Defending Champions Spain Take On Re- Jigged Italy As Cesar Prandelli Men Look To Save Face After World Cup Disaster.

Vicente Del Basque s 11 is set to kick against Italy in Gdansk stadium in Poland at 17 GMT.

La Fiora roja enter the tournament with an impressive 41 wins in their last 45 competitive games.

Winners of world cup 2012, and Euro 2008, they have become an immense force in intonations soccer tournaments.With the likes of David Silva, Andres inesta, Xavi and Iker Casilias in their ranks, Spain are the team to beat. Former real Madrid and current sprain manager  Vicente Del Basque was quoted in a late press interview saying:

We have an aim that no-one has ever achieved before and that is beautiful. We do have a lot of pressure because there is a lot of optimism that surrounds us. But we are accustomed to the pressure because we are defending the title and we are world champions.”

an early exit at the world cup two  years ago Italy look at this tournoment as a tool to redeem themselves

Italian football yet again has been rocked by a betting scandal involving several top flight teams.  .Dominico Cristico has been pulled from the national squad and Cesar Prandelli's  make due squad will look to install some pride back into their scandal ragged football. Being in a rather easy group with Republic of Ireland and Croatia the Italian team have great chance to qualify for the knock out phase of the tournament.

Torres Pictured on the right faces stiff competitions from compatriots Fernando Lorente  for the starting place 

Having lost American Born Giuseppe Rossi, to ligament injury, Cesar Prandelli does not have a lot of options up front. One player who can surely change a game s in an instant is Ghanaian born Mario ballotelli. The troubled youngster has had his share of negative publicity playing for Manchester City in England. His attitude has cost ballotelli a lot of credit as a quality player. The Italian coach still has faith in him recently having said the following about the player:

"I have asked Balotelli to do the talking on the pitch. He has an extraordinary opportunity and cannot throw it away."

We are surely in for a great spectacle as these two teams boast some of the best players in the world of football. Spain's ticky taka football will surly bedazzle the Italian defense, but surly Italians will not make it easy for Spain to score as the azurri are famous for their no nonsense defense.

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Defensive wall ;Cares Poyul will surely be missed by the Spanish, as the shaggy haired defender is out injured. Francis Fabre gas will start on the bench as the player is still recovering from a thigh injury he picked up in Copa Del Ray finals with Barcelona.

thre are two aspects in the Spanish team that almost always guarantees them a win .

the first of the two is Del basques tactical genius ,and play system , second is the squads tremendous ability, as long as there are no surprises ,its another  win for Spain. Look out6 for David Silva's genus passes , and Xavi's amazing vision during the match.

 Andrea Barzagli is sidelined for the first two matches with a calf strain as defensive midfielder Daniel Di Rossi will fill in for him at the center of the defense. 

Italy s experimenting with a new untested formation against Spain is not a good idea ,and the fact they are  fielding De Rossi , who has a knack for chopping down players in the center of their defense males things even worse for Italy in my opinion. things are not looking good for Italy in this game. look out for Daniel De Rossi getting sent off ,or at least being booked for silly foul around the 18 yard box . 

Final Verdict 

Spain                          Italy

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