Italy v Republic of Ireland, 22 June 2016

Score1-0 to Republic of Ireland
RefereeOvidiu Haţegan
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Group E
VenueStade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance44,268
Kick-off: 9.00pm local (8.00pm BST) Assistant referees: Octavian Șovre (Romania) Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania) Fourth official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) Additional assistant referees: Alexandru Tudor (Romania) Sebastian Colţescu (Romania) Reserve assistant referee: Damianos Efthymiadis (Greece) Man of the Match: Robbie Brady (Republic of Ireland) For Ray Houghton in 1994, read Robbie Brady in 2016. Needing a repeat of their famous win against Italy in the World Cup 22 years earlier in New York, Ireland made it through to the knock-out stages of the European Championship finals for the first time at the third attempt. Despite a whole-hearted often frantic effort, time appeared to be running out for the Republic until a Norwich City combination stuck gold in the 85th minute as a tempting cross from Wes Hoolahan was headed home by Brady. Italy were assured of top spot in Group E before the final group games kicked-off. Manager Antonio Conte made eight changes from their previous game. This was their first defeat in 13 competitive games under Conte and the first goal they had conceded in their last five games. For the Irish, it ended a run of seven Euro finals games without a win and began a party the like of which the streets of Lille had never seen before. Irish eyes were well and truly smiling!

0  Italy

Manager: Antonio Conte

1  Republic of Ireland

Manager: Martin O'Neill

Goals:

Goals:

Robbie Brady 85 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu
Defender Andrea Barzagli
Defender Leonardo Bonucci (captain)
Defender Angelo Ogbonna
Defender/Midfielder Alessandro Florenzi
Midfielder Thiago Motta
Midfielder Stefano Sturaro
Midfielder/Forward Federico Bernardeschi
Forward Ciro Immobile
Forward Simone Zaza

Starting lineup:

Darren Randolph Goalkeeper
Shane Duffy Defender
Richard Keogh Defender
Robbie Brady Defender/Midfielder
Seamus Coleman Defender/Midfielder (captain)
Stephen Ward Defender/Midfielder
James McClean Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Jeff Hendrick Midfielder
James McCarthy Midfielder
Shane Long Forward
Daryl Murphy Forward

Substitutions:

Matteo Darmian for Federico Bernardeschi 60
Lorenzo Insigne for Ciro Immobile 74
Stephan El Shaarawy for Mattia De Sciglio 82

Substitutions:

Aiden McGeady for Daryl Murphy 70
Wes Hoolahan for James McCarthy 77
Stephen Quinn for Shane Long 90

Cards:

Salvatore Sirigu 39 Y
Andrea Barzagli 79 Y
Simone Zaza 87 Y

Cards:

Shane Long 39 Y
Stephen Ward 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon
Goalkeeper Frederico Marchetti
Defender Matteo Darmian
Midfielder Antonio Candreva
Midfielder Daniele De Rossi
Midfielder Stephan El Shaarawy
Midfielder Marco Parolo
Forward Éder
Forward Lorenzo Insigne
Forward Graziano Pelle

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Shay Given
Goalkeeper Kieren Westwood
Defender John O'Shea
Defender/Midfielder Cyrus Christie
Defender/Midfielder Ciaran Clark
Defender/Midfielder David Meyler
Midfielder Wes Hoolahan
Midfielder Aiden McGeady
Midfielder Stephen Quinn
Midfielder Glenn Whelan
Midfielder/Forward Jon Walters
Forward Robbie Keane

0  Italy

Manager: Antonio Conte

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu
Defender Andrea Barzagli
Defender Leonardo Bonucci (captain)
Defender Angelo Ogbonna
Defender/Midfielder Alessandro Florenzi
Midfielder Thiago Motta
Midfielder Stefano Sturaro
Midfielder/Forward Federico Bernardeschi
Forward Ciro Immobile
Forward Simone Zaza

Substitutions:

Matteo Darmian for Federico Bernardeschi 60
Lorenzo Insigne for Ciro Immobile 74
Stephan El Shaarawy for Mattia De Sciglio 82

Cards:

Salvatore Sirigu 39 Y
Andrea Barzagli 79 Y
Simone Zaza 87 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon
Goalkeeper Frederico Marchetti
Defender Matteo Darmian
Midfielder Antonio Candreva
Midfielder Daniele De Rossi
Midfielder Stephan El Shaarawy
Midfielder Marco Parolo
Forward Éder
Forward Lorenzo Insigne
Forward Graziano Pelle

1  Republic of Ireland

Manager: Martin O'Neill

Goals:

Robbie Brady 85 G

Starting lineup:

Darren Randolph Goalkeeper
Shane Duffy Defender
Richard Keogh Defender
Robbie Brady Defender/Midfielder
Seamus Coleman Defender/Midfielder (captain)
Stephen Ward Defender/Midfielder
James McClean Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Jeff Hendrick Midfielder
James McCarthy Midfielder
Shane Long Forward
Daryl Murphy Forward

Substitutions:

Aiden McGeady for Daryl Murphy 70
Wes Hoolahan for James McCarthy 77
Stephen Quinn for Shane Long 90

Cards:

Shane Long 39 Y
Stephen Ward 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Shay Given
Goalkeeper Kieren Westwood
Defender John O'Shea
Defender/Midfielder Cyrus Christie
Defender/Midfielder Ciaran Clark
Defender/Midfielder David Meyler
Midfielder Wes Hoolahan
Midfielder Aiden McGeady
Midfielder Stephen Quinn
Midfielder Glenn Whelan
Midfielder/Forward Jon Walters
Forward Robbie Keane