Luis Enrique’s Spain eliminated reigning Eurocup champion Roberto Mancini’s Italy in the UEFA Nations League semi-finals and took revenge in the Euro 2020 semi-finals. The two goals of Ferran Torres canceled that of Pellegrini in the final stretch and the selection He is already waiting in the grand final for Belgium or France, who complete the other semifinals.
The Spanish, who completed one of the best matches of the Luis Enrique era, They knew how to dominate Italy from the ball and judiciously managed their numerical superiority to end the Italian unbeaten streak: the team put an end to 37 games without losing those of Roberto Mancini, something that had not happened since September 2018.
2 – The two parties with the least possession of #Italy #ITA 🇮🇹 with Roberto Mancini as coach they have been against #Spain #ESP 🇪🇸 (29.8% in the EURO 2020 semi-finals and 25.2% today in the Nations League semi-finals). Wall. pic.twitter.com/U2oaphXzdv
– OptaJose (@OptaJose) October 6, 2021
For more inri, Spain has been the great threat to Roberto Mancini’s Italy: Since the coach took the reins of the national team, the two games in which he has had the least dominance have been precisely against Luis Enrique. The transalpinos signed a 25.2% possession in the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League and exceeded 29.8% of the semi-finals of the Euro 2020 Championship.
Ferran Torres is confirmed as nine and Gavi, brilliant
The absolute selector, Luis Enrique, has not been able to count in this call with two of his most important men in attack: both Morata and Gerard Moreno have been out due to injury. In front of Italy he presented a trident formed by Oyarzabal, Sarabia and Ferran Torres. The former Valencia player showed his great relationship with the goal by scoring two in the first half and adding a total of 11 in his last 21 games.
Another positive news on the Spanish side is, without a doubt, Gavi’s great game. The azulgrana became the youngest player (17 years and 61 days) to make his debut with the national team and celebrated it with a notorious personal exhibition. He was intense on the mark on Marco Verratti and handled the ball very soberly: completed 77 of 89 passes attempted.