Live streams: Spain v Italy ( live football euro 2012)

Live streams: Spain v Italy ( live football euro 2012)

Euro 2012

Group C

16:00 +00:00, June 10, 2012

PGE Arena

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Preview:

Yet an embarrassment of riches, enough even to make La Roja blush, ensures the country are a force that would be foolish to underestimate. Having won 41 of their last 45 competitive games, Spain, who boasted a 100% record during qualifying, head to Poland and Ukraine with their tails firmly up.

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Vicente Del Bosque must decide who will spearhead his attack

Their opponents, Italy, have endured an even rougher build-up to Euro 2012. With the country reeling from yet another match-fixing investigation, which led to influential left-back Domenico Criscito leaving the squad, head coach Cesare Prandelli could seek refuge in a siege mentality. Indeed, they triumphed post adversity in 1982 and 2006.

This Italy side have rights to wrong, too, after finishing bottom of their group at the 2010 World Cup, and, two years earlier, suffering the agony of a quarter-final penalty shootout defeat against, you guessed it, the Spaniards. Under Prandelli, however, there is reason for optimism, with the infamously defensive shackles of yesteryear somewhat loosened. That said, they have lost their last three matches, without scoring in each outing.

Poland's Arena Gdansk will stage the Group C encounter, which is arguably the pick of the opening round fixtures, with Spain setting out to make it 15 consecutive wins in competitive matches.

Spain player to watch: The frontman.

Del Bosque has a decision to make. With the clinical Villa failing to recover in time from the leg break he sustained in December, Spain's coach must choose his main attacking threat. His options appear two-fold: either Fernando Torres or Fernando Llorente. In the former he has a striker once feared by even the most adept defenders, yet whose reputation has waned and only really shown glimmers of restoring itself in recent months. In the latter he has a man who excelled throughout the season, with Llorente scoring 30 goals in all competitions for Athletic Bilbao in the 2011-12 season. Over to you, Vicente.

Italy player to watch: Daniele De Rossi.

You may well do a double take when reading the next sentence, but be reassured you did intake the information correctly: De Rossi is set to play at centre-back for Italy against Spain. Indeed, in light of their worrying results heading into the tournament, Prandelli will deploy De Rossi in between Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini. It is a risk, certainly, but, when quizzed about such tactical boldness, De Rossi was bullish: "It's 99.9% sure I'll play there. This tournament is second only to the World Cup in terms of prestige and to be a protagonist you have to adapt."

Key Battle: Xavi v Andrea Pirlo.

Two midfield greats of the game, these sage minds and feet contest. "Xavi-Pirlo: Battle of the brains", the front page headline of theGazzetta dello Sport read on Saturday. "The encounter between the two playmakers will be key to the match." Both are the passing hubs of their team, capable of dictating play to an almost manipulative level. Pirlo is perhaps the rangier in his trajectory, and he enters the tournament off the back of a superb club season for Serie A champions Juventus. Xavi, meanwhile, is in familiar company, playing alongside Barcelona team-mates Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta and, if he plays, Cesc Fabregas.

Trivia: No side has ever retained the European Championship title.

Stats: Spain have only managed three clean sheets in 21 previous European Championship group stage games.

Odds: Spain (1.80), Italy (5.00) and the draw (3.50) are on offer with bet365 while the game to contain over 2.5 goals is 2.40.

Prediction: The Italians may surprise a few, with the team well-equipped to shake-up a potentially loose Spain backline, but only the very brazen would bet against La Roja, who should pass their opponents to death.

In spite of the intensified scrutiny over potential weaknesses in Spain's armour, Vicente Del Bosque's side remain strong favourites to make European Championship history by defending their crown. They begin this defence versus Italy on Sunday.

After key players such as Carles Puyol and David Villa were ruled out of Euro 2012, suggestions were made that Spain would not, as previously predicted, stroll to a third international tournament success. Furthermore, conjecture over fraught relations between the Real Madrid and Barcelona players within the Spanish camp has ramped up doubts over the team's cohesion. 

@ESPN