Italy vs Wales LIVE RESULT and GROUP TABLE: 10-man Wales secure passage to Last 16 despite Ampadu red card for stamp

THAT’S A WRAP

Not the result Wales wanted on the night but a second place finish it is – another extraordinary effort.

A potentially winnable game to come in the next round too as we wait to find out who they’ll meet.

Both sets of supporters out celebrating tonight you’d think!

SO, WHAT NEXT?

The last-16 for Wales will be against the second placed side from Group B.

That will be the first knockout game on Saturday in Amsterdam.

Wales will play either Belgium, Finland, Denmark or Russia.

It is unlikely that it will be the Belgians however.

Here’s how their group stands at the minute.

Finland play Belgium tomorrow as Russia and Denmark face off.

REPORT

Our match report from tonight’s game is now live on site.

Head over to the Sun Football page to catch all the main talking points from the Stadio Olimpico.

Or, click here 👉  ITALY 1 WALES 0

FULL-TIME

The full-time stats from Rome. Italy with plenty of the ball but excellent Welsh defending.

RAM BUZZ

Aaron Ramsey chuckled when talking about the difficulty tonight.

But he echoed his captain’s words with praise for his side.

Yeah it was tough for long periods! We played a top team.
But again we showed great character, we gave everything and dug in.
We finished off the job. It was important for us to stay compact and we could’ve pinched a draw.
We have a good balance, first half we showed glimpses and kept the ball well but we need to be more consistent.

Aaron Ramsey

CAMARADERIE

The Wales squad all gather on the park after saluting the supporters that made the trip.

BALE REACTS

The Wales skipper was thrilled to get through and get through a difficult 90 minutes in Rome.

We knew it’d be a difficult game. There was a lot of defending and a lot of tired bodies out there.
We wanted a result but we would have probably finished second anyway.
It was unfortunate to go to 10 men and we had to dig deep.
We have a bit of a break now so we’ll rest up to get going again.

Gareth BaleITV

ITALIANS MARCH ON

Eight changes for the Azzurri but they do manage to make it 30 GAMES unbeaten, matching their national team record.

HOW IT FINISHES

The final Group A table.

It ended nervy but an immense effort from Wales to keep the score at 1-0 playing so long with 10 men.

HAVE YOUR SAY

FULL-TIME IN BAKU TOO

And Wales are into the knockout stages in second place!!

The Italian players celebrate in the centre circle and the Wales players look gutted.

But The Red Wall in the stand are bouncing, they know they are into the last-16!!

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!

It’s over in Rome!

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90′ Cristante shot from the edge of the box is heading towards the bottom corner and Ward gets down superbly well to push the ball away to safety.

THREE MINUTES ADDED

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89′ Italy keeping possession and Wales playing like a team that knows they just need to defend the last few minutes well.

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A change in goals for Italy….I don’t know either.

• OFF – Donnarumma
• ON – Sirigu

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86′ Wales still two goals better than Switzerland heading into the final five minutes.

It’s nearly down to one though as Belotti unwinds a shot from the edge of the box but Ward is right behind it to keep it out.

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Wales treble sub:

• OFF – Bale, Williams and Allen
• ON – Brooks, Davies and Levitt

Italy change also:

• OFF – Pessina
• ON – Castrovilli

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82′ Italy toying with the Wales defence around the box.

They win back to back corners as the Welsh defence stands firm.

Verratti then sends a ball into the back post and Rodon does excellently to header clear.

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THAT GARETH BALE CHANCE.

Hopefully it doesn’t prove costly!

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A couple of yellow cards for fouls in the middle of the park.

Chris Gunter and Matteo Pessina booked.

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76′ Excellent forward play from Moore.

A cleared ball up to halfway finds Moore who does superbly to bring the ball under control and win a free kick off Bastoni.

The ball into the box is met by a Wales head again but Italy win the second ball this time.

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75′ It’s who you would want it to fall to!!

The free kick is long and deep and Moore wins the header.

He knocks it back into the box for Bale who has all the time in the world.

He takes it first time on the volley and sends it over from 10 yards.

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WHAT A CHANCE FOR GARETH BALE!!!

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Few changes.

Wales:

• OFF – James
• ON – Wilson

Italy:

• OFF – Jorginho and Bernardeschi
• ON – Cristante and Raspadori

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73′ Bastoni goes through the back of Bale – but you probably could’ve guessed that.

Free kick on halfway.