Direction: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli gestures as Steven Gerrard holds on to the ball

Italy finished the half in the ascendancy and their confidence grew after the break. There were a couple of England attacks and a bicycle kick Rooney sent over the crossbar in second-half stoppage time.

But it was a torturous 45 minutes for Hodgson and torturous for his players, too, such was the superiority of Prandelli’s side.

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