FULL-TIME: SPAIN 0-0 ITALY (Spain win 4-2 on penalties)

Fabregas holds his nerve to send Buffon the wrong way and confirms Spain's passage to the semi-finals by a 4-2 spot-kick scoreline - that was a quality penalty from the Arsenal man

Di Natale wastes the chance to draw his side level as Casillias pushes it out. Spain 3-2 Italy

Guiza's low kick is easy for Buffon who gets his side back into this shoot-out. Spain 3-2 Italy

Camoranesi calmly beats Casillas to his left with a quality penalty. Spain 3-2 Italy

Senna strides up and drills a high penalty into the back of the net. Spain 3-1 Italy

De Rossi sees his kick clawed away superbly by Casillas. Spain 2-1 Italy

Cazorla steps up and sends Buffon the wrong way. Spain 2-1 Italy

Grosso executes a solid penalty and it's Spain 1-1 Italy

Villa safely fires his penalty home to get Spain off and running. Spain 1-0 Italy

Cazorla then drags a left-foot shot from an acute angle wide of the far post and the Spain bench collectively put their hands on their heads - that's the last kick of the match and we're heading for penalties

Guiza loops an ambitious 25-yard shot high and wide of the mark and we are just seconds away from penalty kicks to decide this quarter-final

Italy are showing some rare adventure as time begins to tick down on this match which has failed to reach its expected heights

Silva wastes a spell of Spain possession with a woefully over-hit cross and it looks like this disappointing game is heading for penalties

Di Natale goes down claiming a leg injury and whistles ring around the stadium as this isn't the first time play has been stopped unnecessarily by the referee tonight

Cazorla is booked for dissent for contesting the award of a goal-kick when he felt it was a corner

Silva plays in Villa but the striker can only find the body of Buffon with a low shot from a tight angle and the score remains deadlocked

Fabregas delivers a cute ball into the box but again the impressive Chiellini clears his lines. He's been immense for Italy tonight

Alessandro Del Piero comes on for Aquilani as Italy make a third and final change

De Rossi clips the set-piece in but it is a harmless delivery

Ramos gives away a needless free-kick for a high foot and this could be an opening

Italy kick-off this second period of extra-time

It's half-time in extra-time and the scores remain deadlocked in this cagey game

The Villarreal midfielder looks okay to continue after brief treatment and that's a relief for Spain

Senna requires treatment after being caught by Camoranesi. Luis Aragones looks on slightly concerned as he has made all three changes already

Guiza back heels the ball into the path of Fabregas who is clearly offside and lucky to escape a caution for playing on and having a shot

Fabregas runs into two white-shirted defenders and looks hopefully for a penalty which he was never going to win

Casillas tips Di Natale's instant header from a near post cross over his bar with some agile goalkeeping - we've already seen more chances in extra-time than the previous 90 minutes

Marchena comes to to rescue at the other end as he flicks Grosso's cross destined for Toni in the centre away from the waiting striker

Fabregas is denied by the outstretched leg of a defender and Silva drills a low shot inches wide of the upright from the edge of the penalty area as Spain come within a whisker

Ramos goes down in the box after an altercation with Chiellini while waiting for a free-kick but both players had handfuls of each other's shirt

Spain get the extra 30 minutes underway with neither side having made any changes

It's goalless at full-time and extra-time looms

Fabregas picks out Villa in space just inside the penalty area but the striker's first touch is poor and Zambrotta clears the danger - we're heading for extra-time for sure now!

Three minutes will be added to this second half for stoppages

Roberto Donadoni looks a frustrated figure in the Italy dugout but his negative tactics hardly deserve to win this match in 90 minutes!

Guiza takes down a Villa cross and fires a shot straight at Buffon, but he clearly handballs and even if he'd scored it would have been ruled out

The smart money is one extra-time here as the game continues to meander along without either side managing to take it by the scruff of the neck

Luis Aragones makes another statement as he takes off Torres and sends on Daniel Guiza

Di Natale stands up a cross to the back post and the ungainly Toni tries an ambitious scissor kick rather than letting the incoming Grosso strike at goal and a glorious chance goes begging

Buffon gets away with a mistake as he spills a thunderous low strike from Senna onto his post before gathering at the second attempt. That would have been some error from the usually reliable keeper!

Senna curls a 30-yard free-kick around the wall but it's straight at Buffon who chooses to punch clear rather than hold on his goalline

Chiellini hooks clear a dangerous Fabregas corner as Spain continue to knock on the door and this game move towards its final stages

Ramos controls on his chest and loops an ambitious effort into the hands of Buffon as Spain begin to turn the screw

Spain are again in charge of possession but they can't find a way past this packed Italian defence

Cassano heads off to be replaced by Antonio Di Natale after a disappointing game

Ramos takes the ball on but lashes a low right-foot shot from 20 yards into the advertising hoardings to the left of Buffon's goal

Villa is booked for diving in the box after wasting a good chance to break. Panucci was nowhere near the striker and his reaction was laughable

Camoranesi sends over a cross from the right which Toni meets with yet another mis-timed header and the ball drifts harmlessly off target

Villa tries his luck with a 30-yard free-kick which deflects up off the wall and onto the roof of the net with Buffon covering

Camoranesi over-hits a free-kick out of play and there is a collective groan around the stadium after yet more poor play in this disappointing game

Puyol heads away and the ball drops to Alberto Aquilani who scuffs a 25-yard volley well wide of the target

That double change by Luis Aragones will either be seen as brave or foolhardy as he has taken off two key players with international experience and sent on a pair of young guns

