How Mancini and Vialli mastermind Italy's success
Dubbed the goal twins during their playing days, Roberto Mancini and Gianluca Vialli are still teaming up to win matches.
This time as coaches of Italy's national team.
When the Italians beat Spain in the European Championship semifinals, there was Mancini sharing joyous hugs with Vialli on the field at Wembley Stadium.
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"Gianluca and I have known each other for a very long time so it's only natural that our relationship is different", said Mancini, now the head coach of the national team.
The pair have also gone through some high points and low points on the very same field in London.
They were teammates at Sampdoria when they lost to Barcelona in the 1992 European Cup final at the old Wembley. It was last match the duo played together after eight years at the Italian club, which they led to its only league title, four Italian Cups and a Cup Winners' Cup.
Italy's road to Euro 2020 final
Wembley successes followed, for both. Vialli won the FA Cup at the iconic venue as Chelsea manager in 2000, and Mancini did the same with Manchester City in 2011.
The pair was reunited in 2019 when Mancini appointed Vialli as delegation chief of the Italy team shortly before Vialli publicly announced that he had recovered from a second battle against pancreatic cancer.
The knock-out stage of the tournament saw major upsets, drama, passion, and everything that makes the European Championship one of the most awaited sporting events in the world.
France, the world champion and the biggest favourite of the tournament, were defeated by underdogs Switzerland in a thrilling encounter. The Swiss team might have been the underdogs but they surely had the determination to defeat the 2018 World Cup champions. The French team overturned a 1-0 deficit to lead 3-1 with Karim Benzema’s brace and Paul Pogba’s perfectly curling shot. However, the Swiss team didn’t give up and scored the equalizer in the last minute of the regular time, forcing the match to go into extra time. With no goals in the extra time, the match went to a penalty shootout where Mbappe failed to score the final penalty.
The live telecast of Euro 2020 final match will take place on Sony SIX HD/SD and Sony TEN 2 HD/SD with English Commentary. Sony TEN 3 will telecast Euro Cup 2021 matches with Hindi commentary while Sony TEN 4 HD/SD will provide commentary in Tamil, Telugu and Bengali languages.
Euro 2020 matches live streaming details
Sony LIV app will live stream Euro Cup 2021 final matches.
Euro Cup 2021 semifinals and final full schedule and match time as per Indian Standard Time here:
Euro 2020 final date and match timing (Indian time)
July 12, Monday
Italy vs England (12:30 AM IST, London)
Euro 2020 semi-finals schedule and match timing (India time)
July 7, Tuesday
SF1: Italy vs Spain (12:30 AM IST, London); Match results: Italy won in penalties
July 8, Wednesday
SF2: England vs Denmark (12:30 AM IST, London); Match result: England 2 | 1 Denmark
Euro Cup 2021 Quarterfinals full schedule
July 2, Friday
QF1: Switzerland vs Spain (9:30 PM IST, St Petersburg); Match result: Spain wins in a penalty shootout
July 3, Saturday
QF2: Belgium vs Italy (12:30 AM IST, Munich); Match result: Belgium 1 | 2 Italy
QF3: Czech Republic vs Denmark (9:30 PM IST, Baku); Match result: Czech Republic 1 | 2 Denmark
July 4, Sunday
QF4: Ukraine vs England (12:30 AM IST, Rome); Match result: Ukraine 0 | 2 England
Euro 2020 round of 16 fixtures — Results (Indian time)
June 26, Saturday
Wales vs Denmark: 9:30 PM IST, Amsterdam; Match result: Denmark 4 | 0 Wales
June 27, Sunday
- Italy vs Austria: 12:30 AM IST, London; Match result: Italy 2 | 1 Austria
- Netherlands vs Czech Republic: 9:30 PM IST, Budapest; Match result: Netherlands 0 | 2 Czech Republic
- Belgium vs Portugal: 12:30 AM IST, Seville; Match result: Belgium 1 | 0 Portugal
- Croatia vs Spain: 9:30 PM IST, Copenhagen: Match result: Croatia 3 | 5 Spain. Check highlights here
- France vs Switzerland: 12:30 AM IST, Bucharest; Match result: Switzerland wins in penalty shootout, check highlights here
- England vs Germany: 9:30 PM IST, London ; Match result: England 2 | 0 German; check highlights here
Sweden vs Ukraine: 12:30 AM IST, Glasgow ; Match result: Sweden 1 | 2 Ukraine
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