Euro Report: Italy 1, Spain 1


Spain played lackluster and Italy took advantage.  Spain did not attack enough, even though their side is the more talented.  They possessed, but did not dominate with possession.  Italy, as can be expected, had tight defense in the box.  Torres could have scored several goals in the end to notch a victory, but Italy too, had some opportunities.  Overall, a very fun game to watch, I thought.  Spain looked a little slow at times - Italy seemed to beat them to the ball on 50/50s.

Buffon made a very clever 1 on 1 stop against Torres, where he just guessed Torres would try and dribble him right and was correct.  I'm sure neither team is too disappointed, as they both will still have the opportunity to advance to the next round.