The two European giants will meet in the last eight after Italy
sneaked through last night on the back of a 2-0 win over
France.
While Spain are certainly in better form going into the game,
Italy have an outstanding record against them, having not lost a
competitive game against La Seleccion since 1920.
"Oh Mamma Mia!", was the headline of the newspaper El
Mundo.
"They are an invincible enemy," wrote Publico.
ABC meanwhile are worried that the notorious slow-starters Italy
are building up speed just at the right time.
The Spanish population as a whole are also not to confident of
their nation’s chances of success, and 60 per cent, according to an
Internet poll published by the newspaper El Pais, believe
that Italy will win the game.
The match will be played on June 22, which is considered as
something of a “cursed” day in Spain, as it was on this exact day
that they were eliminated in three penalty shootouts, against
Belgium in the 1986 World cup, against England at EURO 1996 and
against South Korea at the 2002 World Cup.
