Slovakia jumped out to a 2 – 0 lead early, and even extended their lead to 3 – 1 in the dying minutes despite a desperate Italian onslaught in the last 10 minutes.
Goals : Vitteck , 25 ( 1:0 ) . Vitteck , 73 ( 2:0 ), . Di Natale , 81 (2:1 ) . Kopunek , 89 ( 3:1) . Quagliarella , 90 +2 ( 3:2 )
Slovakia: Fly Škrtel , amusing , Pekarik , Dyuritsa , Hamshik , Stoch , Kutzke , Strba ( Kopunek , 86) , Vitteck ( Shestack , 90 +3) , Endrishek ( Petrash , 90 +4 ) .
Italy: Marchetti , Cannavaro , Chiellini , Krishito ( Maggio , 1946 ) , Zambrotta , Gattuso ( Quagliarella , 46 ) , Pepe , De Rossi, Montolivo ( Pirlo 56 ), Iaquinta , Di Natale .
Warnings : Strba , 16. Cannavaro, 31 . Vitteck 40 . Pekarik , 50 . Chiellini , 68. Pepe , 76 . Fly , 82 . Quagliarella , 83 .
Referees: Webb, Cann , Mullarkey (all - England ).
The ending of this match has developed very intensively. For 17 minutes before the final whistle Vitteck designed the double , and seemed to finally withdrew the question about the winner . But less than ten minutes due to the efforts Quagliarella and Di Natale " Skuadra Azzurro reduced the backlog . After that, the ball happened unpleasant situation, namely the clash between the fly and Quagliarella .
Both figuranta received a card. In the penultimate minute Kopunek , which came on the field for a moment before, in a counter for the third time distressed Marchetti . After release from the goalie came out to midfield , which is easily threw him. But even that is not made wards Lippi to throw up . At the 92- th minute Kvaryarella forced to make a single mistake Fly for a match , threw it an elegant stroke. To match was added 4 minutes , which stretched to 7 .
The last moments included a long pile on the gate flies. Pepe missed the last chance for Italy to get into the playoffs , missing from 7 meters. Thus, the " Azzurro Skuadra will not be able to repeat its success mundialya - 2006, a rival Russian team qualifying tournament for Euro- 2012, the first time participating in the World Cup , immediately went into the playoffs. Read More!