The Spanish tactician voiced his opinion about Cesare Prandelli’s men, revealing that he is impressed by the output of the Azzurri defenders.
Euro 2012 final puts together Italy and Spain together, incidentally, the two European rivals also started their campaign against each other on June 10.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 came courtesy of penalty shootout.
On the other hand, Italy have gone from strength to strength since their 1-1 draw with La Roja, coming to the final after reaching the pinnacle of their powers against Germany in the semi-finals.
The 2-1 victory over the Bavarian outfit puts them in strong contention against the reigning European and World champions.
After watching the Azzurri thrash the German contingent, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 hosted event so far.
The former Real Madrid manager praised Cesare Prandelli for finding the winning formula. He especially highlighted the midfield partnership of Andrea Pirlo and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniele-De-Rossi-c10112, while also taking out time to praise their excellent defensive performances
throughout the course of the competition.
"We still have two days for the final match and I have enough time to think who is better for the Spanish line-up."
"Italy has found the perfect midfield with [Andrea] Pirlo and [Daniele] De Rossi and they have a very strong defence. I think they will repeat the same team that beat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904.”
"The team's axis is Pirlo and [Mario] Balotelli. In the group stage [meeting between the sides], they were possibly better in the first half. They were the team that caused us the most problems.”
Spain meet http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in the 31st and final match of the European championship on July 1st. The match is scheduled to kick off at 20 45 Central European Time in the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev.
La Roja are only the second team after West Germany to reach finals of three successive international tournaments and are heavily fancied to triumph against the Azzurri.
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