Italy maintained their winning start to Euro 2016 on Friday and sealed their place in the next phase of the tournament following a 1-0 victory over Group E foes Sweden, where Eder's 89th-minute winner stole the show.
Sweden continued to show some sense of overreliance on superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but manager Erik Hamren's side couldn't provide their frontman with the chances he needed to make the breakthrough.
Group D contenders Croatia will go up against the Czech Republic in the early evening fixture before Spain look to extend their winning run at the European Championship when they face Turkey.
Read on for a breakdown of the latest table standings and Friday's upcoming schedule, complete with recaps of today's fixtures.
taly 1-0 Sweden
After showing so much promise in their opening win against Belgium, Italy were frustrated for the majority of Friday's clash against Sweden until Eder's last-gasp finish snatched three points at the death.
The Azzurri spent much of the encounter in the ascendancy and capitalised when Simone Zaza headed down to an onrushing Eder, who peeled from his marker before thumping the winner low and hard into Sweden's bottom-right corner:
Sweden are still yet to have a shot on target at Euro 2016 after 180 minutes of play, and Ibrahimovic was again frozen out in front of a well-structured Italian back line.
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