Casillas denies Camoranesi with his legs as De Rossi returns the ball to the box and Toni flicks it high into the air to leave the keeper struggling to regain his position. That was the best chance of the game so far

Spain now make a double change with Iniesta replaced by Santiago Cazorla and Cesc Fabregas on for Xavi

Mauro Camoranesi replaces Perrotta for Italy

Joan Capdevila tries to pick out Torres with a stand up cross from the left but again Chiellini is in the right place to head the danger away

Marchena literally finds row z with a shot from distance and this game continues to disappoint

Torres gets the better of Panucci on the byline and tries to find the unmarked Villa in the six-yard box but Chiellini recovers to divert the ball behind for a corner

Villa is played into space down the right wing but he produces a woefully over-hit cross which is, unfortunately, in keeping with the overall quality of this game

Grosso delivers an early cross looking for the darting run of Toni but again the offside flag goes up against the struggling striker

Silva gets lucky as a clearance deflects off De Rossi and falls to his feet in the box, but Chiellini does well to crowd him out and concedes a corner

Villa dummies a Torres pass and the ball finds Iniesta in space, but his dreadful first touch leads to a handball and the loss of a clear shooting opportunity from 18 yards

Torres falls down theatrically holding his face when Ambrosini makes no contact and quite rightly the referee isn't interested in his appeals

Italy get the second half of a match that has yet to spark into life underway

HALF-TIME: SPAIN 0-0 ITALY

One minute will be added to this first half for stoppages

Villa and Iniesta combine to the right of the box and the latter's low shot from a tight angle is comfortably wide of Buffon's goal

This game continues in a cagey manner as we approach the interval and moments of danger have been few and far between

Silva goes down holding his foot following a Grosso challenge right on the corner of the box but the referee waves play on and accuses the winger of diving. The Spanish players are furious with that call!

Ramos diverts an enticing Grosso cross from the left away from Toni with a diving but important clearance

Silva is just inches away from sneaking a low left-foot shot from just outside the box inside the far post after cutting inside from the flank. That's as close as we've come to an opener so far tonight

Cassano picks out Toni with a cross from the left but he mis-times his header from eight yards and the ball loops away off the unwitting Carlos Marchena

Iniesta cuts in from the left flank but slices a long-range shot well wide of the mark to the delight of the Italian fans behind Buffon's goal

Xavi sees Chiellini lose his footing and goes for goal from just outside the box but Christian Panucci sticks out a leg to concede a corner

Buffon gets down at the base of his post to deny Silva who cut in off the left and goes for goal with a low shot from 20 yards

Ambrosini sees yellow for a lunging late tackle on Senna on the halfway line

Silva tries to pick out Torres with a neat pass inside the two centre-halves but again the flag is up for a marginal offside

Iniesta goes to ground in the box after a coming together with Grosso but again there's no real danger of a penalty and none of the Spain players bother to appeal

Toni rises above Puyol but his header when stretching and with his back to goal rolls harmlessly to the waiting Casillas

Villa drills a 30-yard free-kick low under the jumping wall but Buffon is alive to the danger and makes a solid save on his goalline

Ambrosini picks up a loose ball from Sergio Ramos but his early cross looking for Toni is just too far ahead of the out-of-sorts striker who can't reach it. That was a chance and Roberto Donadoni on the Italy bench knows it

Senna tries to pick out Torres with a long ball over the top but he's yards offside and the flag goes up

Ambrosini sends over a cross from the left but the late arriving Simone Perrotta can only head it down and straight into the waiting arms of Casillas. That was a half-chance at best

Torres breaks swiftly into the area but his stabbed effort under pressure from Gianluca Zambrotta flies harmlessly high and wide of the mark

Ambrosini stops the run of Torres in the box with a firm but fair challenge and despite calls from the crowd there was never any danger of a penalty there

Play remains condensed in the Italy half but this is a cagey game with neither side taking too many chances

Carles Puyol steams in to win the ball off Toni and the big Barcelona defender certainly looks up for this tonight

Iniesta chops down Fabio Grosso on the touchline and is the first name in the book - just moments before Torres earned a strong telling off from the referee for a late tackle

Spain are totally dominating in terms of possession but there's no penetration at this moment in time

David Silva combines with David Villa but the former's low shot from the corner of the box loops up into the air via a defender and is easy for Gianluigi Buffon to claim

Daniele De Rossi over-hit free-kick is easy for Iker Casillas who claims ahead of the arriving Luca Toni

Spain are passing the ball around with confidence but it's in front of the Italy back four and they'll be happy to see that

Andres Iniesta sends over a cross from the left but Giorgio Chiellini heads it away before it can find its intended target of Fernando Torres

Marcos Senna clatters the ankles of Antonio Cassano and is perhaps a little lucky to escape an early caution for a poor tackle

The tackles and snapping in around the midfield third in the opening moments with both sides giving as good as they are getting

Spain get this eagerly-anticipated game at the Ernst Happel Stadion going

However, the omens don’t look good for Spain as they have crashed out of three major tournaments - the 86 and 02 World Cups plus Euro 96 - at this stage on penalties and all on this same June 22nd day!

Italy have no such luxuries as they crept out of the group stages and lost key midfield duo Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso to suspension, so Alberto Aquilani and Massimo Ambrosini come into the side

Luis Aragones’ Spain have been made slight favourites for this meeting of two of European football’s traditional heavyweights and they start with the same team that saw off Russia and Sweden in their first two group games

Spain and Italy lock horns tonight in Vienna for a place in the semi-finals where a meeting with Russia awaits