The confrontation between Spain and Italy, corresponding to the second day of Group B of Euro 2024, looks set to be one of the most exciting of this first phase of the competition.
La Roja is coming off a resounding victory over Croatia by a score of 3-0, while La Azzurra also had a great performance in its debut and defeated Albania 2-1.
Below we tell you everything you need to know about the match between Spain and Italy: how and where to watch, date, time, probable lineups, forecast and more.
City: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Date: Thursday June 20
Schedule: 9:00 p.m. (Spain), 4:00 p.m. (Argentina), 1:00 p.m. (Mexico)
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
VAR: Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN)
You can see the game through the signal La1, Teledeporte and RTVE Play (Spain), sky sports (Mexico) and Disney+ and ESPN Latin America (Argentina).
|
Rival |
Result |
Competition |
|---|---|---|
|
Croatia |
3-0V |
Euro 2024 |
|
North Ireland |
5-1V |
Friendly |
|
Andorra |
5-0V |
Friendly |
|
Brazil |
3-3 |
Friendly |
|
Colombia |
0-1D |
Friendly |
|
Rival |
Result |
Competition |
|---|---|---|
|
Albania |
2-1V |
Euro 2024 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1-0V |
Friendly |
|
Türkiye |
0-0 |
Friendly |
|
Ecuador |
0-2V |
Friendly |
|
Venezuela |
2-1V |
Friendly |
After their solid victory against Croatia, Luis de la Fuente, coach of Spain, highlighted the work of his team, although he assured that the team has to keep its “feet on the ground.”
The Spanish strategist highlighted, individually, what was done by Lamine Yamal and Fabián Ruiz.
“But with our feet on the ground. It’s starting very well, security, morale, tranquility, but in five days we have an important match and we are already thinking about Italy”
– Luis de la Fuente
Luciano Spalletti, Italy coach, credited his players for having the ability to come back in the game despite conceding an early goal from Albania. Spalletti stated that facing the duel against Spain there are “many things to improve.”
For this match, the Italian coach has all his players available and it cannot be ruled out that he may introduce some changes to the eleven to try to surprise Spain.
Goalie: U. Simon
Defending: D. Carvajal, R. Le Normand, Nacho, M. Cucurella
Half: Rodri, Pedri, F. Ruiz
Lead: L. Yamal, A. Morata, N. Williams
Goalie: G. Donnarumma
Defending: G. Di Lorenzo, A. Bastoni, R. Calafiori, F. Dimarco
Half: D. Frattesi, Jorginho, N. Barella
Lead: F. Chiesa, G. Scamacca, L. Pellegrini
Both teams were the two favorites to finish first and second in this group, and for now they have taken the first step to achieve it: winning the first game. This duel will be crucial to determine the group order and promises to be a very close match in which anything can happen.
Italy is a serious team, despite having conceded the fastest goal in the history of the European Championship, but they showed their ability to come back. Meanwhile, Spain continues to give too many chances to the rival but has high-quality players like Pedri, Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal who make the difference. Therefore, we believe that La Roja will finally prevail over its rival, although with a very close score.
Spain 2-1 Italy
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