Spain v Italy match thread

[RichC]

rumours this is the side starting for Spain

Jaime Rincón@Jaime_Rincon

Once #España: Casillas, Alba, Piqué, Ramos, Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Busquets, Xavi, Silva, Iniesta y Cesc. CONFIRMADO

[Shaggy]

Yep that line up was wrong!

Casillas, Arbeloa, Piqué, Ramos, Alba; Busquets, Xabi, Xavi; Silva, Iniesta, Fàbregas.

No strikers

[Chazza]

barcastuff @barcastuff

Line-up ESP (official, vs ITA): Casillas - Arbeloa Ramos Pique Alba - X.Alonso Busquets - Silva Xavi Iniesta - Cesc #euro2012 #fcblive

[RichC]

No striker for Spain then?

[McDermotX]

Torres, huh?

Do we wish him well, now that he is playing in red again?

No striker for Spain then?

Same as starting with the traitor then

Anyway, want him to start against Ireland.......I want to see Richard Dunne mongoloid him.

[Gibbo]

Fabregas up front?!?!

[Gibbo]

FourFourTwo @FourFourTwo
#ITA XI v #ESP Buffon, Bonucci, De Rossi, Chiellini, Maggio, Motta, Giaccherini, Pirlo, Marchisio, Cassano, Balotelli

[SimonNo7]

From BBC website live reporting:

Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story... Cannonball! Sorry, no, Spain are not playing with a striker, repeat, Spain are not playing with a striker.

[RichC]

Dear lord, not a great endorsement for any of their strikers there; they've got Llorente, Torres or Negredo you'd have expected one of them to start!

[spud_gun]

From BBC website live reporting:

Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story... Cannonball! Sorry, no, Spain are not playing with a striker, repeat, Spain are not playing with a striker.

Craig Levein - Trend Setter

4 - 6 - 0

[Neil Young]

No strikers

A very defensive line-up. Spain are obviously hoping to eke out a draw.

[Gibbo]

ITV's opening credits are ****ing freaky.

Plasticine Hogdson

[spud_gun]

Nice to see Cassano starting for Italy.

[spud_gun]

ITV's opening credits are ****ing freaky.

Plasticine Hogdson

That's no plasticine

[SimonNo7]

LINE-UPSSpain v Italy (17:00 BST)
Spain: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso, Silva, Fabregas, Iniesta. Subs: Valdes, Albiol, Javi Martinez, Juanfran, Pedro, Torres, Negredo, Mata, Llorente, Santi Cazorla, Jesus Navas, Reina.

Italy: Buffon, Chiellini, De Rossi, Bonucci, Giaccherni, Marchisio, Pirlo, Thiago Motta, Maggio, Cassano, Balotelli. Subs: Sirigu, Ogbonna Obienza, Balzaretti, Abate, Di Natale, Barzagli, Borini, Montolivo, Giovinco, Diamanti, Nocerino, De Sanctis.

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)