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney scored England’s penalties.
Italy will next play Germany in the semifinals on Thursday in Warsaw, Poland. Defending champion Spain plays Portugal on Wednesday in Donetsk, Ukraine.
For England, it was yet another exit from a major tournament in the quarterfinals after a penalty shootout. England lost to Portugal in the same manner at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup.
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