Italy v Spain

:00:10. > :00:12.# Je revois la ville en fete et en delire

:00:13. > :00:14.# Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie

:00:15. > :00:17.# Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires

:00:18. > :00:21.# Qui eclatent et rebondissent autour de moi

:00:22. > :00:25.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

:00:26. > :00:32.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

:00:33. > :00:46.# Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent

:00:47. > :00:48.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

:00:49. > :01:02.# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre #

:01:03. > :01:13.We are the Azzurri. We are La Roja. We have been trusted with our

:01:14. > :01:23.nation's fate many times. 44 years without HIV. Spain falls

:01:24. > :01:31.again -- 44 years without eight trophy.

:01:32. > :01:37.They are down to North Korea, who ever would believe it.

:01:38. > :01:45.Spain are out and the group stage have not finished yet. Fate over and

:01:46. > :01:51.over again. And that is why we succeed. Spain are European

:01:52. > :02:01.champions for the first time since 1964! He has done it! Italy win the

:02:02. > :02:06.World Cup! This is it! He gets the goal! David Silva has struck gold

:02:07. > :02:24.for Spain! The state of France is the venue for

:02:25. > :02:29.today's final. Italy and Spain are European heavyweights with nine

:02:30. > :02:35.major titles between them. This match is a repeat of the match from

:02:36. > :02:40.four years ago when Spain were the comfortable winners. Italy manager

:02:41. > :02:43.Antonio Conte is off to Chelsea following Euro 2016 but he has a

:02:44. > :02:48.team in the mould of himself, fiercely driven to succeed, they

:02:49. > :02:54.have already shown all the classic traits of an Italian side and will

:02:55. > :03:02.be tough to crack. Spain's side is full of household names, Ramos,

:03:03. > :03:06.Iniesta, Fabregas and Pique. They are back again. Defeat to creation

:03:07. > :03:11.mean they are second in their group, setting up this match. The winner

:03:12. > :03:15.will face Germany on Saturday night. Hello, six teams are already through

:03:16. > :03:20.to the quarterfinals. England have their chance to progress later when

:03:21. > :03:26.they face Iceland. First, it is Italy and Spain. Talking of European

:03:27. > :03:37.heavyweights, it is a warm welcome to these three. It is Thierry Henry

:03:38. > :03:40.and he is turning this into a bit of a one-man show!

:03:41. > :03:54.Henry! In it goes from Vincent Kompany, it is the captain's goal.

:03:55. > :03:59.What a tackle! Goal! For Italy! What a lovely goal! World Cup and

:04:00. > :04:08.European Championship winner Thierry Henry, double winner and the injured

:04:09. > :04:15.captain Vincent Kompany, and Gianluca Vialli who scored a winner

:04:16. > :04:21.sometime ago. How do you feel this will go? I am curious to see how

:04:22. > :04:26.this match will pan out. I think they have creativity and technique

:04:27. > :04:30.but we are very well-organised side. We respect them because they are

:04:31. > :04:34.finally winning side. They have been for the last ten years. They know

:04:35. > :04:39.how to close the deal but we start as the underdogs. But normally

:04:40. > :04:42.brings the best out of the Italians. We do not like playing against Spain

:04:43. > :04:48.as much as they don't like playing against us, and I would say I am

:04:49. > :05:01.realistically confident. I think we can do it. One Spanish paper

:05:02. > :05:09.describes this. We have seen a different Italian side. Full

:05:10. > :05:14.pressure. Both teams lost their last two games but still, we have seen an

:05:15. > :05:17.excellent Belgian side yesterday, and Germany have been very

:05:18. > :05:31.impressive. For me, those are the two teams which impressed me at the

:05:32. > :05:36.group stage. We know that... This is the first time that I am going to

:05:37. > :05:39.sit on the fence. It is a 50-50 for me. I will have to go the guys I

:05:40. > :05:46.know because I have played with some other guys in the Spanish team but

:05:47. > :05:53.it is a tough one. To footballing superpowers, Vincent. It many

:05:54. > :05:56.people? We forgot to mention the two great football coaches and yet they

:05:57. > :06:02.could not be more opposed in the style and history of playing. For

:06:03. > :06:09.me, I have seen an impressive Italy against Belgium. We have to remember

:06:10. > :06:14.Italy cause a lot of problems, blocking them to play the way they

:06:15. > :06:20.wanted to play. We no one team likes to dictate the game and it is Spain.

:06:21. > :06:24.I think Italy will have maybe a weakness to exploit and it is the

:06:25. > :06:32.fact that Spain did not seem to deal well with crosses against Croatia,

:06:33. > :06:39.and with Heller and Eder. Really, I would like to see players like David

:06:40. > :06:43.Silva create magic. A quick line on Belgium, congratulations, they are

:06:44. > :06:48.through to the quarterfinals. The main player everyone wants to name

:06:49. > :06:50.is Eden Hazard. He has been a revelation in this tournament

:06:51. > :06:58.because he has never performed this way for us. If he can perform the

:06:59. > :07:01.way he did yesterday against Hungary, that puts him in a

:07:02. > :07:06.completely different bracket for me. If he maintains this level, you talk

:07:07. > :07:11.about the top two, Lionel Messi and Ronaldo. It was a beautiful

:07:12. > :07:17.performance. More on that match in a moment and Italy versus Spain.

:07:18. > :07:22.England and Roy Hodgson are Nice for the match against Iceland. Gabi

:07:23. > :07:31.Logan also made the trip to the South of France.

:07:32. > :07:37.Waking up in sunny, glamorous news this morning does feel like

:07:38. > :07:41.something of a vacation away from northern France where England have

:07:42. > :07:45.been based for the last couple of weeks. But make no mistake, Roy

:07:46. > :07:50.Hodgson and the team are not planning their summer holidays. We

:07:51. > :07:53.desperately want to stay in the tournament. We think we are good

:07:54. > :07:57.enough to stay in the tournament, but to do that, we have to get

:07:58. > :08:02.results. There are no draws available now, it is win or lose. We

:08:03. > :08:05.would have to accept the title favourites and they can go into the

:08:06. > :08:10.game as underdogs, but we know perfectly well, whether we entitled

:08:11. > :08:17.them favourites or underdogs, it will be very difficult game for us

:08:18. > :08:20.and they will be a hard to beat. We're not going into this game

:08:21. > :08:26.showing a lack of respect to Iceland. We are showing full respect

:08:27. > :08:31.for the way they played. They will be tough to break down and score

:08:32. > :08:35.goals against. We have to work out ways to create chances and score

:08:36. > :08:39.goals. We have dominated the three games we have played. If we keep

:08:40. > :08:43.getting chances, we will score goals and if we get those chances, we will

:08:44. > :08:47.score goals but we have to take the chances as the boss said. It is the

:08:48. > :08:52.knockout stages of the tournament and we have not got much time to

:08:53. > :08:58.wait with any more chances. Let's get a perspective on that game

:08:59. > :09:03.from Danny Murphy who is pitched five at the Stade de France with

:09:04. > :09:07.Jason Mohammad. Thank you, welcome to the Stade de France. Imagine what

:09:08. > :09:12.the atmosphere will be like if England do beat Iceland setting up a

:09:13. > :09:21.match against the hosts, France, in the Stade de France. Do you fancy?

:09:22. > :09:25.What do you mean if? I am confident. They have ridden their luck at

:09:26. > :09:29.times. I think we have more than enough to win the game and I think

:09:30. > :09:34.it would be a huge disappointment if we did not win the game. Let's look

:09:35. > :09:38.ahead to this match, it is two superpowers when it comes to

:09:39. > :09:43.international football. Do you think Spain will be hurting after losing

:09:44. > :09:46.to Croatia? I do. They will have been given a kick up the backside

:09:47. > :09:54.rather than cruising through. They will know now they can be beaten.

:09:55. > :09:57.They will be up for it today. The manager will have had a word with

:09:58. > :10:03.them. I expect a good performance from Spain here. But we have been

:10:04. > :10:09.watching Gianluigi Buffon. They look so fit as they are warming up. Maybe

:10:10. > :10:15.it is us getting older! They are very fit. They are very organised

:10:16. > :10:19.and a great side to play. They have brilliant, creative players. I think

:10:20. > :10:23.with the three at the back, they will have worked out how to open

:10:24. > :10:28.them up and with the likes of David Silva and Fabregas, I fancy Spain

:10:29. > :10:36.very strongly. Thank you. Antonio Conte, the Chelsea bound manager

:10:37. > :10:39.does face a backlash after the loss to Croatia.

:10:40. > :10:45.It is not raining there but it certainly is here. Pouring down

:10:46. > :10:53.outside. Let's have a look at the starting line-ups.

:10:54. > :11:05.The all Italian back three boast caps between them. Heller is

:11:06. > :11:17.partnered upfront by Eder who turned down a chance to join Leicester in

:11:18. > :11:24.January. How foolish. --. Three of the back four started the final

:11:25. > :11:28.against Italy four years ago. Chelsea's Fabregas is joined by

:11:29. > :11:38.former Barcelona team-mates Iniesta and Busquets.

:11:39. > :11:46.These two teams have a rivalry which spans decades. It used to be that

:11:47. > :12:08.Italy had the upper hand, but in 2008, it all changed.

:12:09. > :12:18.The Azzurri versus La Roja. A clash of styles with a colourful history.

:12:19. > :12:25.Italy were considered to be Spain's most feared rival. The team they

:12:26. > :12:31.could never conquer. 2008, Spain had not defeated Italy in a competitive

:12:32. > :12:35.match for 88 years. When we had to play against Italy, quarterfinal,

:12:36. > :12:42.everyone was, oh my God, the same story. Italy, we always lose. And

:12:43. > :12:46.when it went to penalties, we thought we would go out on

:12:47. > :12:56.penalties. The thing about jinxes is they take a lifetime to build but

:12:57. > :13:04.can be destroyed in a single moment. They are in the semifinal of the

:13:05. > :13:09.European Championship. Fabregas with the responsibility of taking Spain

:13:10. > :13:14.through and putting Italy out. And he does! After that moment, it was

:13:15. > :13:20.like liberation for all of us. It was like this mental thing that

:13:21. > :13:25.clicked and we played with no fear any more. Spain, the perennial

:13:26. > :13:26.underachievers go through and Italy can only reflect on what might have

:13:27. > :13:58.been. Vincente del Bosque built on the

:13:59. > :14:04.success of the previous manager. You just need five minutes with Vincent

:14:05. > :14:13.Dell Bosque and you like him. Once a team that never won, Spain became

:14:14. > :14:16.the team that never lose. In 2012, we had the final. The black beast,

:14:17. > :14:36.the team that normally beat us. David Silva has struck gold for

:14:37. > :14:42.Spain! You have to remember that in the final, we played without any

:14:43. > :14:46.strikers. It is four! There are few teams on the planet, ever, you could

:14:47. > :14:51.have lived with this Spain side. That was the revenge of 94, "Yet you

:14:52. > :14:55.break our nose but now we have destroyed you". And for many if they

:14:56. > :15:01.had the better made and the better players, well, not any more! Not any

:15:02. > :15:05.more indeed, look at that, the last 11 meetings, Italy have only won one

:15:06. > :15:09.of them but this is one of the great rivalries, isn't it? We have the

:15:10. > :15:13.same rivalry to be fair and I think a lot of countries in the world do

:15:14. > :15:16.have a rivalry with Italy. You have to respect what they do, the love

:15:17. > :15:18.they have the game, they have a different approach like we met you

:15:19. > :15:22.before but you have to respect they always find a way to win. In a way,

:15:23. > :15:26.you admire that, I can say it now because I'm not playing any more but

:15:27. > :15:29.you admire it because you are like, "How do they do? They don't touch

:15:30. > :15:35.the ball the whole game, suffer the whole game and yet at the end, 1-0,

:15:36. > :15:42.Italy", and you are going home, like, "How did we lose?" We called

:15:43. > :15:47.it tactical knowledge! LAUGHTER That is also that they have mastered

:15:48. > :15:50.it. You have to say that this is the first time in a long time that they

:15:51. > :15:54.will be underdogs as they are today. It suits the style they are trying

:15:55. > :15:59.to play as well. This game is not like all the previous games. Belgium

:16:00. > :16:04.has had to learn it. I think it is well-suited game for Italy. How do

:16:05. > :16:07.you beat Spain? It's optimistic to think you can sit back and just

:16:08. > :16:11.event for 90 minutes without conceding. We need to put them under

:16:12. > :16:16.pressure occasionally, sometimes very high on the pitch. But you need

:16:17. > :16:22.to do it properly, at the right not as individuals, like Croatia did

:16:23. > :16:25.sometimes but as a team because if you do it at the wrong time in the

:16:26. > :16:29.wrong place, they are so fantastic at putting players, always in

:16:30. > :16:32.between the lines will stop midfielders and strikers, and now,

:16:33. > :16:37.midfielders and defenders, and they make runs forward so well, they play

:16:38. > :16:41.vertical passes, they can really hurt you and now it is Fabregas and

:16:42. > :16:47.Morata just have tap it in the back of the net but if you it properly,

:16:48. > :16:51.at the right time, as a unit, with controlled aggression, especially

:16:52. > :16:54.when they get a bit confident, like in this case, they like to look

:16:55. > :16:58.themselves in the mirror, you can win the ball back and then you can

:16:59. > :16:59.cause problems. So controlled aggression, sometimes high on the

:17:00. > :17:08.pitch. I played for Barcelona and it is

:17:09. > :17:12.pretty much the same but the thing is, it is not being arrogant, even

:17:13. > :17:15.if you put the pressure, they will still try to play and that's on you.

