BBC pundits mocked Ciro Immobile after he made a miraculous recovery as soon as Italy opened the scoring in their 2-1 Euro quarter-final victory over Belgium.

The Lazio striker went to ground in the box after a slight coming together with Jan Vertonghen 31 minutes into the match.

Immobile began to writhe around the ground in pain in an apparent attempt to try and win a penalty for his side, who were still on the attack in Munich.

Ciro Immobile went to ground after a slight coming together with Jan Vertongthen

Immobile writhed on the floor in agony and tried to win his side a penalty as play continued

Immobile instantly got up though when Nicolo Barella opened the scoring for Italy

“I don’t even want to laugh at that because that’s pathetic!”

Alan Shearer was not impressed by Ciro Immobile’s theatrics 🤣#bbcfootball #ITA #euro2020 pic.twitter.com/kQP1uE88l7

— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD)

As Immobile was rolling around on the ground, Inter Milan midfielder Nicolo Barella got onto the ball and created some space before putting his side ahead with a great strike past Thibaut Courtois.  

Barella’s effort sparked jubilant Italian celebrations – something that Immobile was very keen to be part of.

The lethal striker leapt to his feet and looked around as he jogged over to join his team-mates in the celebrations.

But after the game, BBC presenter Gary Lineker mocked the 31-year-old striker.

Gary Lineker, Micah Richards and Jurgen Klinsmann all laughed at Immobile’s recovery

Alan Shearer was less then impressed, saying he thought it was ‘pathetic’ and ’embarrassing’ 

He said: ‘He goes down and desperately tries to get a penalty “ooh I’m in agony, I’m in agony, I’m in agony” and then the ball goes in and “I’m alright”. It’s amazing what a recovery.’

BBC pundits Jurgen Klinsmann and Micah Richards laughed as they watched the footage back though Alan Shearer wasn’t so amused.

He said: ‘I don’t even want to laugh at that, that’s pathetic you can see him have a look at the referee before he goes down.’

Lineker responded: ‘It’s pathetically amusing,’ before Shearer again added ‘it’s pathetic, it’s embarrassing.’

Immobile quickly got back up to his feet before joining his team-mates for the celebration

Richard continued to make light of the situation, responding to Shearer: ‘I’ve seen you do that before.’

The former Newcastle and England striker amused by Richards’ quip, replied: ‘Never’.

Italy doubled their lead later in the first-half through Lorenzo Insigne before Romelu Lukaku scored a penalty before half-time.

Roberto Mancini’s side held on for the victory and they will face Spain in the semi-finals of Euro 2020.  

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