Italy v Spain

[Ian Pethick]

What a game. Given the what was on the line, edged out France v Switzerland as the best game so far of the superb knockout stages. Not quite the flowing Italians of previous matches as they had to change their style with the loss of the brilliant Spinazzola, but they stuck in there and did what was needed. The Spaniards were really good, Busquets controlled the game with Pedri and Olmo looking like future superstars. How they could have done with a finisher like Chiesa, if those chances had fallen to a player like him and not Oyarzabal then it could have been a very different story.

Now for the other semi, escaped my mind who is playing in that...☺️