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02nd Jul 2016

It may have been going wide but, good lord, what a mind-blowing block from Alessandro Florenzi

How anyone is this athletic is beyond us

Darragh Murphy

Those Italians and their defending, eh?

It’s in their blood and although they went on to concede against Germany in the Euro 2016 quarter-final, this almost unbelievable block from Italy’s Alessandro Florenzi is one of the defensive highlights of the tournament.

With Thomas Muller given a sight at goal, you’d have bet your house on him finding the net.

And it looked for all the world like he was about to just that when he let rip with a shot at Gianluigi Buffon’s goal.

But that wasn’t taking into consideration the otherworldly athleticism possessed by Florenzi who took to the air, somehow adjusted his body mid-flight and got this toe to the ball while he tumbled to the floor.

Take a bow, young man.

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