Good evening, and welcome to Italy v Spain in the semi-finals of Euro 2020!

Tell you what, Emerson's started really well and he progresses down the left, finding Insigne .. so Laporte quickly rattles him from behind. Excellent challenge.

Torres barges into Di Lorenzo, but again evades a booking.

Di Lorenzo humps one forward and for a second it looks like Immobile's in, but Unai Simon dashes out, arriving in plenty of time.

This has been really enjoyable stuff so far, but we could use a goal at this point; one for Italy would probably be better for the game.

Chance for Italy! A poor clearance from Donnarumma fell to Busquets, who immediately set Spain away. As usual, he plays a canny pass that set an attack away and as usual, Pedri plays a killer pass, finding Olmo on the right of the box. He bundles past Bonucci and he's going to score ... no he isn't! Donnarumma makes a smart low save, but he oughtn't to have smelled it.

A lovely switch out to Jordi Alba allows him to cushion a touch-off for Torres, who finds Olmo. But he can't conjure anything, and Donnarumma clears.

The opposite of their team's style, basically.

On the touchline, both managers are bawling away, Mancini in shirt and tie, Enrique in sweater and jeans.

Aaarrrggghhh! Emerson exchanges passes with Insigne and dashes into the space behind Azilicueta then, out of nowhere, Unai Simon charges out of his goal! Emerson squares to Insigne, who has no shooting lane so squares to Barella, who has no shooting lane, so he feints the shot, sends Azpilicueta out for a bag of bruschetta, and still has no shooting lane so the move breaks down.

Italy have had a few decent touches these last few minutes, but nothing more than that. I know Jorginho is really important to how they play, but still wonder if Locatelli would allow them to really get after Spain in midfield.

...but Insigne's dink over the top has a little too much on it, and Unai Simon comes to collect.

Barella gets to Busquets for perhaps the first time, slides, wins the ball with his knee, gets up, and is delighted when Busquets pulls him back. Free-kick Italy, 30 yards out, left of centre ... and Spain's line is higher than the sun...

It's quite some time since Italy did anything offensive.

Beautiful from Torres, intercepting a loose pass from Barella and running at Jorghino, arranging his stride so that he moves the ball from behind him and past his man into stride. But from the edge of the box, he can only drag wide of the near post.

Italy are struggling to get to grips with Spain in midfield. It can happen to any team, but one with Jorginho in it is more likely to suffer in that aspect because his lack of athleticism makes it hard to press properly.

Spain are into this, and Busquets plays a sharp pass through the lines for Pedri, who slides another in behind for Oyarzabal, inside the box! This is a chance! But he can't quite deliver the ball into stride, and Italy clear.

Finally, Jordi Alba tries a telling pass, in behind Di Lorenzo for Torres, but he can't get to it.

This is a good period for Spain, the game going as they want it to with Busquets dictating terms. Even now, though, it looks like they lack edge in attack, and every time they make it close to the Italian box, they're lost.

Spain try and take the pace out of the game, knocking it about the back four, before injecting some speed when the think Italy have been narcotised. But Italy force them back and Spain start again.

Emerson is playing really high, doing his best to replace everything Spinazzola offered, and it's his team setting the pace.

Garcia miscontrols a sharp pass from Laporte, but recovers before Immobile can mug him.