Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle goals gave Italy a 2-0 round of 16 victory over European champions Spain at the Stade de France.
That victory means the Azzurri will meet world champions Germany in the Euro 2016 quarterfinal on Saturday in Bordeaux.
Spain struggled to get going in a game that Italy could have won more comfortably had it not been for goalkeeper David De Gea's heroics.
The Manchester United man, playing in his first international tournament, was called into action twice in the opening 10 minutes, first turning Graziano Pelle's powerful header wide and then diving to push an Emanuele Giaccherini overhead kick onto the post.