Today, June 27, marks the fifth anniversary of the last game of Dthe forest at the head of the Spanish team. It was in Paris, in the round of 16 of the European Championship that was played in France and that Portugal ended up winning. Spain lost 2-0 to Italy And that meeting was the end of the Del Bosque team that had touched the sky with the 2010 World Cup and the 2016 European Championship.
Spain faced Italy in the second round due to 'fault' of Croatia, the team's rival tomorrow in the eighth of the Eurocup. A goal from the Croats in the last minutes led to the defeat of the Red which went from being the first and having an easy way to complicate life at that Euro 2016.
Spain was always in tow, especially in the first half, of an Italy that was superior and reflected it with the goals of Chiellini after half an hour of play and P
she in the extension he scored the final 2-0. A goodbye to the European Championship that confirmed the failure of the 2014 World Cup and the end of a Spain that had reigned in world football. A goodbye that was, precisely, against Italy, the rival that in 2008 opened the doors of glory to the Red.