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RESULT: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1 Italy (Bosnia and Hersegovina win 4-1 on pens)<\/p>\n
Esmir Bajraktarevi\u0107 can hardly believe what he\u2019s just achieved. Gianluigi Donnarumma sits and stews \u2013 he really should have stopped that last penalty. Then the keeper gets up and starts another argument. He\u2019s pulled away from it, thankfully. Gennaro Gattuso meanwhile does the sporting thing, offering his congratulations, despite his, and Italy\u2019s world, falling apart. Italy<\/a> have become the first former winner to miss three finals in a row.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n PENALTIES: Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-1 Italy. Bajraktarevi\u0107 aims for the bottom right \u2026 and though Donnarumma guesses correctly, and gets a hand to it, the ball squirts in! Bosnia and Herzegovina are going to the 2026 World Cup!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n PENALTIES: Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 Italy<\/a>. Now it\u2019s Cristante for Italy. Another must-score. But he clatters a rising shot down the middle off the underside of the bar, and back out! Italy on the brink! Yet again!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n PENALTIES: Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 Italy<\/a>. Alajbegovi\u0107, 18, steps up. Bottom left. Donnarumma the wrong way. Cool as. He\u2019s 18!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n PENALTIES: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 Italy<\/a>. Tonali whistles a fine spot kick into the bottom left. How Italy needed that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n PENALTIES: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 Italy<\/a>. Tabakovi\u0107, whose equaliser took us all here, is up next for the hosts. One step, two steps, and a sweep into the top right. Donnarumma went the right way, but had no chance!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n PENALTIES: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 Italy<\/a>. Esposito first for the Azzurri. He does the tippy-toes \u2026 then skies it. Advantage Bosnia and Herzegovina!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n PENALTIES: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 Italy<\/a>. Tahirovi\u0107 up first. He whips a perfect penalty into the bottom left, having sent Donnarumma the wrong way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sergej Barbarez and Gennaro Gattuso embrace. That\u2019s nice to see, ahead of certain heartbreak for one of them. Fireworks explode in the background, a constant rhythm as both teams prepare to meet their fate. Bosnia and Herzegovina to go first.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bosnia and Herzegovina aren\u2019t happy about the referee whistling before one last free kick could be launched into the Italian box. But there were only about two seconds remaining anyway. However, that\u2019s the least of their concerns, because Dzeko landed awkwardly after that Frattesi challenge, and he\u2019s really hurt his shoulder. He stays down for some time, before finally getting back up. But he\u2019s holding it gingerly. An ice pack on it now. An unwelcome extra twist for the hosts.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>FULL TIME, EXTRA TIME: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1 Italy<\/p>\n Nope! The whistle goes before the free kick can be taken. Penalties it is!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 30 min +1: A long ball into the Italian half. Donnarumma comes miles out of his box to kick clear. Dzeko dribbles back into Italian territory. Frattesi unceremoniously takes him out. Yellow card. Time for one last free kick, launched into the Italian mixer?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 30 min: Sixty seconds between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy<\/a>, and penalties.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 29 min: \u2026 the ball\u2019s worked back to Tahirovi\u0107, on the edge of the D. He threads a shot inches wide of the right-hand post. Not sure Donnarumma was getting to that! That\u2019s Bosnia and Herzegovina\u2019s 30th attempt on goal. Italy<\/a> have taken nine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 28 min: Esposito clears the corner. But the hosts come straight back at Italy<\/a>, Burni\u0107 released into acres down the left. His low cross is hooked out by Mancini. That had to happen, because Dzeko was waiting in the middle, six yards out. Then from the corner \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 27 min: Burni\u0107 crosses poorly from the left. Cristante\u2019s clearance is no good, and Burni\u0107 gets another go. His low cross this time forces Mancini into the concession of a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 25 min: Demirovi\u0107 is replaced by Had\u017eiahmetovi\u0107, a defensive move by the hosts. Nobody wants to fall at the final hurdle now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 24 min: Tonali zips down the left flank and is crudely flipped into the air by Katic\u2019s sliding challenge. That\u2019s cynical, late, and worthy of the booking Katic receives.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 23 min: Frattesi eventually gets back up. Then there\u2019s some nonsense before the corner. Then after it\u2019s finally taken, and half-cleared, Alajbegovi\u0107 dribbles a poor shot straight at Donnarumma, and the pressure on Italy<\/a> is released. For a moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 21 min: Alajbegovi\u0107 batters a shot into Frattesi\u2019s back. Then Burnic deflects the ball off the same white shirt. It goes out for a corner. Before it can be taken, Frattesi goes down to catch a breath.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 19 min: Bajraktarevi\u0107 whips a vicious cross in from the right. Dzeko, under surveillance from Mancini, can\u2019t get to the ball at the far stick. Goal kick. The tension is almost unbearable. Goodness knows what it feels like if you support one of these sides.<\/p>\n Deeps breaths, Pio Esposito. Photograph: Image Photo Agency\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.17 EDT<\/p>\n ET 17 min: Dedic crosses from the right. Bajraktarevi\u0107 attempts a scissor kick that goes wide. Italy<\/a> counter, and Esposito spins into space on the edge of the box. His low shot is deflected wide right by Muharemovi\u0107. Nothing comes of the corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 16 min: Alajbegovi\u0107 sends a couple of Italians off to the shops for a copy of La Gazzetta dello Sport with a cheeky drop of a shoulder. The cross isn\u2019t all that, though.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bosnia and Herzegovina get the second half of extra time going. Penalties loom in the middle distance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe really, really gutting thing is; Wales could absolutely have beaten this Italy<\/a>,\u201d sighs Matt Dony. \u201cAh well. Always next time. Again.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>HALF TIME, EXTRA TIME: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1 Italy<\/p>\n Italy still fuming over the lack of a red card for Muharemovi\u0107. Donnarumma spoiling for an argument, and maybe even a fight, with someone in the Bosnia and Herzegovina camp. He\u2019s dragged away before he can make things worse for Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 15 min +2: \u2026 and nothing comes of the resulting corner. That\u2019s as dangerous as Italy<\/a> have looked all night.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 15 min +1: \u2026 sends a low drive witlessly into the wall. But Italy<\/a> recover the rebound. Palestra skedaddles down the right and crosses long. Esposito rises at the far stick and heads goalwards from a tight angle. But Vasilj parries at point-blank range! What a save!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 15 min: The free kick, then, to the right of the D. Tonali stands over it. And \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 14 min: Not that the Italian bench is letting it lie quite yet. Performative discussions continue.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ET 13 min: Nope. Muharemovi\u0107 is spared. Just a yellow, due to Burnic being right next to the incident. Italy<\/a> aren\u2019t happy, as you can imagine. But that decision is going to stand.<\/p>\n