The 2-1 win set a new national record of 31 games unbeaten for the Azzurri, the previous best having stood for 82 years, however playing outside of Italy for the first time in this tournament they were not as impressive as during the group stage but nevertheless, Roberto Mancini’s side now play the victors of tomorrow’s meeting between Belgium and Portugal on Friday.The Italy goals were scored by Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina, both sharp finishes in the first period of extra time with Austria pulling one back in the second period from a set-piece. Jorginho played the full 120 minutes while Chelsea team-mate Emerson remained on the bench.

The game needed the extra half-hour after Austria survived a first half in which their opponents were the better side, and then looked just as good themselves in the second half, including having the ball in the net only for a VAR offside decision to thwart them.The first half played out how many expected, with the in-form Italians passing away inside their opponents’ half, looking for a way through, while Austria, breaking new ground by reaching this stage of the Euros, relying on counter-attacks as their way to goal.The upshot was no goals before half-time and for all the fluid passing by the Azzurri, the closest they came was a speculative but well-struck shot from 30 yards out by Ciro Immobile which hit the top of the post.

Early on, Italy’s attacking left-back Leonardo Spinazzola sliced wide and Napoli’s Lorenzo Insigne shot at the keeper from a swift end-to-end move. That was a comfortable save for Watford’s Daniel Bachmann but he made a much more difficult one with his leg to keep out an effort from Nicolo Barella.There was a first-half chance for Austria’s star forward Marko Arnautovic, but the former Stoke and West Ham man fired widely over.With 50 out of 51 passes completed in the first half, Jorginho had seen the ball as much as any player on the pitch by the halfway stage but his team’s intensity slackened off in the second half.Austria had a direct sight at the Italy goal with a free-kick early in the second half but Bayern Munich’s David Alaba could not hit the target.

A lack of precision on the break by both sides prevented shots on goal before Marcel Sabitzer had a shot for Austria deflected wide. Not long after, it seemed they had caught their opponents with a counter-attack but Arnautovic, who had headed the ball in, was to found have been offside by VAR.The game drifted on towards the 90 minutes with neither side looking likely to make the breakthrough. Beradi miscued a bicycle attempt at goal.Jorginho was fouled close to the Austria penalty area deep into added time but the free-kick was defended comfortable and so it was extra time for the first time at Euro 2020. A more difficult second half for the Azzurri was indicated by Jorginho’s pass accuracy for the game dropping to 92 per cent.There were five minutes of extra-time played when substitute Chiesa lashed in with his left foot to finally break the deadlock having made space for himself with good control.

It took a good save to deny Insigne with a free-kick but before the first period of extra-time was up, Atalanta’s Pessina doubled the lead and there looked to be no way back for Austria.However Gianluigi Donnarumma was forced into a good save and Sabitzer blazed wide of the Italy goal in the second period before Sasa Kalajdzic with a stooping header from a corner made it 2-1 with five minutes left.After 11 wins in a row with clean sheets, Italy had conceded a goal but they did not do so again so go through.