Germany, as Germany does, won on penalties to reach the semifinals of Euro 2016 after a heavyweight encounter against an Italian side which played its part in an enthralling encounter. At 1-1 after 120 minutes, it was left to penalties and Germany, boasting a quite remarkable record, prevailed 6-5 with Jonas Hector scoring the winner. Andrea Barzagli kept his nerve to send Italy 2-1 ahead and Ozil's miss left Germany in real jeopardy. Lorenzo Insigne, the Italy substitute, showed no signs of nerves as he fired his side ahead before Toni Kroos leveled for Germany. Penalty shootout is in the end a German thing 😉 But: Respect for Italy as well - an epic match.

Source: CNN July 02, 2016 22:02 UTC