Former Italy striker Eder weighed in on the Azzurri’s upcoming Euro 2024 clash with Spain and reflected on their victory in that Round of 16 tie at the tournament in 2016. The Azzurri and la Roja are battling it out for the top spot in Group B following their wins in their opening games against Albania and Croatia respectively. Their opponents in the group drew in a thrilling 2-2 encounter on Tuesday, setting things up nicely for tonight’s match.

Back in Euro 2016, Antonio Conte guided Italy to a memorable 2-0 win over Spain in the Round of 16, when Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle found the back of the net to take to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Germany on penalties. Speaking to , Eder first discussed Italy’s upcoming Group B clash with Spain. “Spain vs Italy is always a great challenge, nice to play.

I watched Italy with Albania. In my opinion, after the initial fear, the guys played an excellent match. “Spain’s strength, however, lies in knowing how to always impress at any time.

They stand very tall and press hard, Italy will have to be good at building up to get out of it.” He remembered Italy’s win over la Roja back in Euro 2016. “We had prepared for it very well.

Conte had told us that the Spaniards played a lot of one-on-ones, coming at us high. He had asked me and Pellé to play on their centre-backs, Piqué and Sergio Ramos, to bring them out and allow our midfielders to attack the spaces behind the defensive line. “In my opinion .