Italy vs. Spain: Score and Recap for Euro U-21 Championship Final

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Published: June 18, 2013

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Spain can add another trophy to their already massive medal cabinet as they finished off Italy, 4-2, in the Under-21 European Championship final.

This is the fourth U-21 title for Spain and their second in a row.

The tournament has been exciting from start to finish, and the final continued in bringing plenty of entertainment.

It took all of six minutes for Thiago Alcantara to open the scoring. Isco got himself some space and found Alvaro Morata down the flank. Morata has scored in every match coming into the final, but he decided to let someone else have the fun. He delivered in a nice cross, leaving Thiago with a rather easy headed finish.

Spanish football expert Dermot Corrigan elaborated on Thiago's goal:



Italy wasted little time in making their reply. In the ninth minute, Matteo Bianchetti found Ciro Immobile with what was a beauty of a long ball. Immobile controlled the pass perfectly with one touch and quickly floated it over an onrushing David de Gea. It was route one football, but Immobile at least made the finish look very pretty.



FourFourTom noted how great Spain's defense had been up to that point:



Zonal Marking's Michael Cox thought de Gea could have done better:



The keeper more than made up for his mistake when he saved an Alessandro Florenzi volley from point-blank range in the 25th minute.

Thiago was the man of the moment again in the 31st minute, as he fired in a close-range shot with his left foot.



It was an entirely preventable goal as Luca Caldirola gave Thiago enough space in the box with which he could receive the pass from Koke. Francesco Bardi also got his legs on the shot, but Thiago put so much power in it that there was little Bardi could do to stop it.

Take nothing away from the pass by Koke as he did very well to float it in over the top. Spanish football expe...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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