UEFA Nations League - Italy vs Spain, La Furia Roja Comes Without Fear
A place in the 2020-2021 UEFA Nations League final will be contested by the Italian national team and the Spanish national team in the semifinal match at the San Siro Stadium, Milan.
The Gli Azzurri versus La Furia Roja duel will be held on Wednesday (6/10/2021) local time or Thursday at 01.45 WIB.
Facing Spain, Italy has the motivation to extend their unbeaten run in the last 37 matches.
However, the mission of Roberto Mancini's troops will certainly not be easy to realize considering that Spain has big ambitions.
Spain came to Italy without fear, including repeated defeats in the EURO 2020 semifinals at Wembley, England.
At that time, Luis Enrique's troops surrendered with a score of 2-4 to Italy on penalties.
Sergio Busquets et al. instead will seek to reciprocate the meeting at the previous meeting with Italy.
"Fear is a bad word, coaches and players are not afraid of anything," said Luis Enrique, quoted by BolaSport.com from Football Italia.
"Italy know how to play from the back and attack in a different way, so we have to try to play our game."
"We will think about how we can deal with it in those moments."
"I think Mancini is very intelligent, he chooses the players that best suit his style of football."
"I don't know what will happen, but we will try to have more possession than them and be more determined."
On the same occasion, Enrique also praised Gli Azzurri.
According to this 51-year-old coach, Italy is one of the best teams in Europe and the world.
"Italy deservedly won against England (in the EURO 2020 final) and will no doubt try to maintain their unbeaten run," said Enrique.
"Any team that goes 37 games without defeat is definitely doing a lot of things right."
"At this moment, Italy is one of the best teams in Europe and the world."
Luis Enrique's men seem to need to be careful with Italy because they have the advantage of playing in front of their own fans.
In the last 13 meetings against Italy, which was held by the State of Pizza, Spain could only win two.
Meanwhile, Gli Azzurri got 5 wins and the remaining six matches ended in a draw.