Spain coach Luis Enrique said he ‘can’t wait’ for the ‘interesting match’ against Italy and revealed his players are highly motivated. ‘We are playing the reigning European champions in their country’.
Gli Azzurri host Spain at San Siro on Wednesday, three months after the win over La Roja on penalties in the semi-finals of EURO 2020.
Luis Enrique said it was already an ‘attractive’ draw before Italy won the European Championship this summer, and was always looking forward to playing Roberto Mancini’s men in the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League.
“It was already an attractive proposition before the EUROs took place: to play Italy in Italy in the final four [of the UEFA Nations League],” Luis Enrique told UEFA.com.
“This is a competition that we would love to win, and strangely we will play against the reigning European champions in their country.
“It will be a very interesting match, to see what kind of performance we are capable of producing in front of an Italian-majority crowd and against the reigning European champions,” he added. “You don’t need any more motivation than that. I can’t wait for the game.
“Without doubt, Italy’s style of football is one of the best around, and I’m sure it will be very interesting to see how each team counters the other.”
Italy will win undoubtedly .
Hope so!