Spain and Italy will be targeting a place in the Euro 2024 knockout stage when they meet in a classic encounter tonight.
The two sides got off to the perfect start in their competition openers, as Gli Azurri survived an early scare to beat Albania 2-1, while La Roja recorded an impressive 3-0 win over Croatia.
Another victory for either team would be enough for them to advance through to the round of 16 with a game to spare.
Spain were knocked out of Euro 2020 by Italy in the semi-finals, who went on to win the tournament, and both teams will be keen to boost their hopes of glory this time around with a big result here.
Spain vs Italy: Date and how to follow
The Group B showdown will take place on Thursday, June 20.
Kick-off at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen will start at 8pm UK time.
talkSPORT will have full coverage of the match presented by Natalie Sawyer.
Commentary comes from Alex Crook and former Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew.
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The tie will also be shown on free-to-air TV on ITV One.
Spain vs Italy: Team news and latest squads
Spain XI: Simon, Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Cucurella, Pedri, Rodri, Ruiz, Yamal, Morata, N. Williams.
Italy XI: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori, Dimarco, Barella, Jorginho, Frattesi, Pellegrini, Chiesa, Scamacca.
Spain squad
- Goalkeepers: Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao), Alex Remiro (Real Sociedad), David Raya (Arsenal)
- Defenders: Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Jesus Navas (Sevilla), Aymeric Laporte (Al Nassr), Nacho Fernandez (Real Madrid), Robin Le Normand (Real Sociedad), Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), Alex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), Marc Cucurella (Chelsea)
- Midfielders: Rodri (Manchester City), Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain), Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), Pedri (Barcelona), Alex Baena (Villarreal), Fermin Lopez (Barcelona)
- Forwards: Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), Joselu (Real Madrid), Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), Ayoze Perez (Real Betis), Ferran Torres (Barcelona), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Italy squad
- Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham)
- Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Torino), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino), Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Federico Gatti (Juventus)
- Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus), Michael Folorunsho (Hellas Verona), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Jorginho (Arsenal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)
- Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio)
Spain vs Italy: What has been said:
Italy manager Luciano Spalletti has urged his side to find their cutting edge against Spain.
He said: “We have to improve. We thought we were better than we were in certain situations.
“We need to be meaner. We are neat and tidy in building things up but we need to hurt the opposition.
“We thought we were brilliant at keeping possession, but that’s something we need to do better.”
Meanwhile, Spain boss Luis de la Fuente has called for calm ahead of the clash, as he shared his delight at his side’s win over Croatia.
He said: “I am very happy for everyone who has worked so hard to get to this point. This group is ambitious and it is a huge family, so I’m delighted for everyone.
“But we must keep our feet on the ground. We’ve started well, which gives us a bit of security, but now we need to think about Italy.”
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