:17:16. > :17:20.Croatia showed everyone how to play against Spain. Answers --

:17:21. > :17:23.Artis-Payne susceptible to counterattacks? Yes because they

:17:24. > :17:27.sent so many players forward. Normally they start on the right on

:17:28. > :17:32.the left and then they switch to the other side to find the right space

:17:33. > :17:36.to help your position. Look at Pique, he's even forward, further up

:17:37. > :17:39.than Iniesta. Then they switched to the other side to find the right

:17:40. > :17:44.space and look who's going to come up, Ramos. These are the two central

:17:45. > :17:47.defenders and they are basically playing like to offensive

:17:48. > :17:51.midfielders. But the good thing about this is that they have got

:17:52. > :17:55.weaknesses. They are vulnerable, especially when you win the ball

:17:56. > :18:00.back. The first pass, this pass is essential. If you manage to get out

:18:01. > :18:05.of that pressure, then they don't love tracking back at all. And we

:18:06. > :18:09.have got a player in Eder who is a bit like Perisic, who is going to

:18:10. > :18:12.score the goal, who is so good, working really hard but direct and

:18:13. > :18:17.fast and he can score goals. You can hit them on the counter whenever you

:18:18. > :18:20.have got the opportunity. What I think I liked about it from the

:18:21. > :18:23.first game for what we have learned, the first two games actually, it did

:18:24. > :18:28.not feel like Italy were dangerous on the counter. For me, it was more

:18:29. > :18:32.like they were really streetwise and clever in good moments like the set

:18:33. > :18:35.piece, quick set piece, they get a chance and score, throw in, quick

:18:36. > :18:40.throw in, they get a chance and score. For me, today, the question

:18:41. > :18:43.is, will they have enough pace to hurt... It will be intriguing to see

:18:44. > :18:48.if they can get to the Spanish goal in open play. The midfield is going

:18:49. > :18:53.to be interesting as well, in that sense whether they can get enough

:18:54. > :18:58.service for Morata, who is the one who has been scoring goals for Spain

:18:59. > :19:01.but playing in Italy. He reminds me Fernando Torres. He does not want to

:19:02. > :19:06.do a lot in terms of dropping, coming into play but he wants to go

:19:07. > :19:12.in behind. I have a guy right by me that used to do it, Gianluca, you

:19:13. > :19:15.were amazing. Yet in the right spot, get the ball, dummies, he could have

:19:16. > :19:20.finished but what he wants, he does not want to do this. You see that

:19:21. > :19:24.with a lot of the new generation of strikers, I don't know why but they

:19:25. > :19:29.always drop. Run in behind. You have space. That is what he does, gets

:19:30. > :19:32.the ball down, gives the ball to Jordi Alba and it could have been a

:19:33. > :19:37.goal. The same here, there is nothing that shows you hear that

:19:38. > :19:40.Turkey is in trouble. The connection with Iniesta, you always have a

:19:41. > :19:45.chance to run in behind and that is key for me. The same year, how many

:19:46. > :19:49.times would you have seen a striker coming to offer something but he

:19:50. > :19:54.does not want to come short, he wants to score goals, ball in, he's

:19:55. > :19:58.in and it's a goal. That is what I love about him. I think to be a

:19:59. > :20:02.centre forward for Spain is quite complicated. In a way, you need to

:20:03. > :20:05.be in the right place at the right time but you don't have to make

:20:06. > :20:09.things happen. The rest of the team will make things happen. You need to

:20:10. > :20:14.complete things, be in the penalty box and sometimes, just put the ball

:20:15. > :20:17.in which can be a bit frustrating. There is something that, and I

:20:18. > :20:20.mentioned for reason because you used to do it very well and Gary

:20:21. > :20:24.dissenting, the first thing as a striker, you want to running behind,

:20:25. > :20:26.run into space and when you have the guys that can maintain midfield

:20:27. > :20:31.possession, why would you come short? That's not your game. Run and

:20:32. > :20:36.stretch them. One more thing we have dementia and is for wide players to

:20:37. > :20:38.come inside and get the balls between the lines, Uni B striker to

:20:39. > :20:41.stretch the defence and that's why when he's on the shoulder committee

:20:42. > :20:49.gives David Silva and the other midfielders to come in. And we have

:20:50. > :20:54.the Italian BBC, Bonucci, Barzagli and Chiellini.

:20:55. > :21:00.We have mentioned them already but you can't they do rise of the

:21:01. > :21:03.Italian defence with the outstanding bouffant behind it. He loves his

:21:04. > :21:25.goal so much, he wrote a love letter to it, seriously.

:21:26. > :21:35.# One love, one love. # Saved by bouffant! Save, Buffon. Oh,

:21:36. > :22:13.Buffon. Their man in goal is Buffon, of

:22:14. > :22:17.keepers, he's the dog almost 20 years with gloves on, they'll miss

:22:18. > :22:21.him when his -- he's gone. I know, it's wrong but he's got a back three

:22:22. > :22:25.in front of him that are tough to break down. Very experienced and

:22:26. > :22:29.solid and they have played with each other for about six or seven years.

:22:30. > :22:37.I think that individually, they are good but not great but as a unit

:22:38. > :22:40.they are almost invincible. I think it's the best unit in world football

:22:41. > :22:44.at the moment, individually, like you said, I don't know if they are

:22:45. > :22:46.the best but as the unit but it does help when you play every day in

:22:47. > :22:50.training the same way, when you have the same tactic, when you play with

:22:51. > :22:56.the same guys alongside you. Vincent, this is what you do all the

:22:57. > :23:00.time. My friend, the striker, and allows me to... To play in this

:23:01. > :23:06.defence, it must be an absolute pleasure these guys. You can see the

:23:07. > :23:10.bars of it. As a defender, -- the bars. As a defender, you have to

:23:11. > :23:13.communicate with each other, and this partnership, in this case,

:23:14. > :23:17.there's three of them and they know exactly where to start at what time.

:23:18. > :23:21.They will be talking a lot which we cannot hear, hear, but they have

:23:22. > :23:27.become a force, almost invincible at times and they enjoy it. They are

:23:28. > :23:30.like a great boxer sitting back on the ropes and knows he's got the

:23:31. > :23:33.strength to come out whenever he wants and take it all stop I like

:23:34. > :23:39.that about them. What a great partnership. Unlike in the past, our

:23:40. > :23:42.defenders are the trampoline to play forward. They really participate

:23:43. > :23:47.when we have got the ball, they spread wide and they start building

:23:48. > :23:52.something offensive thinking. That is why I mentioned before, when the

:23:53. > :23:55.Spanish papers said catenaccio, it's not the same any more, those guys

:23:56. > :24:00.want to pay because Antonio Conte eight as given in the liberty to do

:24:01. > :24:04.it. But still, they can only play one style, for me. And the way they

:24:05. > :24:07.are playing now, they are very good at doing it and it makes them the

:24:08. > :24:11.best defenders in the world when they are together but it only one

:24:12. > :24:14.style. Like you say, it has evolved but this is just great to see for a

:24:15. > :24:24.defender, I admire what they are doing. Who do you fancy? Italy! Why

:24:25. > :24:28.did you not say Spain? You're not sure? I will go for Spain because I

:24:29. > :24:34.have friends in the team but in terms of football, it's a very open

:24:35. > :24:37.game. Need ask, Gianluca Guidi bouffant and save the unfavourable

:24:38. > :24:41.times and we need to stay in a match whatever happens, 1-0, 2- there are

:24:42. > :24:44.because physically, I'm sure we will get the upper hand in the last 20

:24:45. > :24:49.minutes and we can turn things around, so don't panic if we go down

:24:50. > :24:53.1-0. It is the last 16 game we have all been looking forward to, Italy

:24:54. > :24:55.against aim -- Spain and the commentary team in the Stade de

:24:56. > :25:00.France is Danny Murphy and Steve Wilson.

:25:01. > :25:07.COMMENTATOR: Thank you, good afternoon everybody, it has been

:25:08. > :25:10.called the final played too soon, Spain beat Italy in the European

:25:11. > :25:14.jammy chip quarterfinal in penalties on 2008 and they beat them again in

:25:15. > :25:17.the 2013 Confederations Cup semifinal on penalties. They met

:25:18. > :25:21.twice that the last Euros, a 1-1 draw in the group in Gdansk and

:25:22. > :25:25.Spain recording the biggest ever win in eight European Championship final

:25:26. > :25:29.in Kiev. Can you believe it, they have been drawn together in World

:25:30. > :25:37.Cup qualifying for Russia 2018. Today, it is Paris and the perfect

:25:38. > :25:40.venue for the big occasion. In 13 days' time, the Stade de France will

:25:41. > :25:49.become only the fifth stadium ever to host both World Cup and European

:25:50. > :25:57.championship finals. A wonderful atmosphere around the stadium and a

:25:58. > :26:00.fair bit of tension within. Such familiar foes, such familiar

:26:01. > :27:06.anthems, first, that of Spain. CHEERING

:27:07. > :27:07.Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the national anthem of

:27:08. > :27:33.Italy! # Fratelli d'Italia

:27:34. > :27:41.l'Italia s'e desta # dell'elmo di Scipio

:27:42. > :27:49.s'e cinta la testa # Le porga la chioma

:27:50. > :28:15.che schiava di Roma # Fratelli d'Italia

:28:16. > :28:16.l'Italia s'e desta # dell'elmo di Scipio

:28:17. > :28:18.s'e cinta la testa # Le porga la chioma

:28:19. > :28:24.che schiava di Roma # Stringiamci a coorte

:28:25. > :28:29.siam pronti alla morte # Siam pronti alla morte

:28:30. > :28:33.l'Italia chiamo # Stringiamci a coorte

:28:34. > :28:36.siam pronti alla morte # Siam pronti alla morte

:28:37. > :28:56.l'Italia chiamo If you think Buffon was thinking the

:28:57. > :29:05.-- you would think Gianluigi Buffon was singing the anthem for the first

:29:06. > :29:09.time, not the 160th. So, the luminaries almost done. Germany,

:29:10. > :29:18.watching closely because they will play the winner. Robbie Brady's goal

:29:19. > :29:21.for the Republic of Ireland in Lille, the only one conceded by

:29:22. > :29:23.Italy in their last five matches and that was only the second match in

:29:24. > :29:26.which they failed to score since going out of the last World Cup to

:29:27. > :29:30.Uruguay. Antonio Conte you made eight changes that the Ireland game

:29:31. > :29:36.but it is planned letter A, here although Matayo Darmian loses out to

:29:37. > :29:42.dish idiot at left wingback. Six of this starting line-up are one yellow

:29:43. > :29:45.card away from a ban, including the goalkeeper in the back three. --

:29:46. > :29:48.Darmian loses out to De Sciglio. Brilliant against Belgium. They will

:29:49. > :29:54.look to reproduce that performance here in Paris. The referee is Cuneyt

:29:55. > :30:20.Cakir of Turkey, his third match here, highly regarded.

