Sunday, June 24, 2012

EURO 2012: England Done In Again By PK Shootout; Azzurri To Get Crack At Germany

At Kiev, Ukraine:


REBUFFED!


In the final game of the European Championship's quarterfinal round, after 120 scoreless minutes, Italy defeated England 4-3 in a penalty-kick shootout on Sunday.  Mario Balotelli, Andrea Pirlo, Antonio Nocerino, and Alessandro Diamanti converted their spot kicks for the Azzurri, who will face Germany on Thursday at Warsaw, Poland in a semfinal-round encounter, with the winner to play for the title next Sunday against the Spain-Portugal winner.  Here's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon celebrating after the game.  He made a key save on Ashley Cole's spot kick during the shootout.

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