Spain dominated Italy and secured a 1-0 win within the second spherical of the EURO 2024 Group B: listed here are the participant rankings from Gelsenkirchen.
Donnarumma 7.5 – Three key saves within the opening 28 minutes. A pair extra within the second half. Allow us to ask once more: the place are the haters?
Di Lorenzo 4 – The Napoli captain will see Nico Williams in his nightmares.
Bastoni 6.5 – Finest defender within the nation for a cause. It wasn’t a straightforward night time, however he received virtually each duel. 5 from six on the bottom, plus 91% passing accuracy. Italy’s defensive chief for the subsequent decade.
Calafiori 5.5 – The build-up couldn’t be as fluent as towards Albania and Spain’s defenders attracted him exterior the defensive position very often. Unfortunate with the personal purpose.
Dimarco 4.5 – Struggled towards Yamal simply as a lot as Di Lorenzo vs. Williams and by no means had an opportunity to run ahead. A troublesome night time.
Jorginho 5 – Couldn’t play tidily because of Spain’s ferocious urgent and was typically pressured contained in the field, so Cristante got here in in the course of the break. (46′ Cristante 5.5)
Barella 5 – Pissed off by Spain’s urgent. He did discover area in the course of the park a few instances within the first half, however actions from the remainder of the crew weren’t fast sufficient. He appeared discouraged within the second half.
Chiesa 5 – Nullified by Cuccurella, it was not stunning to see him subbed off. (64′ Zaccagni 5)
Frattesi 4.5 – Similar as Jorginho. Spain’s urgent prevented him from enjoying the ball as he needed. Like Jorginho, he was subbed off on the break. (46′ Cambiaso 5.5)
Pellegrini 5 – Tried to hyperlink up assault and midfield however he was additionally floor by the Spanish blender. (82′ Raspadori N/A)
Scamacca 5.5 – It’s not simple to win one-v-one duels, think about coping with two defenders concurrently always. The Atalanta star squeezed previous the Spanish centre-backs solely as soon as, however the next go for Barella was fairly poor. (64′ Retegui 5.5)
Coach: Spalletti 5 – He needed to show Italy have been an ‘necessary faculty of soccer’, however the Azzurri completed with no massive probabilities, simply three pictures and 0.16 xG towards Spain’s 1.68. Not sufficient depth and technical high quality to hope for a greater final result. The plan was formidable, but it surely didn’t work out.
Spain: Unai Simon 6; Carvajal 7, Le Normand 6.5, Laporte 6.5, Cucurella 7; Pedri 7 (71′ Baena 6.5), Rodri 7.5, Fabian Ruiz 7.5 (93′ Merino N/A); Yamal 7.5 (71′ Torres 6), Morata 6.5 (78′ Oyarzabal 6), Nico Williams 8 (78′ Perez 7).
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