DBasia.news – Matteo Pessina scored one goal when the Italian national team won 2-1 over Austria in the top 16 of the European Cup or Euro 2020. Italy faced Austria in the 16th round of Euro 2020 at Wembley Stadium, London, Saturday (26/6/2021) local time or Sunday morning, WIB.
In that match, Italy struggled to defeat Austria through extra time. Two of Italy’s goals came from Federico Chiesa (94′) and Matteo Pessina (104′). Austria only reduced the position through Sasa Kalajdzic (114′).
The star of the field in the UEFA version of the match was Federico Chiesa. However, Italy still has Pessina who is the perfect cameo for Gli Azzurri. This is Pessina’s second goal in two consecutive games for Italy at Euro 2020.
He previously scored the only goal in Italy’s 1-0 win over Wales in the last match of the Group A stage. Pessina then scored against Austria after replacing Nicolo Barella in the 64th minute. Previously, he only appeared as a substitute in the win against Switzerland (3-0).
“I’m still amazed by the goal against Wales, so imagine how it felt to score this time. I will always remember it for the rest of my career. Everyone in this team can score goals, that’s our strength. This team is so great,” said the Atalanta player as quoted from the official UEFA website.
This victory has made Italy record 31 matches without defeat in a row. Furthermore, Italy is just waiting for the winner between Belgium and Portugal to compete in the quarter-finals.