Spain and Italy go to penalty shootout

Spain and Italy go to a penalty shootout in their quarter-final today with the score at 0-0 after 120 minutes of stalemate between the two Latin rivals. Spain had most of the play and made a few chances against the packed Italian defence, midfielder...

Spain and Italy go to a penalty shootout in their quarter-final today with the score at 0-0 after 120 minutes of stalemate between the two Latin rivals.

Spain had most of the play and made a few chances against the packed Italian defence, midfielder David Silva almost breaking the deadlock with a ball which whistled past the post early in the first period of extra time.

The Spaniards had also come closest in normal time when Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon fumbled a shot from Marcos Senna on to the post in the 81st minute.

The winner of the shootout will meet Russia in the semi-finals on Thursday.

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