Daniele de Rossi strikes late to extend Italy’s unbeaten run

A late Daniele de Rossi penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw for Italy with Spain in Turin after a blunder from Gianluigi Buffon gifted Spain the opening goal.

Before the game, Buffon had joked his ‘sell-by date’ was drawing ever closer and it looked closer still just before the hour when his fresh air kick outside his area allowed Seville forward Vitola put Spain in front.

Spain could easily have been reduced to 10 men in the second half when Chelsea’s Diego Costa committed a series of offences before and after he was booked for putting his hands in the face of Leonardo Bonucci.