:30:21. > :30:27.It is the same old, same old for Spain. Vincent Dell Bosque got some

:30:28. > :30:37.criticism for selecting the same team for the group games. It is

:30:38. > :30:51.tried and trusted. No changes. Alvaro Morata plays with Nolito and

:30:52. > :30:56.Chiellini. He has three goals in his last five matches for Spain. So,

:30:57. > :31:01.Danny Murphy, it does not get much bigger than Spain and Italy, it has

:31:02. > :31:07.come early? It is an amazing atmosphere here. I was pitch side

:31:08. > :31:13.before. You can feel the tension. Wonderful. Support for both teams. A

:31:14. > :31:20.fantastic match we have tactically. The back three with the Italians

:31:21. > :31:25.against the 4-3-3 of Spain. We will see how it goes. Spain all in white

:31:26. > :31:35.to kick off from right to left in the first 45 minutes. It feels above

:31:36. > :31:43.the stadium as if a storm is coming. Dark clouds overhead, and this could

:31:44. > :31:47.be a stormy encounter. Here is the rain, right on cue on the kick-off.

:31:48. > :32:12.Spain get the game underway. Juanfran was beaten to that very

:32:13. > :32:18.quickly. That is a ball from discreetly over which ended up in

:32:19. > :32:42.the grateful hands of de Gea # a ball from De Sciglio.

:32:43. > :32:53.Florenzi did well. Got away from Jordi Alba. Hello with the header.

:32:54. > :33:02.It was not on target. A good start for the Italians. Pressing every

:33:03. > :33:06.opportunity they have got. This weather has just turned in the last

:33:07. > :33:15.couple of minutes. It will have a factor. We saw a slip from Alberta.

:33:16. > :33:22.And Italian free kick for a foul here by Morata. It was noticeable in

:33:23. > :33:27.the warm up that the two teams were looking at the pitch that the

:33:28. > :33:31.conditions have changed in this very heavy rain, Morata was getting their

:33:32. > :33:36.hugs from his team-mates of last season. I always found it

:33:37. > :33:49.fascinating playing against friends. You know every little trick, what

:33:50. > :33:53.they like doing, what they don't. It can work for you sometimes. I am

:33:54. > :34:01.also interested to know, Danny, what you think as a player, if you come

:34:02. > :34:05.into a game as big as this one, on a yellow card. Six Italians in that

:34:06. > :34:09.position. I think it is very difficult to think about it too

:34:10. > :34:14.much, and the fact that it can affect your game if you do so, so

:34:15. > :34:17.just play your normal game. There will come a time in the game when

:34:18. > :34:25.you have to make a strong challenge and you have to commit to it and

:34:26. > :34:39.trust your instincts. Sergio Ramos was there.

:34:40. > :34:45.We have seen a lot of pitches in this tournament which are not at to

:34:46. > :34:51.the standard you would expect. And the players, you think they would

:34:52. > :34:56.have got there footwear right. Jordi Alba for Spain. European champions,

:34:57. > :35:20.of course. It looks like the Rees in the Stade

:35:21. > :35:30.de France is no more effective than parts of the roof at Wembley. We are

:35:31. > :35:58.a, that is the main thing! -- we are key.

:35:59. > :36:07.Spain getting a feel of the ball and the feel of the surface. Bonucci

:36:08. > :36:29.just tried to get in front of Morata. Chiellini with the header.

:36:30. > :36:39.Fabregas forward. Nolito here. Nolito could not quite stay on his

:36:40. > :36:45.feet. No, another slip. Good play from Iniesta though. We have seen

:36:46. > :37:12.them play so well in the group games.

:37:13. > :37:27.To Rossi, that is a decent idea. Threatening here!

:37:28. > :37:34.Good patient build-up from the Italians. De Rossi finding a good

:37:35. > :37:36.pass forward. Just did enough there, the Spanish, to snuff out their

:37:37. > :37:41.chance. He is a bright little player will

:37:42. > :38:25.stop. Nolito unable to tame the pass from

:38:26. > :38:31.Sergio Ramos. The Italians had every player back in their own half then.

:38:32. > :38:44.Very difficult to break down. A poor touch, unusual from De Rossi.

:38:45. > :38:53.Italy were outstanding against Belgium in Bordeaux in their first

:38:54. > :39:02.group game in Group E. A free kick. Juanfran. It didn't look like...

:39:03. > :39:13.He got the ball. What is obvious early in the games is both teams, as

:39:14. > :39:18.soon as the goalkeeper gets it there is a high press from Italy and from

:39:19. > :39:21.the Spanish, trying to get the keepers to kick it long. It

:39:22. > :39:30.hopefully means we will have an open game. It started that way.

:39:31. > :39:40.Alessandra Florenzi on this the Italy. Every white shirt is back.

:39:41. > :39:52.Pelle, a good save by de Gea! A good stop. The first good chance of the

:39:53. > :39:58.game is an Italian chance. It is a super ball in from Florenzi. And

:39:59. > :40:03.Pelle, we have seen him do that so many times for Southampton. What a

:40:04. > :40:11.save that was from de Gea. He took some criticism after the Croatian

:40:12. > :40:14.game, but that was a wonderful save. Harsh criticism may be on the second

:40:15. > :40:22.goal. It did flick off a defender's foot. That was a tremendous stop.

:40:23. > :40:36.Jack Porrini with this tremendous corner, Florenzi with the ball in.

:40:37. > :40:44.That did not work. A cute little corner though. This is the free kick

:40:45. > :40:46.again. A powerful header from the big man. A mismatch against the

:40:47. > :41:52.scripts really. -- Sergei Lavrov 's. The header was not bad. Four in the

:41:53. > :42:05.box for Italy. Giaccherini! De Gea again! A brilliant save again.

:42:06. > :42:18.Good play again. What an effort that was. A super save on the post. It,

:42:19. > :42:28.the referee might give a free kick. - it, I think he has given it four.

:42:29. > :42:38.A little bit harsh. --- but he has given it four. -- high foot, he has

:42:39. > :42:58.given it four. It did appear that the Turkish

:42:59. > :43:08.referee awarded a free kick against Italy. De Gea was not to know. What

:43:09. > :43:14.a fine save that was again. To think there was talk about whether he was

:43:15. > :43:15.going to start or not for Spain, which is remarkable, considering the

:43:16. > :43:33.season he has had. An intriguing first 12 minutes or

:43:34. > :43:54.thereabouts which Italy will have enjoyed rather more than Spain.

:43:55. > :44:28.Bonucci's header brings Spain a throw. They are struggling at the

:44:29. > :44:32.moment, Spain with the Italian system. Nolito and Silva are not

:44:33. > :44:36.sure whether to press the centre halves or drop back in. You think

:44:37. > :44:39.they would have worked on it but it is definitely the Italians on top at

:44:40. > :45:04.the moment. Can Silva get inside Giaccherini?

:45:05. > :45:20.Looking for the run of Jordi Alba. It always gives you such great

:45:21. > :45:24.options, Jordi Alba. Yeah, great engine. Down the right side with

:45:25. > :45:28.Florenzi, I was talking with Gianluca Vialli earlier in the hotel

:45:29. > :45:32.and he was a big fan of his, said to keep an eye out for him because

:45:33. > :45:37.there was a blow, when, I think Andre Berto has got a knock but he's

:45:38. > :45:48.come in and looked right at home. -- when I think Candreva got a knock.

:45:49. > :45:54.Ye has just been beaten in the air by Ramos. De Sciglio, the other

:45:55. > :46:01.wingback, unable to keep the ball under his control.

:46:02. > :46:08.There must be a rainbow somewhere. The sun is coming out now. A little

:46:09. > :46:26.bit short but always de Gea's. Interesting character, Antonio Conte

:46:27. > :46:30.E. I've heard a lot of good things about him and I'm looking forward to

:46:31. > :46:37.seeing how his team plays when he gets to the Premier League this

:46:38. > :46:40.year. A man who knows what it is like to lose finals in both the

:46:41. > :46:55.World Cup and the European Championships. 1994 and 2000.

:46:56. > :47:01.Losing, actually, in a penalty shoot out in the first instance and Golden

:47:02. > :47:06.Goal in the second. It's hard to take. Yeah, that is hard to take.

:47:07. > :47:12.I'm sure it will all be forgotten if he can win something with this

:47:13. > :47:17.Italian side. He has certainly got his team well organised and well

:47:18. > :47:22.drilled, that is for sure. Bonucci with the header, now coming to

:47:23. > :47:32.retrieve it as Morata was sniffing. It bounced off Nolito kindly.

:47:33. > :47:55.Good play by parole oh, and a little nick on De Rossi by David Silva.

:47:56. > :48:04.A mistake in the end but good to see, what, seven, eight Italian blue

:48:05. > :48:07.shirts in the final third of the field. Yeah, they do that rarely

:48:08. > :48:11.well, they choose their moments to drop off and then they choose their

:48:12. > :48:19.moments to go high up the pitch and press, always a sign of a good team,

:48:20. > :48:22.being able to mix up that play. De Rossi with the flick. Juanfran hi,

:48:23. > :49:16.for Spain. This is Barzagli, Buffon behind him,

:49:17. > :49:20.just directing traffic. This is Gianluigi Buffon's 30th match in

:49:21. > :49:22.major tournament finals. It would have been more, only he missed Euro

:49:23. > :49:35.2000, injured. He missed the game against the

:49:36. > :49:42.Republic of Ireland, too, the final group game in Lille, which they

:49:43. > :49:48.lost. He had a bit of a fever. Estate from Sergio Ramos. Florenzi

:49:49. > :49:54.was on to it quickly. -- mistake from.

:49:55. > :49:58.Chiellini had to work and it is turning into a good ball, if

:49:59. > :50:06.Florenzi can reach it. He couldn't quite. It was like a water slide,

:50:07. > :50:11.that. I'm not sure whether he meant it, Chiellini, but nearly, for

:50:12. > :50:16.Florenzi, again, down the right-hand side. He's had an impressive start

:50:17. > :50:20.to the game. There is an obvious lack of pace in the Spanish forward

:50:21. > :50:24.line, especially when they press. Obviously, they are all very good

:50:25. > :50:29.technically but when they are trying to press the Italians, they are just

:50:30. > :50:32.a little bit late at the moment, Fabregas, Silva, knowledge so, not

:50:33. > :50:40.the quickest players in the world. -- Nolito. Nolito's touch to David

:50:41. > :50:47.Silva and back to him. Danger, here. Real danger, now, Fabregas!

:50:48. > :50:50.Superblock by De Sciglio, and Chiellini, throwing themselves at it

:50:51. > :51:13.and I think it was De Sciglio who actually made the block.

:51:14. > :51:20.The first bit of quality we have seen from the Spanish. I expected

:51:21. > :51:27.Fabregas to get a better shot away but horrific defending, wasn't it,

:51:28. > :51:33.again? -- terrific defending. You would think that over the course of

:51:34. > :51:37.the match, if the Italian safe as a combination to open it, then Spain

:51:38. > :51:44.are the great safe crackers. They will find a way of getting in at

:51:45. > :51:54.some point. But Italy are a threat at the other end, too.

:51:55. > :52:22.Better from Spain. They have not really got too many people in the

:52:23. > :52:25.box who can head it, other than Morata. A sloppy pass, really, Jordi

:52:26. > :52:36.Alba is normally much better than that.

:52:37. > :52:41.A stooping header from Busquets. Under pressure from De Rossi but he

:52:42. > :52:55.rode it. Morata winning Spain's first corner.

:52:56. > :52:58.It's taken 20 minutes but they are certainly getting a foothold in the

:52:59. > :53:08.game, now. Much better possession, aggressive.

:53:09. > :53:22.Nolito. Iniesta. Well... Sergio Ramos is appealing that Chiellini

:53:23. > :53:26.fouled him. The referee immediately gestured to Sergio Ramos to get back

:53:27. > :53:33.on its feet. I think he pulled his shirt. -- his feet. But he has gone

:53:34. > :53:34.down rather easily, as Ramos sometimes does. I think the referee

:53:35. > :54:01.has got that one right. Italian defender pulling a shirt?

