The attention of football fans all over the world is directed towards the Veltins Arena to watch the match between Spain and Italy, which is scheduled to be held at ten o’clock in the evening today, Thursday, as part of the second round of Group Two of the European Nations Cup.Euro 2024“It is currently being held in Germany and will continue until next July 14.
Spain vs Italy
Spain and Italy will play tonight’s match, looking for the three points to secure the top spot in Group Two, especially since both of them have a victory to their credit from the first round.
And he won Spain national team At the expense of Croatia, 3-0, in the confrontation that took place between them last Saturday evening in the last round’s competitions, while the Italian national team beat its counterpart, Albania, with a score of 2-1.
Group C standings in Euro 2024
Before the start of the second round, the Spanish national team leads the standings of Group Two in the European Nations Cup “Euro 2024” with 3 points collected from the victory in the last round, scoring 3 goals and keeping its record free of goals, while there are… Italy national team In second place in the second group table with 3 points, scoring two goals and conceding one goal.
History of Spain’s confrontations against Italy
Historically, the Spanish and Italian teams met in 40 matches before today’s match, during which the Matadors won 15 matches compared to 12 for the Azzurri team, while 13 matches ended in a draw between them.
The Italian and Spanish teams shared the scoring average after scoring 58 goals during the matches, while Luis Reguero tops the list of top scorers in the two teams’ matches with 3 goals.
The Spanish national team has the advantage in the last two matches, after winning the last two matches in the semi-finals of the European Nations League in the 2022 and 2023 editions with the same score, 2-1.
While the Italian national team has the advantage in winning on penalty kicks at the expense of Spain in their last confrontation in the semi-finals of the Euro 2020 championship with a score of 5-3, after which the Azzurri continued the journey to the title, and they also won over the El Matador when they met in the 2016 edition with two goals in the round of sixteen of the continental competition. ancient.
The Spanish national team succeeded in winning the European Championship 3 times in 1964, 2008, 2012, and in the last edition of Euro 2020, it exited the tournament in the semi-finals after losing 4-2 on penalties to Italy after a 1-1 draw in regular and extra time.
Spain is the only team to have won three continental and world titles in a row: Euro 2008, World Cup 2010, and Euro 2012.
The Italian national team succeeded in winning the Euro title twice, the first in 1968 and the second in the last edition, Euro 2020.
24 teams participate in the European Championship, including Germany, the host of the tournament. These teams are divided into 6 groups, and each group includes 4 teams.
Germany will host the tournament from June 14 to July 14, 2024, and this is the third time that European Nations Championship matches will be held on German soil.
The first and second placed teams qualify directly to the round of 16, then the best 4 third placed teams advance according to the number of points, then goal difference, then goals scored, then resorting to fair play. After that, the round of 16 will be held in a knockout system, as well as the quarter-finals and semi-finals, and the final match will be held on July 14, 2024.