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06/20/2024 00:30
Air heating
Fans of both teams arrived at the stadium several hours early. Veltins-Arena with a capacity of over 65,000 seats was too small to meet the demand of Spanish and Italian fans for the Group B match.
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06/20/2024 01:00
Coach Fuente "disciplines" his students
Don't be complacent after the 3-0 victory over Croatia, is the message coach Fuente sent to his players before the big match against Italy. He believes that Italy will have a different strength and difficulty compared to Croatia.
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06/20/2024 22:40
The fateful match
Spain and Italy are familiar faces at EURO. In 2012, La Roja defeated Azzurri 4-1 to win the championship. In the next two EUROs, Spain was eliminated by Italy in the knockout round.
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06/20/2024 22:50
Notable Stars
The battle in the midfield was the hottest point of the Spain vs Italy match. The focus was on the performances of the two conductors, Pedri from Spain and Barella from Italy.
Pedri was not in the best shape in the opening match but still had a great influence on Spain's play. Meanwhile, Barella is now Italy's only hope in midfield.
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06/20/2024 23:10
"Ready to play dirty to beat Spain"
Coach Luciano Spalletti declared that Italy is ready to do everything, even play dirty, to win 3 points in the most important match in Group B. He praised Spain as a strong team in both the quality of each player and the collective style of play. This will be a strong enough test to prove the strength of the defending champion at EURO 2024.
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06/21/2024 01:04
Spain vs Italy starting lineup
Both teams kept their starting positions in the opening match.
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06/21/2024 01:10
Italian stars ready for the big battle
06/21/2024 01:36
Head to head record of the two teams
Spain and Italy have met 39 times in their history. La Roja have won more matches than the Azzurri. Most recently, the two teams met in the Nations League and Spain won 2-1.
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06/21/2024 02:01
The match begins
The most anticipated match of the EURO 2024 group stage begins. Italy in all white kicks off first.
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06/21/2024 02:03
First Chance
2': Donnarumma had to work hard to show his talent after Pedri's header. Before that, Williams dribbled and made a sudden pass from the left wing.
06/21/2024 02:05
La Roja entered the game with enthusiasm
Spain was the more proactive team. In 3 minutes, La Roja continuously created 2 impressive plays, with Williams' breakthrough on the left wing.
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06/21/2024 02:11
Almost scored for Spain
11': Spain had another chance after an aerial game. From the left wing, Morata crossed the ball and sent it right to Williams who was running up. The young La Roja star's header went wide of the post.
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06/21/2024 02:12
Match statistics after 10 minutes
Spain temporarily took the initiative with nearly 60% of the ball possession. La Roja had 2 shots, both were golden opportunities. Meanwhile, Italy had no notable attacks.
06/21/2024 02:20
Spanish midfield dominates
After 20 minutes, Spain made 140 passes. La Roja's trio of Rodri, Pedri and Ruiz were overwhelming Barella and Jorginho.
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06/21/2024 02:26
Continuous opportunities for Spain
24': Morata fails when facing Donnarumma at a tight angle. Before that, the sudden change happened when Yamal took the ball from the right wing and charged straight into the Italian defense before Morata was given the chance.
Two minutes later, the Italian goal was threatened again by Ruiz's shot from outside the box.
06/21/2024 02:35
Italy deadlocked
The Azzurri are playing long balls to get the ball into the Spanish half. The two midfielders Barella and Jorginho have almost no connection with the Italian attack. Striker Scamacca has only had 9 touches since the start of the match. Similarly, Chiesa has only touched the ball 10 times and has completely disappeared after 34 minutes.
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06/21/2024 02:42
Ruiz shoots
42': The Spanish midfielder continues to try his luck with long-range shots. His latest shot goes right to Donnarumma's chosen position.
06/21/2024 02:46
First chance for Italy
45+1': Italy organized a sharp counter-attack. Chiesa was the last to shoot but the ball went over the bar.
06/21/2024 02:48
End of first half
Spain 0-0 Italy
06/21/2024 02:55
First half: Spain completely dominated
The statistics clearly reflected how La Roja dominated Italy after 45 minutes. Fuente's team had at least 3 clear chances but failed to take advantage.
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06/21/2024 03:03
Second half begins
Italy brought on Andrea Cambiaso and Bryan Cristante at the start of the second half. The two players who made way were Jorginho and Davide Frattesi.
06/21/2024 03:10
Pedri missed the chance
52': Another time the Spanish player missed a chance when he shot just a few meters from the goal. Pedri received a pass from Cucurella on the left wing, shot with one touch but the ball went wide of the post.
06/21/2024 03:13
1-0 for Spain
55': Center-back Riccardo Calafiori scored an own goal, helping Spain open the scoring. Before that, Williams made a difficult cross from the left wing. Donnarumma dove to block the cross but the ball hit Calafiori's foot and went into the goal.
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06/21/2024 03:16
Spain increases pressure
58': Donnarumma had to show his talent again after Morata's long-range shot. After the goal, La Roja played brilliantly and were suffocating Italy.
06/21/2024 03:19
Italy almost lost 0-2
60': Yamal almost made it happen with a curling shot. The ball created a beautiful trajectory, passing Donnarumma's reach but going wide of the post.
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06/21/2024 03:23
Italy made 2 substitutions
64': Chiesa and Scamacca leave the field. Retegui and Zaccagni replace them.
06/21/2024 03:29
Ball hit the crossbar Italy
71': Williams curled the ball spectacularly from the left corner, beating Donnarumma but the ball hit the crossbar.
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06/21/2024 03:30
Spain made two substitutions.
72': Coach Fuente took Pedri and Yamal off. Ferran Torres and Alex Baena replaced them.
06/21/2024 03:37
Morata leaves the field
78': Spain withdrew Morata and Williams from the field, replacing them with Ayoze Perez and
Mikel Oyarzabal.
06/21/2024 03:40
Italy's last ditch effort
82': Italy sends striker Giacomo Raspadori onto the field. Azzurri is doing everything they can to find the equalizer 1-1.
06/21/2024 03:48
2nd half 4 minutes extra time
Italy have 4 minutes left to hope to get a point back.
06/21/2024 03:55
Full time: Spain 1-0 Italy
La Roja played a dominant match to defeat Italy, thereby securing an early ticket to the round of 16. If Spain had taken advantage of their opportunities, they could have won by a bigger margin. The Spanish team had the upper hand over Italy in all parameters, especially in converting passes into clear scoring opportunities.
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