:54:02. > :54:04.Shock, horror! They do like to get tight in the box, don't they? That

:54:05. > :54:11.is for sure but you have to be careful because some referees see it

:54:12. > :54:14.and give it straightaway. Not many. I think Chiellini understands the

:54:15. > :54:28.odds of being punished for that as well as anybody.

:54:29. > :54:32.You don't need to be in Italian defender to pull a shirt, by the

:54:33. > :54:47.way! Now... A yellow card for De Sciglio.

:54:48. > :54:52.Pulling a shirt! There we are. It was a give and go, I think and a

:54:53. > :54:59.spot from the referee. He did well to see that because the ball had

:55:00. > :55:05.gone. -- good spot. He's not one of those that had a yellow card earlier

:55:06. > :55:09.in the tournament, De Sciglio, so he is OK, should Italy get through.

:55:10. > :55:10.They have 11 yellow card in the tournament now, more than anyone

:55:11. > :55:23.else. Romania had ten. Fortunately for David Silva, Marco

:55:24. > :55:33.Parolo could not take it in his stride. Iniesta. Jinking but

:55:34. > :55:42.beautifully read. And now, Italy charge on the counter. Bonucci,

:55:43. > :55:44.Pelle, Giaccherini. Bonucci has continued his run and joined Pelle

:55:45. > :55:52.and Eder in the Spanish penalty area. De Rossi. De Sciglio. Oh,

:55:53. > :55:57.arriving late and just unable to guide it was Mark Webber Rolo!

:55:58. > :56:01.Lovely, late run into the box and spotted well, too. It was a

:56:02. > :56:05.fantastic move, all started from Bonucci coming out with the ball,

:56:06. > :56:13.intercepting Iniesta's pass. Then he got himself in the box, another good

:56:14. > :56:15.quality ball into the box. And Parolo could not get there in time.

:56:16. > :56:48.Really good counter from Italy. Italy did not qualify when France

:56:49. > :56:52.hosted the European Championships in 1984, a rare tournament that they

:56:53. > :56:57.missed out on. Spain were runners-up to Platini's France in the final

:56:58. > :57:05.which was that the Parc des Princes in those days.

:57:06. > :57:14.They had to wait, Spain, for over 20 years more before they started

:57:15. > :57:19.winning but boy, once they started...

:57:20. > :57:26.More Italian complaints about the Spanish free kick. I think he caught

:57:27. > :57:43.him. Nothing too cynical in that. Left arm was a little bit high. A

:57:44. > :57:47.little bit naughty, yes. Morata has not got into the game yet. I know he

:57:48. > :57:48.has do stay high up the pitch for his team and play his position but

:57:49. > :58:03.we need to see more of him. Three players on three goals in this

:58:04. > :58:04.tournament and Morata is one of them along with Gareth Bale and Antoine

:58:05. > :58:14.Griezmann. Juanfran, back to Fabregas, and

:58:15. > :58:52.again. Chased by De Sciglio. David Silva with a little bit of

:58:53. > :58:58.space opening up in front of him as Parolo and a Rossi backed off. Jordi

:58:59. > :59:04.Alba, in. -- De Rossi. Behind by the well-placed Bonucci. Super

:59:05. > :59:09.defending, again. Good play from Spain. But positionally, that

:59:10. > :59:23.Italian back three, so good, so experienced. Nolito with the corner,

:59:24. > :59:26.Iniesta, driven towards Buffon. He looks the man, Iniesta, the one who

:59:27. > :59:40.is able to get Spain playing. He has just turned 32. Looks a

:59:41. > :59:50.little bit older these days but does not play any older. A pleasure to

:59:51. > :59:56.watch him play. He makes the game look so easy, as all good players

:59:57. > :59:59.do. De Rossi, knocked off by Pelle to Eder who thought about hitting it

:00:00. > :00:09.early on his left but brings De Sciglio into play instead. Ramos!

:00:10. > :00:12.How lucky was he? It all starts from the ball up to Pelle again, little

:00:13. > :00:17.flick on, causing problems, then they get it down and play. He is a

:00:18. > :00:23.lucky boy, Ramos. Good ball across from De Sciglio.

:00:24. > :00:35.Certainly been the better side, Italy.

:00:36. > :00:48.So, Florenzi with the Italian corner.

:00:49. > :01:02.That is going to be another corner. It is another great delivery, isn't

:01:03. > :01:12.it? He has put in some super balls, Florenzi. He had a fistful of De

:01:13. > :01:20.Rossi's shirt there. The referee has blown his whistle again. It will be

:01:21. > :01:30.a free kick. I think he's indicating that Bonucci was the man. It was a

:01:31. > :01:35.good spot. Just a little tug. I suppose on every corner you could

:01:36. > :01:39.pick someone out who is having a little nibble with someone. Every

:01:40. > :01:51.corner, every country, every level. Sadly, every age group probably as

:01:52. > :02:12.well. It is a very watchable half an hour.

:02:13. > :02:35.Italy have had the better of it. It is going wide and away towards De

:02:36. > :02:58.Sciglio. Nicely done. A good ball that. He did not need to

:02:59. > :03:07.dies in, Ramos. Great build-up play from Italy again. He doesn't need

:03:08. > :03:12.to, just keep goal side. The Italians played this system is so

:03:13. > :03:17.well. This great view that we have up here, we can see what they are

:03:18. > :03:23.trying to do, wherever the spare man is, to get out, and they are looking

:03:24. > :03:27.to get to the front two as early as possible, to get balls in the box.

:03:28. > :03:32.The Spanish are struggling with it, they really are. They are so well

:03:33. > :03:39.drilled, you can see they have been coached. A big debate going on with

:03:40. > :03:45.Bonucci, Eder, Giaccherini and Florenzi. David Silva trying to

:03:46. > :04:00.listen in. He has made two excellent saves, de

:04:01. > :04:09.Gea already. He might be tested again.

:04:10. > :04:25.Florenzi has walked away from it. Could be Eder. Giaccherini has left

:04:26. > :04:30.it. Eder all Bonucci. Eder! De Gea der again! And again! Not the third

:04:31. > :04:46.time. Italy are in front. Chiellini scores!

:04:47. > :04:57.Deservedly, Giorgio Chiellini with a goal.

:04:58. > :05:05.Richly deserved indeed. A silly foul from Ramos. A free kick on the edge

:05:06. > :05:09.of the box, always going to be a problem. A decent stop from de Gea.

:05:10. > :05:14.You could argue that he could have got it away from goal, but how

:05:15. > :05:19.hungry and quick they are on the rebound. If it had not ended up in

:05:20. > :05:26.the back of the net, that arguably was a penalty. If it had been given

:05:27. > :05:30.as such, de Gea would probably have been given a red card. Chiellini

:05:31. > :05:52.with the goal. 1-0, Italy. Now we will see what Spain 2016

:05:53. > :06:05.vintage is made of. I think he will already be thinking

:06:06. > :06:14.about changes, because they have lacked is it in the first third.

:06:15. > :06:34.Pedro has lacked pace. Nolito has been nonexistent in the first half.

:06:35. > :06:42.Good play from Pelle. Tenacious. Good work ethic, starting from the

:06:43. > :06:51.front. He has had a splendid 35 minutes.

:06:52. > :06:58.Nolito taking a tumble after De Rossi right under the referee's

:06:59. > :07:09.knows. Nolito is getting at rather gingerly but he is not involved in

:07:10. > :07:14.this attack. A free kick. It is parallel again. He's trying to come

:07:15. > :07:20.back and help out his team. I do mind that. Sometimes you do get it

:07:21. > :07:41.wrong. He has epitomised the spirit of the team.

:07:42. > :07:49.Spain have been quarterfinalists or better in seven out of the last 11

:07:50. > :07:52.European cups and championships. They have won three of those

:07:53. > :07:57.conversations. If it stays like this, they will not make the last

:07:58. > :08:17.eight of this one -- they have won three of those competitions.

:08:18. > :08:27.The flags stayed down, certainly on the far side. Just seeing the gold

:08:28. > :08:31.again, he tries to push it away, I think the ball movement means it did

:08:32. > :08:34.not quite... You could see his arms and hands push the ball away, just

:08:35. > :08:56.bounces back. Florenzi forward. I did expect more

:08:57. > :09:01.wrath of the Spanish. They play with a lethargy really. -- I did expect

:09:02. > :09:06.more of the Spanish. They have not got Morata into the game. It took

:09:07. > :09:12.them a long time to break down the Czech Republic in their first match.

:09:13. > :09:18.They beat a pretty average Turkish side comfortably. Oh dear. They now

:09:19. > :09:22.have the unexpected present in the shape of a corner. They lost their

:09:23. > :09:28.final group game to a very good Croatian team. Now, can they cash in

:09:29. > :10:32.on that error? Jordi Alba. Five white shirts in the

:10:33. > :10:37.Italian penalty area. Could not quite squeeze it back to Andres

:10:38. > :10:42.Iniesta. Eder. Good pace. Sergio Ramos could not quite live with that

:10:43. > :10:47.change of pace from Eder. Giaccherini and Pelle with him. Just

:10:48. > :11:02.couldn't get that acceleration going.

:11:03. > :11:20.It is a good recovery from Ramos in the end.

:11:21. > :11:44.Nolito on. Iniesta. Nolito tries to keep Spain on the front foot but it

:11:45. > :11:52.is a free kick. A yellow card for Nolito. That sums up his first half,

:11:53. > :11:56.really. You have to give Iniesta some credit. He is the one who's

:11:57. > :12:03.trying to up the tempo of the play, make these things happen. Out of all

:12:04. > :12:06.the creative players Spain have on the pitch, he is certainly the one

:12:07. > :12:16.at the moment he looks the most likely.

:12:17. > :12:25.They had a general election in Spain yesterday. The government might be

:12:26. > :12:27.glad it wasn't tomorrow if they lose this game. It would be rather flat.

:12:28. > :12:54.They have got some work to do. It is interesting, the Italians, all

:12:55. > :13:04.through the years, they have always had a star, whether it is Rossi,

:13:05. > :13:10.Gianluca Biagi -- Gianluca Vialli, not really in this team, but they

:13:11. > :13:14.are team. I think this is a fantastic display of players who

:13:15. > :13:25.want to work hard for each other and play the system. Nolito. Pulled back

:13:26. > :13:31.dangerously. Pique could not get it under control. Italy now defending

:13:32. > :13:37.in numbers. They look very fit as well. Athletic. Italy are unhappy. I

:13:38. > :13:41.think they felt they had been awarded something and changed his

:13:42. > :13:42.mind on the say-so of his assistant on the far side and gave Spain a

:13:43. > :14:04.throw. Fabregas was not quite as quick as

:14:05. > :14:13.De Sciglio, nicked it away. The Spaniard then landed his foot on De

:14:14. > :14:17.Sciglio's to. That have been so many of those type of balls,

:14:18. > :14:22.interceptions, drop downs in midfield. They have looked much more

:14:23. > :14:25.hungry, much more athletic. The system is working a treat at the

:14:26. > :15:30.moment. Good ball. Parolo, options right and

:15:31. > :15:35.left, into the box from Florenzi, the worst part of the evening so far

:15:36. > :15:40.from him. What a brilliant move, brilliant football, Spain trying to

:15:41. > :15:41.oppress, too late on every press they made, Italy playing around them

:15:42. > :16:11.far too easily. A poor touch from Nolito invited the

:16:12. > :16:15.Italians to take it away from him and they did not need a second

:16:16. > :16:22.invitation. De Rossi with the nutmeg, forward from Eder to Pelle.

:16:23. > :16:25.Carries it, looking to his right but there's nobody there because Eder is

:16:26. > :16:33.on the floor but now Giaccherini, good try!

:16:34. > :16:43.Wonderful stuff. This game could be out of sight, couldn't it?

:16:44. > :16:51.Unbelievable stuff, again, from that man de Gea. Giaccherini, what a shop

:16:52. > :16:56.that is, flying into the top corner. Into a minimum of one added minute.

:16:57. > :17:07.That was a sensational save. Another one! Florenzi with the corner,

:17:08. > :17:20.headed out by Ramos. De Sciglio for Italy, and the Italians are buzzing.

:17:21. > :17:25.It all started, that, from De Rossi, who has been sensational in the

:17:26. > :17:33.middle of the park, with a little nutmeg on Iniesta.

