Euro 2024: Spain impressive against Italy, England disappoint in Denmark draw

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Good morning, here’s a very quick Friday blog for you because despite the fact it’s early, I’m running late.

Spain 1-0 Italy

Jorginho played the first half for Italy, but kinda got the run around from Pedri and the Spanish side who were very good. He got replaced at the break. It didn’t really help the Italians in any way who had goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to thank for keeping the scoreline respectable. That and some wayward finishing from Spain who had 20 shots to Italy’s 4.

I thought Nico Williams had an impressive game, and Spain were so good Marc Cucurella looked like a decent player. The only thing they were missing was the finish, and it was quite interesting to see how often they shot from distance – something you really don’t associate with them. I don’t know if they’ve seen some of the long-distance goals in this tournament and just fancy a bit of that action, or something else, but it stood out.

I suppose it’s also interesting that despite all their dominance, the only goal had a touch of good fortune. Williams and Alvaro Morata were involved, but the touch off Donnarumma saw the ball cannon in off Riccardo Calafiori for an own goal. You make your own luck etc etc, but in truth Spain should have won this comfortably. They have produced some incredible talent down the years, but what they could achieve with a high level centre-forward is kinda scary – thankfully for everyone else they don’t have that.

England 1-1 Denmark

England do have a high level centre-forward, or someone who used to be one, anyway. However, Harry Kane has grown so used to playing for himself, he’s a problem for the rest of the team. It was so notable that when Ollie Watkins came on that he ran at the Denmark defence, in stark contrast to Kane who spent most of the game running towards his own defenders, dropping far too deep, getting in the way, and leaving his team without an outlet up front.

He wasn’t the only problem, obviously. Trent…

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Publish date : 2024-06-21 05:28:02

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