Italy 0-Zero USSR (Italy win on coin toss)
1968 semi-finals, Naples
Knocked out of the 1966 FIFA World Cup by the Soviet Union, Italy discovered the identical opponents blocking their path to the ultimate of the 1968 UEFA European Championship – this time they have been granted a fortuitous method by means of.
In a match performed in dangerous climate all through, probabilities have been predictably few and much between, each groups exhibiting steely defence all through regardless of being hit by accidents. The groups needed to be separated, nevertheless, and it was Italy who marched on to the showpiece after their captain, Giacinto Facchetti, referred to as accurately within the…