:17:34. > :17:42.Given away carelessly by Florenzi. Iniesta forward. Fabregas to Silva.

:17:43. > :17:51.Florenzi making some amends because it was his mistake. And that sees

:17:52. > :17:57.Italy through to half-time. They have deservedly -- they

:17:58. > :18:03.deservedly lead through Chiellini's goal. But for David de Gea, the

:18:04. > :18:07.damage might have been irreparable. As it is, Spain have work to do, but

:18:08. > :18:10.it is not beyond them. At half-time in Paris at the Stade de France, it

:18:11. > :18:20.is Italy 1-0 Spain. Very rarely have we seen a Spanish

:18:21. > :18:27.side dominated in 45 minute quite like that but you know what it is

:18:28. > :18:31.down to? Tactical knowledge! It certainly was. Which is Italy and

:18:32. > :18:36.Spain? I can't believe it, we've been fantastic we look full of ideas

:18:37. > :18:40.and I think we look much more... We look fresher physically and

:18:41. > :18:44.mentally. We got it tactically spot on, so far. Sometimes we are

:18:45. > :18:48.defending territory, sometimes we go and try to put them under pressure

:18:49. > :18:52.high up the pitch. Every we win the ball back, we send players forward.

:18:53. > :18:59.We have been fantastic so far. They have been lethargic and bit

:19:00. > :19:01.confused, I think. Listen, tactically, technically,

:19:02. > :19:04.offensively, defensively, on the ball, off the ball, I've never seen

:19:05. > :19:10.Spanish team like that before. Italy is like dominating the game. It is

:19:11. > :19:13.almost an fairer times. I don't recognise that. De Gea had to kick

:19:14. > :19:18.the ball long so many times without having an idea of what they want to

:19:19. > :19:21.do. And we always praise Spain or the likes of Barcelona or other

:19:22. > :19:27.teams in Spain, with what they do when they are on the ball. It is an

:19:28. > :19:31.artform. What Italy is doing right now it is an for everyone. If they

:19:32. > :19:35.are watching the game, it is how you should play a team like Spain.

:19:36. > :19:39.They've got the tactics down to a tee. A couple of use are going World

:19:40. > :19:42.Cup, we saw Spain have a bad couple of matches, particularly against the

:19:43. > :19:47.Netherlands but we thought that was probably a one off but so far, Italy

:19:48. > :19:51.have been very dominant. I would not say as much... I would not say it

:19:52. > :19:59.about Spain, I think it's about Italy today. I can enjoy the

:20:00. > :20:02.performance from Italy almost as much as I can enjoy Eden Hazard's

:20:03. > :20:04.performance yesterday! It solve the same level in the sense that

:20:05. > :20:07.everything is perfect. There is coordination, communication. You can

:20:08. > :20:09.see that when there is a balanced team, they attack and defend

:20:10. > :20:14.together and they almost pick and choose what team they want to be at

:20:15. > :20:18.which stage of the game. This is one of the most impressive performances

:20:19. > :20:22.I've seen so far in the Euros, probably the most impressive,

:20:23. > :20:25.actually. One thing you have to say, Eden Hazard, yesterday, for example,

:20:26. > :20:29.does it because it instinct. The amount of work you have to put on

:20:30. > :20:33.the field to make sure that the timing is right, you go, I go, you

:20:34. > :20:39.squeeze, we don't go yet, now, remember, wait... It is unreal. I

:20:40. > :20:44.don't remember an Italian side playing like that, as high on the

:20:45. > :20:48.field sometimes. Not in front of the box but high on the field. They

:20:49. > :20:56.certainly have and the goal came courtesy of a free kick that was won

:20:57. > :20:59.by a ball up to Pelle. Yes, I think this tackle was a bit unnecessary

:21:00. > :21:04.and reckless but we got the free kick and took it very well. I think

:21:05. > :21:09.we were discussing this, they were not ready. Something that baffled

:21:10. > :21:15.me, I have to be honest, Pique, you will see it from another angle, he's

:21:16. > :21:19.not ready. He's looking behind, four Italian players and only Pique does

:21:20. > :21:24.not react but on the other angle, you can see it, Iniesta is not

:21:25. > :21:29.looking at the ball, nor is Pique, the Gaia is not actually ready for

:21:30. > :21:35.Eder's strike and I think if he was, maybe he could have pushed the ball

:21:36. > :21:40.further away. He's just not ready. It is kind of weird, the desire of

:21:41. > :21:43.Italy you can see just on that. That's what I love about this

:21:44. > :21:46.Italian team and that is what they teach in many nations, I been, they

:21:47. > :21:50.are almost playing to their cultural strengths. This is very clever and

:21:51. > :21:53.if you play against an Italian team, you almost have to understand that

:21:54. > :21:56.this is what they are going to try to do. They are already because they

:21:57. > :22:00.know the goalkeeper can push the ball away and they will have a

:22:01. > :22:04.chance. I think that is playing to your cultural strengths in that

:22:05. > :22:08.sense. They are intelligent on every play of the game. Was David de Gea

:22:09. > :22:13.for the goal? He's been spectacular in terms of the saves. Of course, we

:22:14. > :22:17.are trying to find a way, maybe he not looking at the ball and pointing

:22:18. > :22:20.out the guys in the Italian wall. I have to say, listen, if it was not

:22:21. > :22:24.for him, they would have been two or three down so give him credit, we

:22:25. > :22:27.are just trying to find a way of how they could have stopped it, maybe an

:22:28. > :22:31.four dies following the ball has nothing to do with it. Try to

:22:32. > :22:37.describe Antonio Conte's master plan and how it has worked so effectively

:22:38. > :22:41.must remark we have just been a very solid, tight, compact unit that

:22:42. > :22:47.moves are up and down the pitch. Left and right, with aggression and

:22:48. > :22:52.purpose. We are not scared of taking chances. De Sciglio goes up on the

:22:53. > :22:58.pitch. And clearly shuffles to the left and becomes like the left-back.

:22:59. > :23:03.-- Chiellini shuffles. It gives us purpose and desire to go forward and

:23:04. > :23:08.hurt them. The one I enjoyed, I was like, "Why don't they go on the

:23:09. > :23:11.break? Spain aren't in position bowsprit, but they go back to the

:23:12. > :23:15.goalkeeper, give the ball to Barzagli, then they play, said the

:23:16. > :23:19.ball up Tommy see what is happening, Florenzi is on the ball, then De

:23:20. > :23:23.Rossi, play through the line and they are out. It's crazy but the

:23:24. > :23:26.pressure they are putting on, the timing, what I was talking about,

:23:27. > :23:30.they are all on the front foot, trying to get the ball as high as

:23:31. > :23:36.possible and it's amazing. And also, I know you like that. What I like is

:23:37. > :23:40.that you can see, like we said, coordination. These guys have played

:23:41. > :23:44.together for a while and it helps, of course. Look how tight the spaces

:23:45. > :23:47.are. They are just aggressive at the right time. That is the difference,

:23:48. > :23:52.when we say aggressive at the right time, we saw Ramos, no one has been

:23:53. > :23:54.tight to Pelle all game and suddenly, you put in a challenge,

:23:55. > :23:58.the first challenge of the game on Pelle, it is right in front of your

:23:59. > :24:02.box and your team concede. The Italians have made no mistake so

:24:03. > :24:07.far. We are making the pitch so big on them and they don't like it, they

:24:08. > :24:09.don't like tracking back. It is something I've already noticed

:24:10. > :24:15.against Belgium, when an Italian player is on the ball, he has four

:24:16. > :24:18.options so it becomes easy. They can play Pelle, Eder comes underneath,

:24:19. > :24:22.they have the width, the full-back on the side, they can go back to the

:24:23. > :24:26.holding midfielder. It easier when that happens. But Spain are still in

:24:27. > :24:29.the game and things change, as we have seen in this particular

:24:30. > :24:33.European Championships, at half-time. If it was not the David

:24:34. > :24:38.de Gea, who made two brilliant saves and another which we think was given

:24:39. > :24:45.as a foul... Again, you can see the Italian desire with Chiellini. He is

:24:46. > :24:48.not scared to go and run and Eder, what you said, that desire of going

:24:49. > :24:54.and trying to dribble and they get the free kick. On set pieces, we

:24:55. > :24:58.have the upper hand. That is an amazing delivery and if it was not

:24:59. > :25:01.for, what we all know, what he can do, as we say every week in the

:25:02. > :25:08.Premier League, what a save from David de Gea. It shows how many

:25:09. > :25:14.players we sent in the penalty box, which is very an Italian but look at

:25:15. > :25:18.them, four of them going for this. Giving the country a bad name! And

:25:19. > :25:23.we nearly scored there as well even though the referee blew the whistle

:25:24. > :25:26.for the foul by Giaccherini. If they start giving free kicks for those we

:25:27. > :25:32.will never see an overhead kick again. You can see the two front

:25:33. > :25:35.players who are making up the ground, now, but there's the rest of

:25:36. > :25:39.the team coming and I'm sure that if you show a wider angle, even though

:25:40. > :25:42.that's great, you will see the defenders coming up and everyone

:25:43. > :25:46.gets very tight and compact. The Spanish players are lacking a bit

:25:47. > :25:50.behind a comeback. There was something you were mentioning, I'm

:25:51. > :25:53.not a defender, obviously, but you were talking about how easy it was

:25:54. > :25:57.for the Italian players to get a run in the box and how easy it was for

:25:58. > :26:02.them to put the ball in the box. What did you mean? For me, it feels

:26:03. > :26:07.almost like it is a natural for Spain not to have the ball and to be

:26:08. > :26:11.in defensive positions. All the little defensive habits, I don't see

:26:12. > :26:15.them with Spain. I see them with Italy. It is sometimes a hand on the

:26:16. > :26:18.chest, a little bit of putting in your foot at the right time but it

:26:19. > :26:23.is not very natural, it looks uncomfortable for me at the moment.

:26:24. > :26:26.I think we wanted more. Certainly looked that way in the first and it

:26:27. > :26:30.will be interesting to see if Spain have a plan B, because they haven't

:26:31. > :26:34.very often needed one. England play Iceland in a couple of hours' time

:26:35. > :26:59.with a real chance of reaching the quarterfinals.

:27:00. > :27:05.Roy Hodgson's side are in Nice for the night's game and if they were to

:27:06. > :27:10.win, it would be the first time they have ever won Euros knockout game

:27:11. > :27:15.away from home. Pitch side for us in the South of France, Martin Keown

:27:16. > :27:18.and Gabby Logan. Thanks, Gary. Martin has just

:27:19. > :27:23.observed that he thinks the stadium resembles the bird's nest. We'll

:27:24. > :27:26.England soaring to the quarterfinals? The team is expected

:27:27. > :27:30.to be the starting XI that started the whole tournament against Russia,

:27:31. > :27:33.except Adam Lallana is out and ran him sterling is back in. Of course,

:27:34. > :27:38.Daniel Sturridge is the other player who did not start that game. Your

:27:39. > :27:41.thoughts on that selection and the reasons behind it? I think Raheem

:27:42. > :27:51.Sterling is a player that we need that thrust down the left-hand side,

:27:52. > :27:53.where he's going to play. The problem for England is how they

:27:54. > :27:55.break down this very well-organised events. They bring all 11 players

:27:56. > :27:58.back inside their own half. England first need to go through the middle,

:27:59. > :28:01.in a 4-4- two system, you're going to be outnumbered in the middle and

:28:02. > :28:03.then go wide because the wide players do a commended job of

:28:04. > :28:06.protecting their full-backs. If we can isolate their full-backs, we can

:28:07. > :28:10.cause real problems in the game tonight. They make no apologies are

:28:11. > :28:14.white -- about the way they set themselves up an average possession

:28:15. > :28:18.is 35%, and Lars Lagerback knew how to get a result from England when he

:28:19. > :28:22.was sweeter manager, never beaten by England in six attempts. Would you

:28:23. > :28:26.be naive to completely underestimate any threat from them? It is not

:28:27. > :28:31.afraid to complete. England won't be underestimating them and they will

:28:32. > :28:35.make it a Test match because the code is a real technician but I'm

:28:36. > :28:40.hoping a verbal much breaks out and England totally dominate and have

:28:41. > :28:43.the firepower and the belief. Why should have been working on finding

:28:44. > :28:46.a way through and getting the players scoring goals, playing with

:28:47. > :28:50.confidence so I'm going to back England to win this. And the

:28:51. > :28:54.Icelandic nation, I think almost 10% of them will be in here to night and

:28:55. > :28:58.they are completely enthralled by the tournament. Martin has found out

:28:59. > :29:01.what makes them a bit special. You have had some sociology, some chats

:29:02. > :29:05.with the Icelandic people and they have its plain how they got here.

