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Roberto Mancini hailed his Italy heroes after they set up a Euro 2020 last-four tie with Spain by edging Belgium in one of the games of the tournament.
The former Manchester City boss guided Italy into their first major semi-final for nine years thanks to first-half goals from Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne. Romelu Lukaku’s penalty in stoppage time before the interval gave Belgium hope but Italy survived a second-half onslaught and will now face Spain at Wembley on Tuesday.
‘We’re not setting ourselves limits,’ said Mancini. ‘We want to do the maximum. There’s still a long way to go, there are two games left and we will see what happens.
Italy manager Roberto Mancini celebrates his team's 2-1 victory over Belgium at Euro 2020
Mancini congratulates his players at the final whistle after they reached the semi-finals
‘We deserved to win. The players produced an excellent performance. We only suffered in the last 10 minutes and that was because we were really tired, we had given a lot. But we could have scored even more goals.
‘We’ll enjoy this win before we think about Spain. I congratulate my
