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Evening all, and welcome to Italy v Belgium!

Euro / Group Stage
Joie Stadium / 18.07.2022
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Updated 18/07/2022 at 22:02 GMT+1


22:02
YES. IT'S FULL-TIME!
Belgium are confirmed!
22:00
TEN MINUTES INTO SIX MINUTES OF STOPPAGE TIME, FINLAND HAVE A PENALTY!
They need to win and they currently trail 1-0 ... they score, 1-1. But surely that's the end.
21:59
Belgium played well enough today; they'll struggle to go further, but this is an excellent effort. Italy, meanwhile, were largely poor in all three games, so can have no complaints about what's befallen them.
21:58
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FULL-TIME: ITALY 0-1 BELGIUM
BELGIUM HAVE MADE THE QUARTER-FINALS OF A MAJOR TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME! (Assuming Iceland don't score twice in the last three minutes of injury-time against France).
90+7'
BONANSEA SCYTHES DOWN THE LEFT
And plays into Bonfantini, who lays off to Giacinti ... who slices wide. That's nearly it.
90+6'
BELGIUM HAVE NEVER MADE THE LAST EIGHT
They've deserved this, on balance - the goal was a good one and they've been solid since scoring it. Italy have 90 seconds to score twice.
90+5'
THE CORNER YIELDS ANOTHER YIELDS ANOTHER
But this time, Delacauw heads clear.
90+4'
CERNOIA WHIPS IN
And Evrard gets it behind! That ball was nasty!
90+4'
ITALY WIN A FREE-KICK JUST OUTSIDE THE BOX, RIGHT CORNER...
90+2'
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ANOTHER BELGIAN CHANGE
Missipo on for Cayman.
90+1'
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TESSA WULLAERT IS A PLAYER!
She bounds down the inside-right channel, and just when it looks like she's gone too far, she curls a delicious effort onto the top of the bar and away!
90'
SEVEN MINUTES OF INJURY TIME HERE
This could get tense.
90'
THAT FRANCE GOAL HAS BEEN CHALKED OFF FOR HANDBALL
They actually had one disallowed earlier too, but Iceland still need to score twice - with six minutes of stoppage time in to go.
89'
IT LOOKS LIKE BELGIUM KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING
They've shut Italy out pretty comfortably, really. The break helped them, but even so.
88'
FRANCE NOW LEAD ICELAND 2-0
And Geyoro has scored again.
86'
CERNOIA GETS ON THE BALL
And drives across the face of the box from centre to left. She can't find a shooting lane, so crosses, and when the ball eventually reaches Simonetti, her shot is straight at Evrard.
84'
EVRARD IS IN PAIN
There doesn't look much wrong, just some kind of twinge, and there's a break while she receives treatment.
82'
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BELGIUM GIVE IT AWAY IN CENTREFIELD!
Minaert careless! But Cernoia's pass has too much on it and Evrard is out quickly to smother.
80'
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TWO MORE CHANGES FOR ITALY
Cernoia replaces Bergamaschi and Girelli, grimacing, is replaced by Sabatino.
78'
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BETTER FROM ITALY!
A ball over the top finds Giacinti, who ends Philtjens for a bag of chips, exchanges passes with Bonfantini and shoots low across goal ...but a slight deflection from Kees takes it fractionally wide! This is getting warm!