Confederations Cup - Semifinal: Spain 0 - Italy 0 (7-6)

Confederations Cup - Semifinal: Spain 0 - Italy 0 (7-6)

Very bad first time in Spain with an approach that focused on tactical surreal exercise striker Jordi Alba. Okay you get it right in a game, but missed an offensive player like Silva to make way for a defense seems a rather absurd option ...

Meanwhile, Italy had the big occasions and if not marked was the central Spanish solvency two interventions combined with our captain. The second half continued in the same vein. Navas's entry gave the team some momentum, but the physical fading Italy was the most decisive factor in the closing stages and throughout Spain ordered the extension where the best opportunities.

Another note to note are the changes of Don Vicente, when we needed a goal comes up with the "happy" withdraw idea to put our striker Javi Martinez ... So we saw the poor a little lost, wandering around the area, putting all the soul and the commitment to an unusual place ... Menudo newsprint for Navarre ...

Spain: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Silva (Navas, m.52), Pedro (Mata, m.79) and Fernando Torres (Javi Martínez, m.94).

Italy: Buffon, Maggio, Barzagli (Montolivo, m.46), Bonucci, Chiellini, Giaccherini, Pirlo, De Rossi, Candreva, Marchisio (Aquilani, m.79) and Gilardino (Giovinco, m.91).

Penalty shootout: 1-0: Candreva. 1-1: Xavi. 2-1: Aquilani. 2-2: Iniesta. 3-2: De Rossi. 3-3: Pique. 4-3: Giovinco. 4-4: Ramos. 5-4: Pirlo. 5-5: Mata. 6-5: Montolivo. 6-6: Busquets. 6-6: Bonucci. 6-7 Navas.

Referee: Howard Webb (ENG). Admonished Piqué (105) for Spain, and De Rossi (65) in Italy.

Subs: semifinal match of the Confederations Cup, played at the stadium Castelão in the presence of 59,000 spectators. The captains Casillas and Buffon read on the eve of the match a manifesto against racism. Italy behaved black armbands in memory of Stefano Borgonovo.

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