Spain and Italy to pursue more or less the same way in Poland-Ukraine. After the duel 1-1 in their opening match, both teams then arrived at the same point: final, on July 1 tomorrow in Kiev.
The defending champions have a little more classy move, because it always wins in the next four parties. They threw the Republic of Ireland, Croatia, France, and Portugal in the semi-finals on penalties.
As for Italy, after the series is also in the second game against Croatia, they were then successively beat Ireland, England (on penalties), and the favorites Germany in the last four.
In the last three meetings the Spanish-Italian, their scores are still a draw. Before 10 June, Italy won 2-1 in a friendly match in Bari on August 10, 2011. Four years ago, at the Euro 2008 quarter-finals, Spain defeated his rival on penalties.
In previous European Cup, the drama-tos tosan to do after they drew 0-0 for 120 minutes. Of the five executioners Spain, only to fail Daniel Guiza. From the Italian camp, only Fabio Grosso and Mauro Camoranesi could beat Iker Casillas. Daniele de Rossi failed, so did the executioners of their fourth, Antonio Di Natale. The final score 4-2. But Di Natale "pay" the failure by goalkeeper Casillas in Gdansk 20 days ago in 61 minutes, before Cesc Fabregas returned three minutes later.
Overall, the duel "Matador" versus Gli Azzurri are tight. They have met 26 times: Italy won eight times, Spain seven times. The rest, 11 times, ending just as strong.
Lodging in a big tournament, Italy is still ahead by a score of 3-1 in six matches at the World Cup and European Cup.
World Cup quarterfinal in 1934, after playing 1-1, Italy won 1-0 in the replay at Florence on June 1.
They had met again in the European Cup group stage in 1980, on June 12 in Milan. The final score 0-0. Spain to be the caretaker in his group, Italy's fourth finish.
Eight years later, at EURO 1988, the two big teams again met in the group phase. Italy won 1-0 via a single goal Gianluca Vialli in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 14. Once again, the group stopped in Spain, Italy through the semi-finals before the Soviet Union halted.
In the 1994 World Cup Dino Baggio and Roberto Baggio scored the winner Italy to Spain in the quarterfinal in Boston on July 9. Spain only reply one time with a goal by Jose Luis Caminero. Italy in the tournament runner-up after losing to Brazil on penalties in the final.
Spain could only beat Italy in a major tournament in the quarterfinals of Euro 2008 - and then they drew 1-1 in the group stage of Euro 2012.
Who will win this time and win Henri Delaunay trophy?
Record attendance at major tournaments:
May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1 Spain 1, Florence
June 1, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1 Spain 0, Florence
June 12, 1980, European Cup, Italy 0 Spain 0, Milan
June 14, 1988, European Cup, Italy 1 Spain 0, Frankfurt
July 9, 1994, World Cup, Italy 2 Spain 1, Boston
June 22, 2008, European Cup, Spain 0 Italy 0 (Spain win 4-2 on penalties), Vienna
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