Date: 10-06-2012
Stage: first round
Place: GDANSK
Running time: 100 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (10)
Commentary: spanish
My rating: ***
Notes: Buffon,Bonucci,Pirlo,Balotelli,DiNatale, Casillas,Piquè,Xavi,Iniesta,Busquets
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 10 June 2012, 18:00
PGE Arena, Gdansk
Attendance: 38,869
Meteo: Partly cloudy, 20 °C
ITALY
Gianluigi Buffon
Leonardo Bonucci
Giorgio Chiellini (c)
Christian Maggio
Daniele De Rossi
Emanuele Giaccherini
Claudio Marchisio
Thiago Motta
Mario Balotelli
Antonio Cassano
Andrea Pirlo
Coach: Cesare Prandelli (ITA)
37′ Mario Balotelli
66′ Leonardo Bonucci
79′ Giorgio Chiellini
89′ Christian Maggio
56′ ↓Mario Balotelli ↑Antonio Di Natale
65′ ↓Antonio Cassano ↑Sebastian Giovinco
90′ ↓Thiago Motta ↑Antonio Nocerino
SPAIN
Iker Casillas (c)
Alvaro Arbeloa
Gerard Pique
Sergio Ramos
Jordi Alba
Xavi
Sergio Busquets
Xabi Alonso
Andres Iniesta
Cesc Fabregas
David Silva
Coach: Vicente del Bosque (ESP)
66′ Jordi Alba
84′ Alvaro Arbeloa
84′ Fernando Torres
64′ ↓David Silva ↑Jesus Navas
74′ ↓Cesc Fabregas ↑Fernando Torres
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Goals:
61′ Antonio Di Natale ITA
64′ Cesc Fabregas ESP
Match overview
Di Natale struck within five minutes of coming on, finishing Pirlo’s slide-rule pass, but Fabregas equalised from a slick move just three minutes later. Both sides spurned late chances – Torres notably – to leave Group C dead-locked.
Trivia
Pirlo’s assist took him past Roberto Baggio as Italy’s top Euro creator with four. It was the first time Spain failed to win a competitive match since the 2010 World Cup group stage.
