Spain 1-0 Italy: Calafiori's OWN goal sends The Red Fury reach last 16

Game is over and the final score is Spain 1-0 Italy. Here is the match report.

Match Report

A Riccardo Calafiori own goal sent Spain into the Euro 2024 last 16 as Group B winners with a 1-0 victory over Italy.

Spain impressed again having thrashed Croatia 3-0 in their opening game and should have won in Gelsenkirchen by a bigger scoreline had it not been for a mix of superb saves from Italy's Gianluigi Donnarumma and poor finishing.

They dominated from the start with Donnarumma called into action within two minutes, spectacularly tipping over Pedri's close-range header.

Nico Williams terrorised Italy right-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo and should have scored with a header from inside the six-yard box before Donnarumma saved twice more from Alvaro Morata and a long-range blast from Fabian Ruiz.

Spain picked up from where they left off in the second half with Pedri side-footing a golden chance wide within minutes of the restart, but Italy did the hard work for them when defender Calafiori turned into his own net from Williams' low cross.

Calafiori nearly scored a second, Andrea Cambiaso hacking his team-mate's rogue header at a corner off the goal line while 16-year-old Lamine Yamal and Williams both continued to dazzle, the former sending a shot inches wide of the top left corner and the latter hitting the crossbar with a delicious curler.

Italy were simply outclassed, mustering just one shot on target, with Donnarumma keeping them in it until the final minute with a late save from substitute Ayoze Perez when one-on-one.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

0' Highlight from Spain vs Italy

3' Pedri so close!! Donnarumma with a very good save!!

6' Match Event for Spain vs Italy

10' Scamacca ruining that beautiful jorginho pass

10' Nico Williams close to scoring the first goal tonight!

15' Yellow Card! Donnarumma booked

20' Match Event for Spain vs Italy

24' Lamine Yamal is UNSTOPABLE.

25' What a save by DONNARUMMA

27' So close Rodri's shot wide out

28' Rodri's shot stopped by defender

31' Barella rolls on the ground after getting injured

34' Highlight from Spain vs Italy

36' What a match from Williams at the moment he is tormenting the Italian defense

37' Fabian Ruiz fires his shot into the sky

41' Donnarumma makes decent save to stop Fabian Ruiz

45' Highlight from Spain vs Italy

46' Highlight from Spain vs Italy

46' Cristante getting booked 20 seconds after coming on

47' Yellow Card! Rodri booked

49' Highlight from Spain vs Italy

51' How Pedri missed that?

53' Highlight from Spain vs Italy

55' SPAIN OPEN UP THE SCOREBOARD! IT WAS AN OWN GOAL FROM CALAFIORI Spain 1-0 Italy

58' Morata's powerful strike stopped by Donnarumma

58' Match Event for Spain vs Italy

60' Lamine Yamal almost scores the similar goal as that of Arda Guler's goal.

64' Match Event for Spain vs Italy

66' Highlight from Spain vs Italy

69' Yellow Card! Robin Le Normand booked

70' OFF THE CROSSBAR FROM NICO WILLIAMS!!

71' Pedri & Lamine Yamal are taken off.

74' Italy wasted his free kick

77' Highlight from Spain vs Italy

78' Morata & Williams are taken off.

Line-ups

Spain XI: Morata, Carvajal, Laporte, Robin Le Normand, Unai Simón, Marc Cucurella, Fabian Ruiz, Rodri, Pedri, Nico Williams, Lamine Yamal

Subs: J. Navas, Joselu, Nacho, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ayoze Perez, Álex Remiro, David Raya, Merino, Oyarzabal, Olmo, Ferran Torres, Martín Zubimendi, Dani Vivian, Álex Baena, Fermín López

Italy XI: Jorginho, Di Lorenzo, Dimarco, Barella, Pellegrini, Scamacca, Donnarumma, Bastoni, Frattesi, Chiesa, Calafiori

Subs: Darmian, El Shaarawy, Cristante, Zaccagni, Meret, Guglielmo Vicario, G. Mancini, Bellanova, Giacomo Raspadori, Michael Folorunsho, Buongiorno, Mateo Retegui, Nicolò Fagioli, Andrea Cambiaso, Federico Gatti