Wembley smells of rematch – AS.com

A Italy-Spain is always a appetizing menu, whether in football, basketball, water polo or MotoGP. Even more so if the stage of that duel is a stadium with the mystique of Wembley. It will be there where La Roja and Azzurra old and dear accounts settle in a Eurocup semifinal in which the leading actor is none other than the ball (follow the game live on AS.com). Everyone wants it, but there is only one. Whoever knows how to befriend him will have a good part of the ticket for the final in his pocket.

We talk about A challenge which has become a permanent in the latest editions of the Eurocup. On 2008 Y 2012 It was Spain who took the cat to the water in a few rooms final resolved in the penalty shootout (Boxes Y Cesc turned into heroes) and a final framed in the history of our football thanks to final 4-0. On 2016However, Italy won by 2-0 in a game that has surely disturbed in the last hours Alvaro Morata, the 9th of the Spanish National Team that day. Then, Chiellini Y Bonucci they embittered the afternoon to the Madrilenian, who today find again with whom are your teammates in Juventus. “I'm by his side, Álvaro is A great guy, a great father, a great friend and a great player. He is a total striker, one of the best in the world, “he said yesterday. Bonucci on the criticism received by the Spanish at the start of the championship. Nice gesture from Leonardo.

Both teams want the ball, but each pays for it in its own currency. Spain squeezes possession (with 67.2% is the tournament leader), while Italy it is more direct in game (dominates in total shots with 101). This is what Mancini's men are trying to hold on to this afternoon. “Let's not fall asleep, Spain plays a slow soccer“, warn Fabio Capello, become a double agent. In this work of hypnosis plays a fundamental role Busquets, one of the two survivors (together with Jordi Alba) of the European title achieved in Kiev 2012 before the azzurri. Know it well Verratti, who has fought many battles with Barça at the national and club level and is a bad partner when it comes to overcoming him: PSG's is the player what more duels win in so far this tournament.

Mancini will keep the block how good feelings did it offer? Belgium. It will be forced, yes, to change tab on the left side, where Spinazzola Achilles tendon ruptured and will be replaced by Emerson, Champions of the Champions with Chelsea although with a testimonial role. The Brazilian nationalized Italian must control your uploads well it will have to keep an eye on Ferran Torres, while in the other band it will be Olmo who threatens Di Lorenzo, although this is doubt and could enter through him Florenzi. The one from Leipzig seems like the one chosen by Luis Enrique to relieve Sarabia, suffering from muscular discomfort that forced him to be substituted at halftime against Croatia. While, Laporte recovered of an overload and yesterday he exercised with the rest of the group in training in Las Rozas prior to trip to london. There awaits an Italian team that has proven to have learned from their mistakes. After failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, the Mancini's arrival meant a change of game and style that has revolutionized the country. To see your last defeat you have to retrieve the video from Portugal-Italy of September 10, 2018. Since that 1-0, 32 games without losing leading up to this afternoon's semi-final at Wembley, where there will be a blue majority in the stands. “We need you”, the RFEF asked yesterday so that the Spaniards who live in London come to the stadium. We need that, thousands of throats, but most of all we need the ball.