Italy Football Team
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Defending champions Italy announce squad for Euro 2024; Manuel Locatelli, Ciro Immobile miss out
Football | May 24, 2024, 02:28 AM ISTItaly will kick off their title defence at Euro 2024 against Albania but also faces higher-ranked Spain and Croatia in a group stage fixture. Luciano Spalletti's team will be without Juventus midfielder Manuel Locatelli and the veteran striker Ciro Immobile in Germany.
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FIFA WC qualifiers: Italy miss direct World Cup qualification with goalless draw vs Northern Ireland
Football | Nov 16, 2021, 02:04 PM ISTFollowing the draw, Italy will need to get through two one-leg matchups to advance in a newly devised playoff system.
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FIFA WC qualifiers: Italy's injury crisis deepens ahead of final group game vs Northern Ireland
Football | Nov 14, 2021, 11:29 AM ISTItaly lose further three players as Alessandro Bastoni and Davide Calabria are both injured while fellow defender Cristiano Biraghi has returned home because of personal reasons.
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FIFA WC Qualifiers: Chiellini latest Italy injury ahead of Switzerland match
Football | Nov 10, 2021, 08:54 PM ISTItaly's injury problems continued to pile up as captain Giorgio Chiellini became the latest player to withdraw from the squad on Wednesday ahead of its final World Cup qualifiers.
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Italy's record unbeaten run ended by 2-1 Nations League loss to Spain
Football | Oct 07, 2021, 10:23 AM ISTFerran Torres scored two goals in the first half for Spain, the second coming after Leonardo Bonucci was sent off for a second yellow card three minutes before the break.
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Roberto Mancini keeps faith in Italy's Euro 2020-winning squad
Football | Aug 28, 2021, 09:27 AM ISTMancini named 34 players in his squad for World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria, Switzerland and Lithuania.
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Italy return to Rome with Euro 2020 trophy
Football | Jul 12, 2021, 01:47 PM ISTThe Italian football team arrived back in Rome on Monday after winning the Euro 2020 against England in a penalty shootout on Sunday.
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Italy explodes in joy after winning Euro 2020 title
Football | Jul 12, 2021, 09:46 AM ISTItalians celebrated the Euro 2020 title as a new beginning for a country that's been yearning to return to normalcy after being hit hard and long by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Italy win Euro 2020, beat England in penalty shootout
Football | Jul 12, 2021, 08:35 AM ISTItaly won the European Championship for the second time by beating England 3-2 on penalties.
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Queen Elizabeth pens letter to England football team ahead of Euro final against Italy
Football | Jul 11, 2021, 05:21 PM ISTQueen Elizabeth wished the English team luck for its Euro 2020 final against Italy.
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Roberto Mancini has Italy smiling again after the team's darkest day
Football | Jul 11, 2021, 07:03 AM ISTWhatever happens in Sunday’s final against England at Wembley Stadium, Mancini wants his players to continue having fun.
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Euro 2020 final: Where Italy and England can win or lose
Football | Jul 10, 2021, 08:04 AM ISTThe European Championship final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium on Sunday has all the makings of a tight and tense title match.
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Italy's Marco Verratti goes from Euro 2016 nightmare to Euro 2020 final
Football | Jul 09, 2021, 07:40 AM ISTThe hard-working Italy midfielder had missed Euro 2016 because of a groin problem that needed surgery.
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Reaching Euro 2020 final the latest step in Italian football's rebirth
Football | Jul 07, 2021, 08:02 AM ISTBack in Rome, supporters packed into piazzas and descended on the ancient Colosseum, speeding past on motorbikes waving flags even as midnight was approaching once Spain had been beaten on Tuesday.
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Italy beat Spain on penalties, reach Euro 2020 final
Football | Jul 07, 2021, 06:27 AM ISTA dash of Italian panache completed a 4-2 penalty-shootout win over Spain at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday, setting up a title match against either England or Denmark back at the same stadium on Sunday.
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Longtime tormentor Italy stand in way of Spain at Euro 2020
Football | Jul 06, 2021, 09:07 AM ISTThe Italians: tough, defensively strong, cynical. Winners by whatever means possible — or so it was widely perceived in Spain anyway.
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Italy defender Leonardo Spinazzola undergoes successful surgery
Football | Jul 06, 2021, 08:05 AM ISTSpinazzola injured the tendon in his left leg in Italy’s 2-1 win over Belgium on Friday in the quarterfinals of the European Championship.
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Spain, Italy take unbeaten runs into Euro 2020 semifinals
Football | Jul 05, 2021, 04:29 PM ISTLa Roja is on an unbeaten streak stretching back to October, a run of 13 games. brings an even better run of form to Wembley Stadium — a national-record 32 matches unbeaten
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Italy beat Belgium 2-1, advance to Euro 2020 semifinals
Football | Jul 03, 2021, 06:31 AM ISTNicolò Barella and Lorenzo Insigne scored a goal each while Leonardo Spinazzola make a key second-half block to give Italy a 2-1 win over Belgium and a spot in the European Championship semifinals.
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Euro 2020: Pessina goal celebration becomes a sensation back in Italy
Football | Jun 29, 2021, 10:55 AM ISTMatteo Pessina's goal-scoring celebration — diving face-first on the turf with his arms nearly flat by his side — has become quite a sensation back home in Italy.