Beijing time 02:45 a.m. on October 7, 2020-2021 UEFA Nations League semi-finals at the San Siro Stadium is about to start, ST European Championship champion Italy hosts Niu Shi Spain, after this summer's European Championship semi-finals, the two teams shook hands 1:1 within 120 minutes, and finally Italy eliminated Spain on penalties 4:2, and now after 3 months, the two giants will meet again in the semi-finals of the competition, the Blue Jackets are looking forward to killing opponents in a row, while Spain is looking forward to revenge, The two managers, Mancini and Enrique, will stage a peak showdown.
Since taking office in April 2018, Mancini has led the team to achieve 28 wins, 10 draws and 2 losses, 98 goals in 40 games, becoming the third manager in team history, the first two being Pozzo (233 goals) and Bezot (115 goals), and has achieved 37 unbeaten games (28 wins and 9 draws), surpassing five-star Brazil in one fell swoop and setting a new record for the national team to be unbeaten.
More importantly, in this summer's European Championship, in one fell swoop, the unbeaten record reached the top of Europe (4 wins and 3 draws), the knockout rounds were three giants of Belgium, Spain and England (2:1, 5:3, 4:3), won the second European Cup championship trophy in team history, and realized the 53-year dream of the blue legion fans, the manager Mancini is indispensable, the team is currently in full swing, pointing to the second championship trophy of this year.
Opponents Spain also performed well, in all competitions in 90 minutes, has achieved 16 unbeaten, the last loss, but also back to the current UEFA Nations League group stage, when the away 0:1 defeat to Ukraine, of course, the only final result during this period is the loss of 2:4 in the semi-finals of this year's European Championship, this time the manager Enrique and his disciples are determined to achieve perfect revenge in this game.
The all-time record has given the Matadors full of confidence, and the two teams have met in the last 13 times, with an Italian win-loss ratio of 3:6 and a record of 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, which are:
2004 friendlies, Italy 1:1 Spain
2008 Friendlies, Spain 1:0 Italy
UEFA Euro 2008 Quarterfinals, Spain 0:0 Italy (4:2 penalties)
2011 friendlies, Italy 2:1 Spain
Euro 2012 group stage, Spain 1-1 Italy
UEFA Euro 2012 final, Spain 4:0 Italy
2013 Confederations Cup Semi-Finals, Spain 0:0 Italy (7:6 penalties)
2014 friendlies, Spain 1:0 Italy
2016 friendly, Italy 1:1 Spain
1/8 final of Euro 2016, Italy 2:0 Spain
2016 European Preliminaries, Italy 1:1 Spain
2017 European Preliminaries, Spain 3-0 Italy
UEFA Euro 2021 Semi-Final, Italy 1:1 Spain (penalty 4:2)
It can be seen that in the knockout rounds of the competition, Spain has a slight advantage, but in the last two European Championship knockouts, Spain has been eliminated by Italy, and Spain has not tasted victory in the last four away games against Italy, with a record of 3 draws and 1 loss, which makes the manager Enrique under pressure.
In short, the big war is approaching, the two giants will go all out, what is the final outcome? We'll see!
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