For all of its usual possession in midfield, the endless threads of short passes led to only one shot on target.

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England had one shot on target in the first five minutes and never threatened the Italy goal again over the next 115 minutes of regulation and extra time play.

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The most important shot on target was the one by Michael Krohn-Dehli that sailed through the legs of Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

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Luka Modric, so influential in recent matches under Redknapp had one weaving run but his shot was way off target.

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