Cesc Fabregas beats Buffon on the penalty that qualified Spain for the 2008 Eurocup semi-finals, which he would end up winning.
The Spain-Italy are already a classic of the European Cups; success smiled at La Roja in 2008 and 2012, but switched sides in 2016
The best Spain of all time, the one that achieved the triple crown with its consecutive titles in two European Cups and a World Cup, was born on June 22, 2008 in Vienna, when it defeated Italy in the quarterfinals of that continental tournament in the penalty shootout.
Next Tuesday, in London, La Roja of a new generation, the one who came undercover to this Euro from the pandemic without great expectations, you will have the opportunity to take a giant step and put the national team at the top again. It will be again against the ‘azzurra’, now in the semifinals.
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