Locatelli double puts Azzurri into knockout round. MORE: EURO2020
Italy became the first team to reach the knockout round of Euro 2020 with a comfortable 3-0 win over Switzerland at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Italy thought they opened the scoring in the 18th through captain Giorgio Chiellini. The veteran defender headed home from a corner on what would have been his first international marker since 2016, but the goal was ruled off for a foul with the Juventus man adjudged to have pushed off with his arm on the Swiss defender, making contact with the ball for a handball. Worryingly, though, Chiellini limped off only minutes later with an apparent leg injury.
Locatelli completed his brace in the 52nd. Receiving the ball just outside the area, Locatelli expertly sent a low shot into the bottom corner, freezing Sommer, by using two defenders as a screen. Locatelli was substituted in the 86th, leaving the pitch to a standing ovation.
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