Torres’ brace brings Spain to the Nations League final with a rematch against Italy

Milan (Italy): The Spanish national team booked first place in the final match of the European Football Championship, depriving its Italian counterpart from crowning its second continental title within 3 months and continuing its record achieved in the recent period, after beating it 2 -1 today, Wednesday, in The semifinal of the competition. Ferran Torres opened the scoring for Spain in the 17 ‘, before doubling the pain of Italy, who had to play in ten after the dismissal of Leonardo Bonucci in the 42nd minute for having received a second yellow card. Spain took advantage of the numerical scarcity suffered by the opponent, so much so that Torres scored again, scoring the second goal for the guests in the second minute of the calculated time instead of losing for the first half, and establishes himself as the undisputed champion of the meeting. Italy ignited the game in the last minutes, after having narrowed the gap with Lorenzo Pellegrini in the 83rd minute, but failed to equalize and extend the game in extra time, closing the game with the qualification for the final of the Spaniards. The Spanish national team has set the date of the final, which will be played next Sunday at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, with the winner of the other semi-final between France and Belgium. in program on Thursday, while the Italian team will meet the loser of the other match, to determine the third and fourth place of the tournament. Spain dreams of crowning the current edition of the Nations League, after the Portuguese team crowned the first edition of the continental competition more than two years ago, to erase the disappointment that has plagued the team of coach Luis Enrique in the European Nations Cup (Euro 2020), during which his hopes stopped on the verge of the semifinals. With this qualification, the Spanish team hit more than one bird with a stone, rebelling against the defeat against Italy on penalties at Euro 2020 after the 1-1 draw in the original and extra time last July, after which the blue team managed to crown the title at the expense of England in the final. The Spanish team ended the losing streak that the Italian team got in 37 consecutive games in various competitions, to stop the record of the team coach Roberto Mancini as the most undefeated team in the world in this number of meetings. The Spanish team obtained the first official victory in its history over Italy in the stronghold of the blue team, recalling that the last victory of the nicknamed team (The Matador) over the Azzurri in Italian stadiums dates back to 1971 in via friendly. The Spanish national team inflicted the first defeat on the Italian national team in its history at the San Siro stadium in Milan, which hosted today’s match, after playing 28 unbeaten games in this ancient stadium. (Dpa)

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