:29:06. > :29:08.They are a very proud nation and they believe just to survive in

:29:09. > :29:11.their own country, you have to be made of really tough stuff. They are

:29:12. > :29:14.saying they've never been in the tournament so they don't know the

:29:15. > :29:18.feeling of getting knocked out and they could go on and win it. If

:29:19. > :29:21.England said that, they would be accused of being arrogant and over

:29:22. > :29:24.that but maybe we should change our attitude and take a leaf out of

:29:25. > :29:28.their book. I think our quality will come to the fore denied, though, and

:29:29. > :29:35.we will surely have too much or Iceland. Thanks, Martin.

:29:36. > :29:40.Full commentary of that game on Radio 5Live and on the BBC Sport

:29:41. > :29:43.website from 8pm. You can chat with Alan Shearer and Jermaine Jenas on

:29:44. > :29:48.the Facebook page and we will have highlights on BBC One later. And if

:29:49. > :29:50.you missed Alan Shearer's programme on Euro 96, it's on again on

:29:51. > :29:55.Wednesday night. It's well worth watching.

:29:56. > :29:59.We have got three Europeans here and I think we are still allowed to ask

:30:00. > :30:03.you your opinion despite what happened in a referendum! How do you

:30:04. > :30:07.see this England side? What do you make of them? I like them. The

:30:08. > :30:11.potential is there. I'm not sure the system suits the players. I'm not

:30:12. > :30:17.sure about the system. The rest is there for you to do very well in the

:30:18. > :30:20.Euros. Offensively, we all know what they can do although we did not see

:30:21. > :30:25.what we were inspecting, I guess, especially against Slovakia. But

:30:26. > :30:28.defensively -- we were expecting. But defensively, I have not seen

:30:29. > :30:32.anyone testing England yet so it's difficult to judge what those guys

:30:33. > :30:37.can do. If they go through against Iceland, for the first time, they

:30:38. > :30:41.will have to play a team that will test the defence. I think you should

:30:42. > :30:46.be just OK, more than OK against Iceland and I call on Rooney to have

:30:47. > :30:49.an amazing game. We will see, we think we have an idea of what

:30:50. > :30:54.England team Roy Hodgson is going to go for. You said you don't

:30:55. > :30:57.particularly like that way of playing but Vincent, it looks like

:30:58. > :31:00.Raheem Sterling is going to come back, a player you know very well

:31:01. > :31:04.from Manchester City. He's been given a bit of stick and seems to be

:31:05. > :31:11.struggling with his confidence. Do you think you can cope with that?

:31:12. > :31:22.I think Daniel Sturridge said some great things this week, about how

:31:23. > :31:27.much of a talent he is and how much he should be supported. I would say,

:31:28. > :31:32.go out there, enjoy playing, enjoy learning and improving every single

:31:33. > :31:41.time. OK. Almost time for the second half. Spain Trail.

:31:42. > :31:47.It has been called a final played too soon.

:31:48. > :31:53.Good saved by de Gea! The first big chance of the game is an Italian

:31:54. > :31:59.chance! Giaccherini! A brilliant save again! Ramos, how unlucky was

:32:00. > :32:06.he? Eder! Italy are in front! Chiellini scores, deservedly!

:32:07. > :32:11.The players are out at the Stade de France. Spain clearly making a

:32:12. > :32:18.change. They certainly need to make a change.

:32:19. > :32:24.Nolito has left the field of play. Let's go back to our commentary

:32:25. > :32:40.team, Danny Murphy and Steve Wilson. Thank you very much, Gary. Aduriz is

:32:41. > :32:44.coming on. He is 35, plays for Athletic Bilbao, his only

:32:45. > :32:53.international goal so far was against Italy in a friendly in

:32:54. > :32:59.March. He had to make a change, didn't he? Gas, but I find that one

:33:00. > :33:15.a strange one. They are lacking pace. I would have been looking

:33:16. > :33:19.maybe at Pedro in a forward area or the Thiago in the middle of the

:33:20. > :33:25.park. I thought the system needed changing but we know the Spanish do

:33:26. > :33:31.not change for anyone, do they? This man, Chiellini with the goal.

:33:32. > :33:35.In some ways, it was scant reward for their dominance in the first

:33:36. > :33:56.half. Florenzi. I corner. Might have been

:33:57. > :34:03.another opportunity for the Italians. Florenzi did well. He has

:34:04. > :34:07.been a threat down this right-hand side. Pique just getting his tone to

:34:08. > :34:23.that. Florenzi with the corner which

:34:24. > :34:25.Morata tried to clear but missed. Sergio Ramos did a rather better

:34:26. > :34:46.job. Under difficult circumstances. The Italians have come out in the

:34:47. > :34:50.second half, just as they did in the first, in Spanish territory and

:34:51. > :34:57.Spanish bases. They have a spring in their step. They are playing with

:34:58. > :34:58.quality and control. It really is a super performance from them, it

:34:59. > :36:06.really is. Juanfran getting forward for Spain

:36:07. > :36:15.here, blocked by Bonucci. The flag is up. It was handball. It is a free

:36:16. > :36:19.kick to Spain in a decent position. Yes, good decision. Can't put your

:36:20. > :36:36.arms up in the air. A better move that, from Spain.

:36:37. > :36:41.David Silva detect this free kick for Spain. It is very unlikely that

:36:42. > :36:49.Spain will be dominated for the 90 minutes of this game.

:36:50. > :37:07.That was off the head of De Rossi for a corner. Yes, a good ball in.

:37:08. > :37:18.Delivered to Morata. It would have counted. The Italians are claiming a

:37:19. > :37:25.push on De Sciglio inside the penalty area, but nothing was given.

:37:26. > :37:29.The header was straight at Buffon. A bad miss. Really bad for a player of

:37:30. > :38:08.his quality. Barzagli on Morata. The referee was

:38:09. > :38:13.well placed. Interesting to see if that was in or out of the penalty

:38:14. > :38:22.area. It is obviously academic because he did not give it anyway.

:38:23. > :38:32.Here is a foul. De Rossi on Iniesta. It was not a foul. The ball there,

:38:33. > :38:41.as you can see. I tell you what, there was a little kick. I think it

:38:42. > :38:47.was just outside. Spain are getting their supporters going behind the

:38:48. > :38:58.goal. In from Fabregas, a dangerous ball. Chiellini with the block

:38:59. > :39:03.again. Pique with quite an inventive effort at goal. Morata is having

:39:04. > :39:05.words with the referee's assistant behind the goal. He is certainly

:39:06. > :39:18.aggrieved about something. Sadly, not quite so comfortable,

:39:19. > :39:27.Italy. It have come off his shoulder. I think he has pulled him

:39:28. > :39:59.down. The referee didn't give it. A wonderful opportunity for Morata.

:40:00. > :40:06.It would have to be a ferocious strike. A bet a few minutes for

:40:07. > :40:18.Spain. On the front foot at last. Busquets forward. And again. Blocked

:40:19. > :40:40.by the Rossi. -- de Rossi. The Italian manager Antonio Conte

:40:41. > :40:57.can be heard. I don't know why he passed it there.

:40:58. > :41:04.So often he gets in those great positions, too unselfish. Take a

:41:05. > :41:10.touch, get your shot off. Thiago Mott coming on for Italy. -- Thiago

:41:11. > :41:25.mutter. I saw him limping a little while

:41:26. > :41:30.ago. I don't know whether he decided to come off. I think that has to be

:41:31. > :41:38.some sort of injury because he has had a really good game, brilliant in

:41:39. > :41:42.the first half. The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder is on. Not

:41:43. > :41:56.a bad replacement. The card comes out for Graziano

:41:57. > :42:03.Pelle earth. He is still OK as far as suspension goes. This is his

:42:04. > :42:10.first of the tournament. That is absolutely ridiculous. He has not

:42:11. > :42:12.once looked at the man, he has not once raised his elbow high enough to

:42:13. > :42:21.cause a problem. A lovely flick! Aye! De Gea once

:42:22. > :43:04.more! Having an unbelievable game, David

:43:05. > :43:09.De Gea. Without their goalkeeper, they would already be out of this

:43:10. > :43:19.game. I don't think I have ever seen a keeper better at one-on-ones than

:43:20. > :43:27.David De Gea. You always look for turning points in games. That might

:43:28. > :43:31.be one. He should score. One-on-one with the keeper, good strikers.

:43:32. > :43:48.Needs a finish. Aduriz battling with De Sciglio. De

:43:49. > :43:53.Sciglio forced to concede a throw in. There is no question the

:43:54. > :44:02.pendulum has swung away from Italy in this second half, despite that

:44:03. > :44:10.big chance for Eder. I would not say Spain are on top, but Italy were,

:44:11. > :44:14.and now, it is a very much more even contest. I think Spain had to be

:44:15. > :44:21.better and play with a bit more intensity. And that would obviously

:44:22. > :44:30.leave gaps, as we saw there, with a chance for Eder. David Silva here.

:44:31. > :44:38.Juanfran with a ball into the box. Aduriz did everything he could to

:44:39. > :44:48.get onto it. Getup. Your team is one down, come on. You can hear the

:44:49. > :44:55.sentiment boozing from Danny Murphy but he is 35 years old and that is a

:44:56. > :45:00.fairly hefty fall. Maybe I am doing him an injustice. The last thing you

:45:01. > :45:06.want is to lose momentum. You are on the front foot. Give the Italians a

:45:07. > :45:12.chance to have a drink, a chat, whatever they need to. Yes, looking

:45:13. > :45:24.at it on the replay, it was a bit of a nasty one. Look how big he makes

:45:25. > :45:26.himself. Stays tall for so long. He should score. He would be

:45:27. > :45:47.disappointed. Every week I watch in play, he seems

:45:48. > :45:55.to say those one-on-one situations, doesn't he? He is so good at it. A

:45:56. > :45:59.bit of a bloodied nose. Spain momentarily down to ten while they

:46:00. > :46:14.patch up the substitute. Great play, that is, to get out.

:46:15. > :46:18.Pelle, nicely done to Eder. Knocked out of it by Pique and the referee

:46:19. > :46:27.says play an! The Italians are absolutely incensed. -- play on.

:46:28. > :46:36.He's not going to get up in a hurry, that is for sure. The referee has

:46:37. > :46:43.had to stop play. Safe to say, that is possibly one of the poorest

:46:44. > :46:47.decisions I'd seen. -- I have seen. Pique has got away with one, there.

:46:48. > :46:49.I don't know how the referee hasn't seen it, by the way. I mean, come

:46:50. > :47:06.on. On a positive note, I think the

:47:07. > :47:10.refereeing has been good in the tournament, generally, trying to let

:47:11. > :47:16.the games go. We have not seen too many red cards. Just three, so far.

:47:17. > :47:45.In the tournament. Fantastic noise in the Stade de

:47:46. > :47:49.France. If he had lofted that over Buffon into the back of the net, it

:47:50. > :47:53.would have been one of the goals of the tournament. Good thinking, you

:47:54. > :47:57.saw what he was trying to do, he saw Buffon off his line, trying to catch

:47:58. > :48:01.out. He's actually had more effect on the game from the left-hand side,

:48:02. > :48:14.Morata. Than he did in the first half.

:48:15. > :48:41.Maratha's ball in but Buffon was there. -- Morata's. I agree with you

:48:42. > :48:47.about Pelle, I think he has been as good as I have seen him. He looks

:48:48. > :49:02.fit, strong, Hungary, a real threat. -- hungry. Iniesta. David Silva.

:49:03. > :49:13.The whistle goes against Silva, catching De Sciglio.

:49:14. > :49:21.A little bit late from David Silva, not known for his tackling. He has

:49:22. > :49:33.not had enough of an impact on this game, a man of his quality.

