Don't Be Fooled by Scores: Italy's Tactical Edge in the Euro 2024

 Don't Be Fooled by Scores: Italy's Tactical Edge in the Euro 2024 Group Stage

For today's summit match between Italy and Spain, the six-point match, the winner, through the first matches of all elected, will decide against both Croatia and Albania there are some indicators to talk about.

The elected Spain showed up well, just no more, not as terrifying as the outcome of the match, a team with significant shortcomings outside the possession phase, especially when defending a medium mass, Spain of the type of elected women who do not have the capacity to withstand the very weak moments, Croatia showed this thing.

Well, what do you mean, Spain's blown up? No doubt, I said at first that it showed up well, there are good points in Spain, De Lafuente's ideas at a flexible ball acquisition stage, a team that has the ability to break the pressure lines of the election that it faces, as well as the high-pressure structure of a good Spanish elect and through which it can prevent the rival from stepping up the ball.

For Italy's elected, more organized, in the two stages (soccer possession/outside possession), with more solutions in dealing with offensive and defensive fixed positions, Italy formed a little better than Spain, based on the first round, 

although Azari won Albania by a marker and Spain won Croatia by three, but the result was not a criterion in the analysis of the matches, 

for example, the XG registration rate for Croats was slightly higher than Spain, but no target and rival scored three complete targets! The difference in efficiency made the result make terrible makeup for the prodigal!

One last point, Spalletti, a highly vertically-focused coach, once said, "Every vertical pass forward is equal to 20 occasional passes," and this point has an exotic relationship with Spain's elected failings outside the ball acquisition phase.

A close match, closer to a tie, and if I have to choose a winner-elect, I'm going to choose Italy by a target.