Spain vs Italy Prediction & Betting Tips (20 June)

For its entry into the running in this Euro 2024, Spain marked its territory by dominating Croatia, which is nevertheless considered an outsider this summer 3-0. La Roja showed great efficiency, symbol of the changes made to his game since the arrival on the bench of Luis de la Fuente. Disappointing during the last World Cup, Spain was worried in the group stage by Germany and Japan before coming out in the eighth against Morocco after a crazy penalty shootout. Alvaro Morata's teammates responded well by winning the Nations League last June. The qualifying phase was also almost flawless, with 7 victories in 8 matches in a not-so-obvious group, made up of Georgia, Norway, Scotland and Cyprus. Disappointing against Colombia in a friendly 0-1, there was better against Brazil 3-3, Andorra 5-0 and Northern Ireland 5-1, before the start of this Euro. During the first day, Italy provided the essentials by dominating the weakest opponent, a priori, in the group, Albania 2-1.

Trailing after only 20 seconds of play, Gianluigi Donnarumma's teammates then imposed their game to logically take the lead at the break. During the second act, they played economically, but not without having a few scares at the end of the match. Italy's path has been strange in recent years. Title holders after their victory during Euro 2020 in the final against England, the Squadra Azzurra on the other hand failed to qualify for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. 3rd during the last Nations League, the The Transalpines provided the essentials without necessarily shining in their qualifying group for the Euro, ahead of Ukraine but far behind England. It was also satisfactory during the preparation, especially defensively, but Italy did not shine against Venezuela 2-1, Ecuador 2-0, Turkey 0-0 or even Bosnia 1-0.

Scorer then touched against Croatia and released after the hour mark, captain Alvaro Morata is announced as doubtful for this match. This is also the case for midfield captain Rodri, who is feeling tired according to his coach. The Cityzen could still hold its place this Thursday. Spared last weekend, central defender Laporte should, for his part, apply. To compose his list, Luis de la Fuente had to deal with the injury of Blaugrana Gavi in ​​particular and decided not to call up Cubarsi, Aleix Garcia or even Llorente. Sometimes criticized with PSG this season, Fabian Ruiz produced a superb performance against Croatia. He found the net and was logically elected man of the match. The jewel Pedri and the wingers Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams should also be renewed this Thursday.

In the cages, the Basque Unai Simon made an error in his kicking game but on the other hand shone on his line. There were no injuries to mention on the Italian side. Luciano Spalletti, on the other hand, was forced to draw up his list for this Euro taking into account the packages of Calabria, Acerbi, Scalvini, Udogie, Zaniolo and Berardi. In addition, midfielder Locatelli and striker Immobile were not called up, for example. Now captain of the Squadra Azzurra, Donnarumma (PSG) is one of the captains along with defenders Di Lorenzo (Naples), Bastoni (Inter) and Dimarco (Inter), midfielder Barella (Inter) and Pellegrini (Roma) and winger Chiesa (Juventus). Against Albania, Barella and Chiesa were particularly prominent, as was the young defender Calafiori (Bologna). To occupy the forefront of the attack, the mover Scamacca (Atalanta) should still be favored by Spalletti.