:49:34. > :49:45.That is a good ball. Pelle with the chest of. Eder with Giaccherini

:49:46. > :49:50.added him, Day studio -- ahead of him, De Sciglio, pass David de Gea

:49:51. > :50:04.but not into the net! It could have been. It should have been.

:50:05. > :50:12.Two big opportunities for Italy in the second half, to get the elusive

:50:13. > :50:16.and now probably overdue second goal. I thought Eder should have

:50:17. > :50:20.shot himself, he was in a fantastic position and decided to bring it

:50:21. > :50:32.left which tightened up the angle. That is a brilliant tackle by

:50:33. > :50:41.Chiellini. And now, Sergio Ramos is caught by Parolo. That was a good

:50:42. > :50:55.tackle. He is five yards away, the referee.

:50:56. > :51:10.Chiellini in again, superbly. Giaccherini for Italy. Eder and

:51:11. > :51:16.Pelle in the middle. Not a bad idea. But not what Pelle wanted. It was

:51:17. > :51:21.neither, wasn't it? It was neither a cross or a shot, just a little

:51:22. > :51:24.scoop. Looking a tiny bit tired, Giaccherini, which is understandable

:51:25. > :51:36.because he's put in a hell of a shift on this left-hand side.

:51:37. > :51:52.Eder again, and they form a to reflect partnership, Eder and Pelle,

:51:53. > :51:56.Martin Keown has a theory that modern defenders are not used to

:51:57. > :52:00.playing against two strikers. And they have shown that if you work

:52:01. > :52:05.together, Little overlaps, give and go, always close to each other, you

:52:06. > :52:06.can cause teams problems. They seem to have a really good understanding,

:52:07. > :52:28.that is for sure. Morata, in the middle, now. Back to

:52:29. > :53:06.Iniesta. Juanfran, danger, here. Iniesta, through Eder. Out by

:53:07. > :53:12.Chiellini. Pelle was held up by Busquets but he has done well with

:53:13. > :53:24.that. Could not quite find Thiago Motta.

:53:25. > :54:16.He never took his eyes off the ball, De Sciglio. Brilliant.

:54:17. > :54:21.I am amazed the Spanish are not looking at more changes with the

:54:22. > :54:33.quality they have got on the bench. Absolutely gobsmacked.

:54:34. > :54:35.Aduriz running into Chiellini, rather than the other way around,

:54:36. > :54:49.there. Perhaps the gloss has just begun to

:54:50. > :54:52.tarnish a little bit on Spain. In the final at the 2013 Confederations

:54:53. > :54:57.Cup, they were very, very comfortable you beaten by Brazil and

:54:58. > :55:02.in the World Cup the following year, it was, in footballing terms, a

:55:03. > :55:05.catastrophe for them. They qualified comfortably, of course as they

:55:06. > :55:10.always do for these finals but this would be another failure. -- would

:55:11. > :55:21.be deemed another failure. They have got a lot of talented

:55:22. > :55:23.players, of course they have, he probably being the best of them but

:55:24. > :55:29.they are certainly lacking some pace. In today's game, you need one

:55:30. > :55:36.or two lads who can go past people or run in behind at least otherwise

:55:37. > :55:43.you become predictable. Chiellini with the throw in.

:55:44. > :55:52.I think there was a time when whole tournament cycles went by without

:55:53. > :56:00.Spain losing a game. They have lost six games since the end of the last

:56:01. > :56:04.World Cup, some of them friendlies. I think about who they have lost,

:56:05. > :56:09.Carles Puyol, being the obvious leader for them at the back, and

:56:10. > :56:15.Xavi, probably one of the greatest midfielders we have ever seen. They

:56:16. > :56:22.have not replaced them with the same quality. They are still a good side

:56:23. > :56:27.with some great players. They are still in this game, just about,

:56:28. > :56:37.thanks to the wonderful save from David de Gea. Busquets to Juanfran.

:56:38. > :56:59.Iniesta and David Silva. Morata. It is a Spanish free kick.

:57:00. > :57:05.Highlights of this game and England against Iceland from Nice, to night

:57:06. > :57:09.at 10:50pm on BBC One. We can confirm that Wales' quarterfinal

:57:10. > :57:18.against Belgium in Lille will be live on BBC One on Friday at 7:30pm.

:57:19. > :57:31.Busquets, forward. Back to Iniesta, lovely dummy, Aduriz! Wide.

:57:32. > :57:40.That was more like it. Good move. Nice and intricate, with the

:57:41. > :57:51.passing. Can't wrap his left foot around it. Decent chance, that.

:57:52. > :57:58.Morata is coming off, unable to break through his Juventus

:57:59. > :58:06.team-mates and he is replaced by Lucas Vazquez of Real Madrid.

:58:07. > :58:20.His first appearance in these finals.

:58:21. > :58:42.Juanfran. Aduriz, decent ball, and Buffon came.

:58:43. > :59:03.Spain have a corner. And they still have plenty of time.

:59:04. > :59:14.Fabregas with the ball in, and a towering header! Ramos, off target.

:59:15. > :59:17.Yes, it is a good header. We have seen him score a lot of big goals

:59:18. > :59:25.over the years. Powerful when it comes to set plays.

:59:26. > :59:41.They are starting to get on top, aren't they? The Italians are

:59:42. > :59:56.looking a tiny bit lately. -- leggy. Late tackle on Pelle. And

:59:57. > :00:02.Fabregas... Is the man guilty as charged. Yeah, I think he is trying

:00:03. > :00:28.to say he is the innocent party, there. He wasn't, by the way!

:00:29. > :00:37.Alessandro Florenzi with the free kick which flicked off PKI think

:00:38. > :00:45.into the gloves of de Gea. Yes, his worst one that. His delivery has

:00:46. > :01:14.been good today. Fouled by Florenzi. A Spanish free kick. Cesc Fabregas.

:01:15. > :01:24.It is an agonisingly slender advantage to have with 18 minutes to

:01:25. > :01:29.play. They are looking to still be in the game really, the Spanish. It

:01:30. > :01:36.will make for an interesting last 16 minutes or so.

:01:37. > :01:48.The offside flag. It wouldn't have counted, it didn't go in. A lovely

:01:49. > :01:52.little ball through but he was offside. A lovely run. Yes, he is

:01:53. > :02:03.offside. I think De Rossi going off weakened

:02:04. > :02:07.the Italians. I know Motta is experienced bet he hasn't quite got

:02:08. > :02:13.the legs that De Rossi has got and the power. There is not much he

:02:14. > :02:24.hasn't seen and done, Vincente del Bosque, over the eight years he has

:02:25. > :02:28.been in charge of the side. It may be his last hurrah. He has not

:02:29. > :02:37.confirmed it, but he has suggested that this would be it.

:02:38. > :02:44.Going to need a bigger technical area at Stamford Bridge. I think he

:02:45. > :02:56.got angry because Giaccherini mis-controlled it. I don't think he

:02:57. > :03:02.was actually trying to waste time. The Italian fans absolutely loved

:03:03. > :03:06.it. You can see it. He is kicking every ball with them. There is going

:03:07. > :03:12.to be some fun and games next season in the Premier League. There will be

:03:13. > :03:14.some fun and games in the next 15 minutes, I think. Juanfran with his

:03:15. > :03:48.throwing for Spain. Aduriz made the run, Chiellini read

:03:49. > :03:58.it. Two straight, that pass. One back, David Silva. They are not done

:03:59. > :04:14.yet, Spain. A lovely smile from Buffon. Two wise

:04:15. > :04:16.old heads. Technically perfect, that volley. You would expect nothing

:04:17. > :04:41.less from him. Pushing hard now, Spain. David

:04:42. > :04:43.Silva. The rest of the Gershon touched to Cesc Fabregas, and again

:04:44. > :04:58.Fabregas. Iniesta. A good save! Pique struck it true and struck its

:04:59. > :05:05.firm. Buffon called upon again. Every sinew of this Italian defence

:05:06. > :05:07.will be tested now. Another good strike that was from Pique. A

:05:08. > :05:31.comfortable save from Buffon. It is an Italian throw in. This is

:05:32. > :06:08.the Pique strike. A good save. They have actually made their own

:06:09. > :06:13.problems, Italy. Twice they have been caught out, playing out from

:06:14. > :06:17.the back, when at this stage of the game, probably percentages is

:06:18. > :06:23.probably the best way to go. Get the ball off Pelle, play-off him, get

:06:24. > :06:24.higher up the pitch. Well, I do believe that Pedro will come on for

:06:25. > :06:37.Spain. He has been outspoken about his

:06:38. > :06:43.discontent about having played so few minutes in this tournament.

:06:44. > :06:45.Well, here is his chance, coming up shortly. Meanwhile, David Silva has

:06:46. > :07:31.lost possession to Giaccherini. Too much pace on that. He has been

:07:32. > :07:36.good, Eder. Good touch, missed the one-on-one, but his all-round

:07:37. > :07:56.performance has been very good. Pedro on. Shortly for Spain.

:07:57. > :08:11.Too high for Aduriz. A tit-for-tat substitution, because Italy are

:08:12. > :08:20.going to bring an Lorenzo Insigne as well. A great little chest off from

:08:21. > :08:35.Pelle to Eder. Well timed from Sergio Ramos.

:08:36. > :08:44.The fourth official is Martin Atkinson. I am pretty sure he just

:08:45. > :08:51.tested his bald with David Silva's number. Here is David Silva.

:08:52. > :09:02.It has got to be injured perfect, that kind of ball. Three big centre

:09:03. > :09:08.halves in there. Actually, it is Aduriz who is hobbling off, who has

:09:09. > :09:18.come on. The substitute is substituted.

:09:19. > :11:03.Good athleticism from Juanfran but not the result he was looking for.

:11:04. > :11:14.The first time I have seen del Bosque in his technical area. I have

:11:15. > :11:17.to say, Antonio Conte is expressive. He covers some yardage down there. I

:11:18. > :11:37.have been watching him. Insigne just crowded out of it. That

:11:38. > :11:38.was a foul from Giaccherini. An apology from Giaccherini. A

:11:39. > :11:59.substitution can be made for Italy. Florenzi is coming off. I think he

:12:00. > :12:04.has been really impressed with him. Good going forward, good discipline,

:12:05. > :12:08.good energy. He can be very pleased with his evening's work, as they all

:12:09. > :12:25.can, actually, but I have been really impressed with him.

:12:26. > :12:34.Spain Italy is a heavyweight fixture which invokes memories of great

:12:35. > :12:41.games over the years. Lorenzo Insigne, beautifully done! De Gea.

:12:42. > :12:54.Right behind it and straight at him actually.

:12:55. > :13:21.David Silva forward. Now Pedro. A very good volley clearance.

:13:22. > :13:38.Brilliant clearance. That flicked off Darmian's Spanish

:13:39. > :13:53.throw. Into the last five minutes of normal time.

:13:54. > :14:01.Like a bag full of ferrets, Spain have wriggled and squirmed and

:14:02. > :14:09.fought, but they are still in the Italian bag. David Silva. A great

:14:10. > :14:15.ball! A fantastic ball in. It is a corner. Pedro twice in the last

:14:16. > :14:23.three or four minutes has threatened him behind. He was just a foot or

:14:24. > :14:28.two away from that one. Just flicked off Barzagli. Fabregas in. Pelle

:14:29. > :14:46.out. Not what Spain were looking for.

:14:47. > :14:54.Pedro high and not very handsome. A bit wild for Pedro. It has been a

:14:55. > :14:59.fascinating game, hasn't it? I think it has been a bit more even in the

:15:00. > :15:07.second half. Sitting here now an 86, 87 minutes, so impressed with the

:15:08. > :15:12.Italians. An absolutely superb performance. Full of grit,

:15:13. > :15:16.determination, quality, tactically perfect. They have done a real job

:15:17. > :15:33.on Spain today, so far. Sergio Ramos has gone forward.

:15:34. > :15:41.Iniesta. Fabregas. Holding off Pelle. Iniesta's flick back to

:15:42. > :15:48.Fabregas. Might have been a little touch and Darmian made sure the

:15:49. > :15:51.referee was aware of it. He has not had the influence on the game,

:15:52. > :15:57.Fabregas, that we have seen him have in games before. He has been crowded

:15:58. > :16:01.out a lot of the time. Not been given the time to dictate play and

:16:02. > :16:26.play those passes forward that we know he can.

