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Spain already knows its rival in the 'semis' of the Nations League
Published:25/01/2023 - 14:30h
Updated:25/01/2023 - 14:30h
The Spanish team will be facing Italy in the semifinals of the Nations League for the second time in a row. The other finalist will come out of the key between the Netherlands and Croatia
Reediting the eliminatory of the past edition, the Spanish selection will be confronting to his similar of Italy in the 'final four' of the League of the Nations by the pass to the final of the tournament, party that will contest in Enschede, headquarters of the Twente, possibly in which it will be the first big challenge for the project headed by Luis de la Fuente. In the another key, will be dirimiendo the classification the combined of Low Countries and Croatia.
The pairings have been defined in the headquarters of the UEFA in Nyon, where the ex international Dutch Wesley Sneijder has been the attendant to take out the bolillas to define the crosses in the decisive stage of the championship. It treats of the second consecutive occasion in which 'The Red' reaches this instance of the tournament after having arrived until the final in the previous edition, where would fall in front of the combined French with something of controversy.
Spain arrives after having deleted to Portugal in the previous instance, for then still with Luis Enrique at the head of the bench. Of this crash, that will contest on 15 June, will go out the finalist that will measure to the winner of the Low Countries-Croatia, that will play a day before, possibly a big challenge for Ronald Koeman, that has gone back to the bench of the 'Oranje', in front of the 'Vatreni', semifinalist of the past Glass of the World.
In that then also had to the 'Squadra Azzurra' as rival, consummating like this his 'revenge' after the occurred in the semifinals of the past Eurocopa of celebrated Nations in 2021, in which the directed by Roberto Mancini would do with the pass to the final. Now, they will measure to a combined Spanish in reconstruction after the exit of Luis Enrique, product of the elimination in front of Morocco in the past Glass of the World.
Spain and Italy, in reconstruction
The combined 'azzurro' also arrives in a period of transition after the disaster lived the past year, when it remained out of the Glass of the World by second consecutive occasion when falling sorpresivamente in front of the selection of Macedonia north in the eliminatory course to Qatar 2022, repeating like this the occurred in the process clasificatorio for Russia 2018 when the selection of Sweden threw them in the repechage.