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Monday, 23 June 2008

Spain beat Italians to progress to semi-finals

The Spanish beat Italy in the knockout stages of the Euro 08 tournament held in Austria-Switzerland. Spain had managed to keep the Italians at bay during the entire 120 minutes of the match without conceding a single goal while the Italians had also managed to stop the Spanish strikers like Fernando Torres from scoring a goal. Neither side could score a goal as both goalkeepers had managed to keep the ball out of each other's goal. It went on until it reached the penalty shootout. The Spanish goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, manged to save two penalties which helped Spain beat Italy on penalties 4-2.

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