Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of what is the tie of the quarter final stage at Euro 2020. The number one side in the FIFA rankings, Belgium take on dark horses Italy, who have not been beaten in a national record 31-match run. Something has to give in this mouth-watering battle of international heavyweights. Kick off in Munich is 20:00 BST.
Euro 2024 / Quarter-final
Allianz Arena / 02.07.2021
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- R. Lukaku(45+2' PEN)
- N. Barella(31')
- L. Insigne(44')
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Updated 02/07/2021 at 22:13 GMT+1
24'
Once again VAR rips apart that initial emotional high.
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23'
SAVE! Donnarumma flings himself to his right to tip away de Bruyne's sizzling 25-yard strike.
21'
Seconds later, Tielemans clatters into the back of Verratti and the Italian wants a yellow in return. He gets his wish. Tielemans is booked.
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Yellow card
Y. Tielemans
Belgium
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Fouls1
Fouls against1
20'
Marco Verratti cautioned.
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M. Verratti
Italy
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Fouls1
19'
VIDEO: Bonucci's goal ruled out by VAR.
18'
BRILLIANT BELGIUM: Since Martinez's first match in charge in September 2016, the Red Devils have won more games (47) and netted more goals (175) than any other European country.
17'
15'
Belgium get off the hook for some sloppy defending from the set piece there. They've been the better side but almost got caught cold.
13'
GOAL CHALKED OFF BY VAR! Insigne whips a free kick in from the right and it's bundled home by Bonucci. VAR checks and there's an offside in there. Still 0-0.
12'
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10'
H2H: This is the fifth match between the teams at a major tournament, but the first in the knockout stage. Italy have won three of the previous four encounters at a major tournament, drawing the other.
9'
8'
We've barely seen anything of Italy as an attacking force. It's been all Belgium, but it's obviously very early days.
7'
OPTA STAT: Jérémy Doku (19 years old, 36 days old) becomes the youngest player to start a major tournament knockout match with Belgium, edging out Divock Origi (19 years old and 74 days old) at the 2014 World Cup.
6'
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5'
Lukaku races towards a raking ball over the top, chests it down and lashes a deflected shot over from the far right side of the area. The flag goes up as he made the run a fraction too early, but more certainly more reasons to be positive for the Red Devils.
4'
The corner comes to nothing but there's an exciting tempo to Belgium in these fledgling moments.
3'
Lukaku's pace into the left channel causes Italy concern once again. It's left for Donnarumma to mop up an awkward back pass, but he can't prevent the corner.
2'
CLOSE! Lukaku spins on to a ball forward, holds off Chiellini but can't get there ahead of Donnarumma.
1st Half
1'
KICK OFF! Belgium get this quarter-final showdown up and running.
19.55
FIVE MINUTE WARNING. The players are out and the anthems are underway. Let's hope this match is decided by some genius rather than spot kicks.