Episode 2085: Italy To The Final, Penalty Anxiety, Penalty Trances And Rio Puts It All On Red

Italy are through to the final of Euro 2020 after beating Spain on penalties in one of the games of the tournament.

Richie Sadlier was analysing the match for RTE while Miguel Delaney was at Wembley, and they join us to talk through an outstanding semi-final.

The team of the tournament reach the end of the tournament, if in a way no one expected.

Spain suffer a setback too far, but only after a game for the ages

My piece from Wembleyhttps://t.co/6ICEsXzmkk

— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) July 6, 2021

Plus there’s penalty myths, penalty anxiety, and putting it all on red. 

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