Spain confirmed why it is one of the big favorites to win the Euro 2024 Championship in Germany. He played an almost unbeatable match, defeated Italy 1-0 in Gelsenkirchen with a goal against defender Riccardo Calafiori ten minutes into the second half and went to the round of 16 with the best football qualifications. Perhaps he lacked a little more forcefulness to win more comfortably. But in terms of football, his performance was the best that has been seen so far in the tournament.
Instead, England disappointed from top to bottom. He equaled 1-1 with Denmark in Frankfurt with goals from Harry Kane in the 18th minute and Morten Hjumland in the 34th minute of the first half and lost credit in the opinion of the chair that until the beginning of the Cup gave him as the great favorite. With slow, thick and unimaginative possession, the English could not break the Danes and postponed the definition of group C until Tuesday. In the first hour match in Munich, Serbia, with a header goal from Luka Jovic in In the fifth additional minute, they tied 1-1 with Slovenia, which had taken the lead with a goal from right-back Karnicic at 24 minutes of the complement.
Spain was remarkable. When he had the ball, he moved it across the width of the playing field with remarkable sensitivity. And when not, he suffocated Italy with a high and aggressive press that allowed him to recover very quickly and attack again. Rodri was the axis of all the movements, very well supported by the left-handed Fabián Ruiz, another who was everywhere, Pedri who got behind the Italian midfielders and the dark-skinned Nico Williams who, on the left, did whatever he wanted to his marker Di Lorenzo.
It sounded like a Spain orchestra that could have won by more: Gigi Donnaruma took several balls from the goal and a left-footed shot by Williams burst off the crossbar in the second half. Italy was exhausted from running after the ball without being able to reach it, it was reduced to its minimum expression and not even the entry of Mateo Retegui at 18 minutes into the second half could provide power to his team. With this result, in group B Spain is already classified with 6 points, Italy has 3 and Albania and Croatia 1. And next Monday they will face each other from 4:00 p.m. Spain-Albania in Düsseldorf and Italy-Croatia in Leipzig
The Euro wheel does not stop and this Friday it will continue with three matches: Slovakia and Ukraine will face each other in group E from 10 a.m. in Düsseldorf, at 1 p.m. Poland-Austria will do so in Berlin in group C and at 4 p.m. it will be the turn of France-Netherlands in Leipzig for group D. Despite his fracture of the nasal septum on Monday against Austria, Kylian Mbappé could be in the French team. The forward wants to play even with a protective mask, but the team’s medical team recommends not doing so. It will be decided in the same stadium.
2024-06-21 03:01:00
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