:16:27. > :16:36.Fabregas, that was a foul and a yellow card for Thiago Motta. It is

:16:37. > :16:39.a shame because Pedro had made a brilliant run in behind, and I think

:16:40. > :16:54.the ball would have found him as well.

:16:55. > :17:02.Oh, yeah! You can see why they are suggesting it could perhaps have

:17:03. > :17:08.been more than a yellow card. Busquets, getting one for his

:17:09. > :17:15.complaint. Thiago Motta is out of the quarterfinal, assuming Italy go

:17:16. > :17:23.through. They might, though, Pique! Bouffant! -- Buffon. Gianluigi

:17:24. > :17:26.Buffon, one of the greats, one of the absolute great, with a game

:17:27. > :18:04.saving stop. could be the last chance. A man of

:18:05. > :18:11.his quality would expect to score. Not quite done yet, Spain. De

:18:12. > :18:16.Sciglio behind, it is a corner. Oh, it is just superb goalkeeping. Great

:18:17. > :18:22.instincts. It has been a David de Gea masterclass but that might be

:18:23. > :18:26.the most crucial of them all. And they can break, here, with a minimum

:18:27. > :18:39.of four added minutes. And we are into them. Insigne. Thiago Motta.

:18:40. > :18:45.Insigne. Well played. That is a wonderful ball and Darmian, with

:18:46. > :18:54.Pelle in the middle. Pelle! Done and dusted!

:18:55. > :19:07.Italian revenge is sweet! Thrashed in Kiev in the final of Euro 2012,

:19:08. > :19:15.Italy have knocked Spain out of Euro 2016.

:19:16. > :19:23.If there's one player who deserves a gold night, it is that man, Pelle.

:19:24. > :19:28.He been absolutely sensational. He has worked tirelessly, held the ball

:19:29. > :19:37.up, made good runs. What a great finish. Thoroughly deserved. It is a

:19:38. > :19:43.good pick out from Darmian. A little bit of luck with the deflection but

:19:44. > :19:52.smashes it home, no chance for David de Gea. Game over. 60 seconds

:19:53. > :19:53.earlier, Pique has got a shot from five yards out against Gianluigi

:19:54. > :20:18.Buffon. Wonderful display from Antonio

:20:19. > :20:26.Conte's team. Chiellini away. He is hugging everybody down there. He

:20:27. > :20:31.will be in the crowd in a minute. Leigh was on top of the dugout after

:20:32. > :20:36.they scored! He is a jack in the box, no question. They have deserved

:20:37. > :20:47.it, though, haven't they? They really have. Absolutely. Fabregas

:20:48. > :21:08.forward. David Silva. But Chiellini away.

:21:09. > :21:19.Italy, after a feud lean years, are very serious contenders again. But

:21:20. > :21:24.for Spain, it seems like the magic is really now beginning to fade.

:21:25. > :21:28.Yeah, they have been outmuscled, outclassed. They have had a go

:21:29. > :21:32.second half, Spain, give them some credit for that but only on occasion

:21:33. > :21:34.have they threatened. Italy have had the best chances, been dominant in

:21:35. > :21:44.huge portions of the game. David Silva on Chiellini. Yellow

:21:45. > :22:22.card shown to David Silva. FULL-TIME WHISTLE

:22:23. > :22:31.After eight years, the champions of Europe are dethroned! Italy march

:22:32. > :22:37.into the last eight of Euro 2016 and deservedly so.

:22:38. > :22:47.Chiellini with the first, Pelle with the second. De Gea's heroics for

:22:48. > :22:54.Spain come to nothing and in the end, the best and biggest slave of

:22:55. > :23:00.them all -- save them all was Gianluigi Buffonto deny Pique right

:23:01. > :23:04.at the end. Italy are back and it has finished in the Stade de France,

:23:05. > :23:14.Italy 2-0 Spain. Yes, Italy are through to the

:23:15. > :23:17.quarterfinals, beating the defending champions, this is the first time

:23:18. > :23:25.Spain have lost a knockout match at the European Championships or World

:23:26. > :23:27.Cup since 2006. The Spanish novels and lost back-to-back games at the

:23:28. > :23:31.Euros for the first time since 1998 and much of the credit will go to

:23:32. > :23:35.that man, Antonio Conte's master plan certainly worked. It is Spain

:23:36. > :23:38.'s sixth consecutive defeat as a major tournament while playing in

:23:39. > :23:42.white. I think they might change when a next tournament comes around.

:23:43. > :23:44.Italy meet Germany on Saturday night in the quarterfinals and the Germans

:23:45. > :23:49.have never beaten them in eight meetings at major tournaments. That

:23:50. > :23:54.said, the Germans did defeat the at story 4-1 in a friendly earlier this

:23:55. > :23:57.year. -- the Azzurri. Congratulations, Gianluca, terrific

:23:58. > :24:03.performance from the Italians. And deserved. Yes, absolutely. I think

:24:04. > :24:07.we should not get fooled by what happened in the last 20 minutes in

:24:08. > :24:11.the game, when we started defending a bit too deeply and we probably

:24:12. > :24:16.drop the intensity but we raised the concentration. I thought we deserved

:24:17. > :24:21.to win and I get a say that we won quite comfortable, each of been 2-0,

:24:22. > :24:28.3-0, we should have killed them. It was 2-0! Three or four, then. We had

:24:29. > :24:31.a plan and the execution was perfect. We looked mentally and

:24:32. > :24:36.physically much fresher and tactically, we were superior. They

:24:37. > :24:39.looked clueless and I think they looked surprised. Finally, they

:24:40. > :24:44.found a team who could control the game and take it away from them. I

:24:45. > :24:47.want to say something about that Italian side. I love the

:24:48. > :24:49.togetherness, the way they are together since the first game

:24:50. > :24:53.against Belgium, when they celebrated that win like they won

:24:54. > :24:58.the tournament. There is something special, there. You see the way the

:24:59. > :25:06.boss is celebrating, the way the guys on the... Even this! Even this!

:25:07. > :25:11.It is going to become a ritual. 38 years old, after 159 caps. I did not

:25:12. > :25:16.see another team yet having what they have in terms of togetherness.

:25:17. > :25:20.I don't know what you think, Vincent, but almost like a dream,

:25:21. > :25:23.you would love to play in that team, it's amazing. For people who don't

:25:24. > :25:28.watch football every day, the word tactic is sometimes seen as a

:25:29. > :25:32.mystical term but if you watch the Italian team today, you understand

:25:33. > :25:37.what tactics is all about. They took the strength away from a team, and

:25:38. > :25:43.almost used it against them. For me, I enjoyed watching this, really. So

:25:44. > :25:46.that is it, too - zero, the second goal was a long time coming and

:25:47. > :25:51.Gianluca was sweating right through to the last 20 minutes or so but a

:25:52. > :25:55.great breakaway. Yes and we showed that we still had the energy to go

:25:56. > :25:59.from one box to the other in a very short space of time. Look at the

:26:00. > :26:02.number of players we are sending forward. Pelle is in the middle but

:26:03. > :26:07.then coming up on the right, we have got another player and we are

:26:08. > :26:12.talking about three minutes to go. And then Pelle was in the middle.

:26:13. > :26:15.Very similar goal to the one he scored before. It might be pure

:26:16. > :26:20.coincidence but Insigne gives the ball to Darmian, and they both just

:26:21. > :26:25.came on and Pelle was in the box, breaks his neck to make sure he can

:26:26. > :26:29.go into the box and it's a goal. It is simple when you say it but they

:26:30. > :26:34.can do it. They did the same thing against Belgium, almost a similar

:26:35. > :26:39.goal, the way Pelle finished. But listen, they are amazing. The key is

:26:40. > :26:43.that we realise our limitations. We have not got a great deal of talent

:26:44. > :26:48.so we need to play as a unit with great spirit. That is our strength.

:26:49. > :26:53.And you relied on every player, even Gianluigi Buffon right at the end.

:26:54. > :26:57.Just before the goal, when it was 1-0, a vital save. It's a great

:26:58. > :27:01.save, how many times have we seen him do it? Pique is all within the

:27:02. > :27:05.right spot in the last minutes of the games, but this guy, it is

:27:06. > :27:10.instinct, it is quality, I think he has done it for so many years. What

:27:11. > :27:16.a great goalkeeper. Listen, that is the only opportunity from Spain. The

:27:17. > :27:21.clear one, yes. And how did it come? A long ball and they missed header

:27:22. > :27:24.by Barzagli and then Pique is there, you don't even know why but that is

:27:25. > :27:28.the only thing they had to do, Spain. If you came in a bit late,

:27:29. > :27:35.let's mind you how Italy took the lead in the first half, through a

:27:36. > :27:39.free kick. -- you. Look at this, four Italian players going for the

:27:40. > :27:44.rebound and only Pique is there. Spain should have done better but

:27:45. > :27:48.they are not ready. We talked about it before, I don't understand what

:27:49. > :27:52.Pique is looking at, what Iniesta is pointing out, what David de Gea is

:27:53. > :27:57.doing, also, not at that time, not at that time, when Eder is about to

:27:58. > :28:00.strike the ball. You do that before, two Italian players, you know they

:28:01. > :28:05.are going to bridge the wall but you have do deal with it before, make

:28:06. > :28:09.sure they don't get the space and as you mentioned, the four Italians,

:28:10. > :28:13.the desire was there but long before, against Belgium, we already

:28:14. > :28:19.saw the desired. We saw Antonio Conte's reaction to the first goal

:28:20. > :28:22.and he is quite a character, feisty personality, a couple of examples of

:28:23. > :28:31.his touchline histrionics. This was the winning goal, of course. He

:28:32. > :28:33.works so hard. A bit of frustration! This one... That is the winning

:28:34. > :28:46.goal. Where is he going? It is like Buffon. He has got every

:28:47. > :28:51.reason to be pleased. His tactical masterplan work to a tee. He's been

:28:52. > :28:54.fantastic. I have been in tournaments, when you start well and

:28:55. > :29:00.you win, don't get me wrong but when you see, generally, the guys on the

:29:01. > :29:02.bench being happy, the kit man, the doctor, the guy from the press or

:29:03. > :29:07.whoever, they are all celebrating the goal, there is a genuine

:29:08. > :29:11.happiness about whoever scores. It is about Italy first and foremost.

:29:12. > :29:16.That is it and you see it in their eyes, amazing. Italy through to the

:29:17. > :29:26.quarterfinals and no one fancied them at this tournament. Belgium in

:29:27. > :29:31.the next round! Hang on. Let's not tempt fate! Not at this point. But

:29:32. > :29:35.congratulations, we are all thrilled for you, well done and you could

:29:36. > :29:41.possibly go all the way, couldn't you? We might be the new Leicester!

:29:42. > :29:48.The national team version. We are wearing the right colours. I'm not

:29:49. > :29:51.sure you are quite 5000-1 outsiders. 16-1, I think. In all fairness, it

:29:52. > :29:55.looks like you are going to do an Italian job on the tournament. You

:29:56. > :30:02.could do. We are just about out of time. Great to see you, Vincent,

:30:03. > :30:05.TME, Gianluca. We will have full commentary of England against

:30:06. > :30:09.Iceland on Radio 5Live and the BBC sport website. At half-time, head to

:30:10. > :30:12.the match of the database but Page to chat with Alan Shearer and

:30:13. > :30:16.Jermaine Jenas. We will have highlights on BBC One later this

:30:17. > :30:23.evening. The next live game will be on Friday when Wales take on Belgium

:30:24. > :30:25.at seven 30p on BBC One. Italy have beaten the defending champions,

:30:26. > :30:32.Spain. This tournament is so unpredictable that England might

:30:33. > :30:39.just beat Iceland. Goodbye. It has been called a final played too soon.

:30:40. > :30:46.Pelle, good save by de Gea. Giaccherini! Brilliant save again.

:30:47. > :30:56.Eder! Italy are in front! Chiellini scores! Giaccherini can try! Oh!

:30:57. > :30:59.Morata! Pique! Pelle! Done and dusted! The champions of Europe are

:31:00. > :31:01.dethroned!