Spain defeated Italy 1-0 on Thursday thanks to an own goal from Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori, which advanced Luis de la Fuente’s team to the Euro 2024 final stages. Throughout the game, Spain dominated and even though they couldn’t score more, they were able to keep Italy at bay, recording an easy victory and moving on to the next round.

A classy Spain team put on a commanding performance to finish Euro 2024 Group B with a game remaining, defeating Italy, the reigning European Champions, 1-0.The unfortunate Italian central defender Riccardo Calafiori turned the ball into his own net on 55 minutes after an excellent cross by Nico Williams, setting up the game’s decisive goal in a one-sided match at Gelsenkirchen.

as putting up another impressive show to follow up their 3-0 victory against Croatia, Luis de la Fuente’s team should have won by a larger margin as Williams also struck the crossbar on multiple occasions. Still, at least they will know there is no extra pressure going into their final group match on Monday against Albania.

On the other hand, an outmatched Italy team will need to bounce back swiftly in order to guarantee second place in the section. They had goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to thank for preventing a more severe loss. They must draw with Croatia.