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Spain and Italy signed good tables for both in a game in which there were more kicks than football. La Rojita ended up falling in the unsportsmanlike game of the Italians in a match with three sent off: Mingueza on the Spanish side and Scamacca and Rovella in the Azzurra. There are five expulsions in two tournament games for the Italians. It doesn't seem like a coincidence …

The game script changed an hour before kickoff. The draw between Slovenia and the Czech Republic relieved Italy: he stopped having the obligation to win. A draw was good for everyone and that increased the fear of losing.

The first half was tense (four yellows, two for each side) and with few scoring chances. It was an appetizer of the storm that was coming (in the game and in the sky, because also the water began to fall on Maribor). The two clearest opportunities in the first act came with two shots from outside the area. Miranda's touched the crossbar and Frattesi's hit him violently.

Spain returned better from the locker room, mainly because it had less to lose than the Italians, who a defeat took away the privilege of depending on themselves. De la Fuente introduced muscle in the midfield (Moncayola for Villar) and La Rojita equaled the point where the Italians were being superior. Osasuna's precisely touched the goal with a shot from the edge of the area.

The closer the final whistle got the more one entered the Italian terrain. The reds arrived, the violent actions and ten minutes that clouded a game that the two teams played to the limit. Spain ended up indignant and Italy, satisfied. Whole plan azzurri He was able to go to waste with a double opportunity for Spain in the discount, first from Pipa and after Puado (Espanyol's played a great game and was named MVP).

The tie leaves La Rojita on the brink of qualification. With a point against the Czech Republic on Tuesday they will mathematically be in the quarterfinals. In addition, now the rivals already know that De la Fuente's also show their claws when they pose a game at the limit of the regulation. Spain is a beautiful game and also fury …