Italy, who extended their national record unbeaten run to 32 matches. Roberto Mancini's men will face Spain in the first semi-final on Tuesday at Wembley. "We deserved to win.
The players were extraordinary," Italy coach Mancini told Rai. "It is clear that we suffered in the last 10 minutes because we were tired.
They were good, we could have scored a few more goals. "Belgium and Italy were the only sides to win all 10 games in qualifying and the only teams along with the Netherlands to win every match in the group stage.
The Azzurri, whose only European title came in 1968, started brightly and thought they had struck first when Leonardo Bonucci put the ball in the net, only for VAR to rule the goal out for offside.
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