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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Spain 0-0 Italy (4-2 pens)

Spain line up with Liverpool's Fernando Torres, but without club-mates Arbeloa, Alonso, Reina or Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas
Villa of Spain has the first meaningful strike of the game but his free kick is well held by Italian captain and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon
The match itself is the only thing that subdues Italian and Spanish fans watching on the big screen outside the Vienna Rathaus
Spain have lost three previous shoot-outs on 22 June but Villa drills home the first penalty, sending Buffon the wrong way
Spain celebrate their first major tournament win against Italy for 88 years with keeper-captain Iker Casillas the hero of the shoot-out

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