Emva kokulandelelana kweziphumo ezingama-37 ezilandelelanayo, eziye zafumana irekhodi lehlabathi kwimbali yebhola ekhatywayo, i-Italy kaRoberto Mancini iphulukana nomdyarho ongaphumelelanga kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi wohlelo lwesibini lweZizwe eziManyeneyo, kodwa ikwazile ukubamba indawo yesithathu kukhuphiswano olutsha ngokubetha iBelgium ngo-2-1 kumdlalo wokugqibela wentuthuzelo.
ISpain yasenza ukuba sihlupheke kukhuphiswano lwaseYurophu ngokusinyanzela ukuba sihlabe isohlwayo emva kwexesha elininzi ngexesha lomgaqo, iSpain yaphazamisa i-blue unbeaten streak kwaye yafumana irekhodi lehlabathi: alikho iqela elingazange likwazi ukungaphumeleli kwimidlalo engama-37 ngokulandelelana, Kukho amakhwenkwe ethu aphumeleleyo ukusukela ngo-2018 (emva kwesidenge semidlalo yokudlala eSweden, noMnu Ventura ebhentshini) ukuya kowama-2021, unyaka woloyiso lwaseYurophu.
Kodwa uyazi, kungekudala okanye kamva izinto kufuneka zitshintshe kwaye ke, eSan Siro Stadium, iqela lesizwe likaLuis Enrique liyakwazi ukuhlekisa ngathi ngokuphumelela kunye nokuqinisekisa ngokuchasene nokukhethwa kwetricolor hayi kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Ngama-Iberia alwela umdlalo wokugqibela wokhuphiswano nxamnye neentshatsheli zehlabathi eFrance, ngelixa i-Azzurri ishiyeke eyokugqibela ngokuchasene neBelgium, ikwindawo yokuqala kuluhlu lweFIFA.
Omnye umnqamlezo ngokuchasene nomdlali owoyisiweyo kwi-European Championship, kodwa ngeli xesha sisahleli sincumile, siphumelela i-2-1 sibulela kwiinjongo ezivela kuBarella naseBerardi ngesohlwayo.
Ngokucacileyo ingcinga iguqulwe kumdlalo weSwitzerland ngomhla we-12 kuNovemba (kwibala leOlimpiki eRome), ebelithatha isigqibo sokufumana isiqinisekiso sonyaka ozayo kwiNdebe yeHlabathi eQatar, kodwa into ebalulekileyo kukuba ungcamle kwakhona uloyiso.
URoberto Mancini uyazi kakuhle, oncumileyo nangona enze iinguqulelo ezininzi kulwakhiwo: "Emva kobuNtshatsheli baseYurophu izakuba ngumdlalo wonyaka, kufuneka siphumelele", ngamazwi kakomishinala wezobuchwephesha oMatshi, oncoma iqela lakhe . Umbhali wenjongo yesibini, uBerardi, uthi: "Impumelelo exabisekileyo kwinqanaba".
L'articolo I-League yeZizwe, i-Itali yaphulukana nokungaphumeleli: indawo yesithathu yaqala ukupapashwa ngo Ibhlog yezemidlalo.
