There's no Andrea Pirlo. There's no Claudio Marchisio. There's also no Marco Verratti.
But should we ever write off an Italian side at a major tournament? Absolutely not.
Playing 'Everybody's dark horse™', Belgium, an Azzurri side that nobody really expected to do well at Euro 2016 found themselves taking a first half lead. Emanuele Giaccherini, picked out with a brilliant pass from Leonardo Bonucci, made no mistake as he slotted past Thibaut Courtois.
But never mind the fact that an un-fancied Italy side were leading against the highest ranked team in the competition, just look what the goal did to Antonio Conte...
https://twitter.com/SNFaizalKhamisa/status/742441088095539200
It may have only been a trickle of claret, but as the Chelsea-bound manager pressed a tissue against his bloodied nose, plenty of folk speculated what had caused it.
Then we found out...
https://twitter.com/ankitpathak04/status/742443884916015104
Right in the thick of the Italian celebrations, it seems Mr Conte got a smack in the nose in amidst the jubilant scenes.
He didn't seem too impressed but hey, at least it amused plenty of viewers.
https://twitter.com/Siya90/status/742440418386808832
https://twitter.com/CriminalCosta/status/742442111698669568
https://twitter.com/giuliofru/status/742444763715108864
