london italy survived a huge scare as they scrambled past outsiders austria into the quarterfinals of euro 2020 with substitutes federico chiesa and matteo pessina scoring extratime goals to earn them a 21 win at wembley on saturdaythe azzurri had looked like the form team during an impressive group phase but roberto mancinis side misfired badly as they left their roman fortress for the first time in the tournament and looked in danger of a shock exitas it happenedaustria playing in the knockout phase at the european championship for the first time knocked the italians out of their stride in the second half and had a goal by marco arnautovic chalked off after a var interventionmancini sent on four attacking substitutes late in the second half and italys squad depth proved decisive in the end as juventus winger chiesa and atalanta midfielder pessina spared their blushes with superb finisheschiesa drove a shot past daniel bachmann in the 95th minute and pessina who also scored against wales looked to have sealed victory 10 minutes later with another clinical strikebut a courageous austria got a late lifeline when substitute sasa kalajdzic halved the deficit with six minutes left and italys nerves were frazzled by the time referee anthony taylor blew the final whistleitalys 31st match without defeat a new national record sent them into a quarterfinal clash against either belgium or portugal when they will need to play much betterslick startthe azzurri had swaggered their way through their group games in rome scoring seven unanswered goals and mancinis side began in slick fashion on a perfect night for footballwith powerhouse wing back leonardo spinazzola marauding down the left flank at every opportunity austria manager franco fodas prematch assertion that his side had a 10 chance of stopping the azzurri machine looked about rightspinazzola lashed one shot wide before cutting a dangerous ball back for nicolo barella whose sweet strike was saved by the outstretched foot of bachmannciro immobile back after being rested along with the rest of mancinis firstchoice attack for the final group game against wales then sent a dipping rightfoot effort thudding against the post from 25 metresbut it was not all oneway traffic as austria exploited space in behind italys defence and on one such occasion marko arnautovic blazed a shot over the crossbarfoda would have been the more satisfied manager at halftime and his side grew in confidence after the break as italys strangely oozed awayaustria skipper david alaba curled a free kick just over the bar and it all began to get a little fraught for italy when xaver schlager and arnautovic both went closearnautovic then thought he had broken the deadlock with a closerange header from a tight angle in the 65th minute but a var check ruled he had been fractionally offsidemancini looked stonefaced in the technical area and acted immediately hauling off marco verratti and barella replacing them with manuel locatelli and matteo pessina he then threw on chiesa and andrea belotti