Spain stops Italy on penalties

Vienna, Austria (Sports Network) - Iker Casillas stopped two penalty kicks and Spain converted four of its five attempts to knock Italy out of Euro 2008 in the quarterfinals, winning 4-2 on penalty kicks following a 0-0 match.

David Villa and Santiago Cazorla converted Spain's first two penalties, while Italy's Fabio Grosso was also successful from the spot. Casillas then came up with his first save on Italy's second attempt, stopping Daniele De Rossi's shot from finding the lower right corner.

The teams then traded successful kicks before Spain's Daniel Guiza was stopped by Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. However, Casillas seized the edge right back for Spain, stopping Antonio Di Natale, which allowed Cesc Fabregas to send Buffon the wrong way on the next kick, clinching victory for Spain.

The Spanish are now unbeaten in their last 20 games, and will play Russia on Thursday in one semifinal, while Germany will play Turkey on Wednesday in the competition's other semifinal.

Spain stops Italy on penalties....