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Kroos foul on Pedri leading to injury 2024 & Kroos stamp on Lamine Yamal- No Card by Anthony Taylor

July 5, 2024

This Pedri injury vs Germany from a Kroos challenge and another Kroos stamp on Lamine Yamal were two early controversial moments from the Spain vs Germany Euro 2024 quarterfinal.

The first one saw Kroos produce a rough challenge on young Pedri that saw the medio substituted minutes later. Kroos also had an incident where he appeared to stamp on Lamine Yamal, but referee Anthony Taylor thought neither tackle was worthy of any card.

Kroos tackle on Pedri | Pedri injury vs Germany | Pedri substituted for Spain

Marca Diario AS CdS Newspaper player ratings Spain 1-0 Italy Euro 2024

June 21, 2024

Here are the European newspaper player ratings for Spain vs Italy at Euro 2024. A convincing win for Spain- Italy had just four shots in the whole game. We’ve got player ratings from Spanish, Italian and French newspapers.

L’Equipe player ratings Spain vs Italy Euro 2024

French paper L’Equipe were pretty scathing of Italy’s performance, giving them a team rating of 4.4/10, which owed a fair bit to Donnarumma’s fine performance in goal (8/10). Jorginho got a 3/10, as did Chiesa and Scamacca.

Nico Williams had a fine game on the left wing for Spain (8/10), with Chelsea wingback Cucurella getting a 7/10.

Spain 1-0 Italy 2024 Player Ratings L'Equipe

Diario AS newspaper player ratings ESP ITA Euro 2024

AS thought several Italian players- Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Frattesi and Pellegrini, didn’t even deserve a rating. Jorginho got a single star.

xG Spain vs Italy Euro 2024 Attendance 49,528 | Expected Goals Possession Shots Stats

June 21, 2024

Here is the look at the Spain vs Italy expected goals (xG) stats from their game on 20 June, 2024 (official crowd attendance of 49,528).

Only four shots for Italy in the entire game– the first of which came through Chiesa in the 45th minute. Their other shots came in the 74th, 86th and 90+7th minutes.

xG Spain 1.49-0.16 Italy shots map (Actual score ESP 1-0 ITA)

1-0 Calafiori own goal (no xG for an own goal)

Apart from the own goal, Spain’s best chances on xG went to Williams (10th minute header), Pedri (52nd minute) and Ayoze Perez at the end.

Spain vs Italy 1-0 Match Stats for comparison

(Spain stats on left; Italia on right)