While Spain crushed world runners-up Croatia 3-0, Italy suffered a lot against AlbaniaEven so, in the ‘Azzurra’ they do not feel far from the level of ‘La Roja’ in this Euro Cup in Germany 2024.
Luciano Spaletti’s team began the defense of its title in a terrible way by conceding the fastest goal of the Euro (at 23 seconds), and then came back and won 2-1 with a couple of scores before 20 minutes of the game. , authored by Alessandro Bastoni and Nicolo Barella.
Even so, Federico Chiesa was the best player in this match for the first day of Group B and he himself predicted “a great match against Spain”, because no matter how different the presentations of both teams have been, the Juventus forward does not see as much difference in the level of both teams.
“It’s going to be a great game. Spain “It has already shown in the past and today that it is a great team, but we are not very far away,” commented the 26-year-old ahead of the June 20 match in Dortmund.
Spain overwhelmed Croatia and took the lead in its group in the Euro Cup
Álvaro Morata, Fabián Ruíz and Dani Carvajal scored the winning goals
