BBC pundits mocked Ciro Immobile who made a miraculous recovery as soon as Italy opened the scoring in their 2-1 victory over Belgium.
The Lazio striker went to ground in the box after a slight coming together with Jan Vertonghen 31 minutes into the match.
Immobile began to writhe around the ground in pain in an apparent attempt to try and win a penalty for his side who were still on the attack.
Inter Milan striker Nicolo Barella got onto the ball and created some space before putting his side ahead with a great strike past Thibaut Courtois.
Barella's effort sparked jubilant Italian celebrations - something that Immobile was very keen to be part of.
The lethal striker leapt to his feet and looked around as he jogged over to join his teammates in the celebrations.
After the game, BBC presenter Gary Lineker mocked the 31-year-old striker.
He said: 'He goes down and desperately tries to get a penalty "ooh I'm in agony, I'm in agony, I'm in agony" and then the ball goes in and "I'm alright". It's amazing what a recovery.'
BBC pundits Jurgen Klinsmann and Micah Richards laughed as they watched the footage back though Alan Shearer wasn't so amused.
He said: 'I don't even want to laugh at that, that's pathetic you can see him have a look at the referee before he goes down.'
Lineker responded: 'It's pathetically amusing,' before Shearer again added 'it's pathetic, it's embarrassing.'
Richard continued to make light of the situation responding to Shearer: 'I've seen you do that before.'
The former Newcastle and England striker amused by Richards' quip replied: 'Never'.
Italy doubled their lead later in the first-half through Lorenzo Insigne before Romelu Lukaku scored a penalty before half-time.
Roberto Mancini's side held on for the victory and they will face Spain in the semi-finals of Euro 2020.
