Italy were pressed and pressed but held their nerve to reach the final of Euro 2020 with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out win after a 1-1 draw largely dominated by Spain at Wembley.
Jorginho stroked home an astonishingly cool spot-kick to settle matters after Spain's Alvaro Morata, who equalized in regular time, was stopped by keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Spain's Alvaro Morata celebrates scoring his side's goal. Photo: Nick Potts/dpa.
The Azzurri had been dangerous on counter-attacks but it was against the run of play when they took the lead in the 60th minute.
Federico Chiesa collected a loose ball to curl brilliantly into the far corner.
Spain struck a deserved equalizer with 10 minutes remaining when substitute Morata played a neat one-two with Dani Olmo before side-footing home but they could not found a winner.
And it is Italy who will return to London on Sunday for the final against the winner of Denmark v England in Tuesday's second semi-final.
Spain's Dani Olmo (L) and Italy's Jorginho battle for the ball. Photo: Nick Potts/dpa.
