Nico Williams vs Italy (20/06/24) | 1080i HD

We'll cover all the major talking points shortly. We'll have live action from Group B. European football aristocracy of Spain and Italy. Renewal Williams and Pedrich. In December 2022, the 62-year-old has spent a decade coaching the age group teams at the Spanish Cup. Ian, just look at these two teams. You can look at Rodri for Spain and Jorginho for Italy. They're the ones, the metronomes as they work, to set the pace for their teams. If you are going to try and stop them, then those are the players you need to stop getting the ball. Especially Jorginho. We've done it well the other day. Try and man Mark Rodri to sort of stop that attack build. It could happen again. The 13th tournament meeting in all. They've contested that European. Starting with Italy. Kokelea. Nico Williams. Pedrich! Given a chance to save it. It was an outstanding headed chance. It's brilliant. Brilliant, the left-hand save from Nico Williams. What a delivery that is. And you're absolutely spot-on. He lets it hit off his head, I think, just there. He doesn't believe it. Couldn't put it back where it came from, and it's won nothing. He couldn't let it hit off his head, but what a cross, what a delivery. Italy were a goal down already last Saturday against Albania. Williams again. Got away from the normal this time. Still Williams. Into traffic. Gave the team an opportunity to maybe shrink three or four passes together. Got a feel of the ball. What a start he's had. Jorginho comes across. He's been honoured with that famed number 10 shirt that Baggio and Del Piero and Totti have worn in tournaments gone by. Wide in, and Williams! How many chances do they need? The quality of the cross. Fabulous from Morata. And Williams has got to score, surely. That's an absolute shutter. Just get it on target. The pace of the ball. The ball from Morata. The thing about centre-forwards, they've got more inferior on a player. I think he's well within his reach. Here's that chance. What a ball that is. Just get it on target. The pace of the ball. Unless you hit it straight at the goalkeeper, it's going to go by him. No excuse. He's played really high up the pitch. It's Pedri. Williams. Just running away from Di Lorenzo. Fabian Reyes. They can't give it to Williams enough. Here's Rodri. Williams again. Here we go. Chance for him to run. Carvajal. Helped. Overlap. Kukerea. Williams. Carvajal met. Engaged him. He's paid a price for it. Slipped forward. Must be around the block a hundred times or so. He'll have faced this kind of challenge before. His head spinning. Both with Williams' pace. Big final referee from the start of the month. Slovenian Slavko Vincic. Short pull. That's a good view. Rodri. Kukerea. Niko Williams. He's far away. Pass. Di Lorenzo. Jorginho again. Comes across. Deep breath for Di Lorenzo. Decides not to run in this time. Early cross. In towards Morata. Donnarumma was. He. 22. Now plays for Paris Saint-Germain. Fabian. Here he is. Williams. Trying his luck on the right. Ribery won't be together for that. To go Italy. Left for 20 minutes late into the game before Alvaro Morata came off the bench. Fabian Ruiz. Who's that still? Niko Williams. Donnarumma straight to Williams. Not advisable. Most of that we'll see here. Maybe not. I think he catches. Cross point actually. I think he probably does make a little bit of it. He's looking forward. A little slick pass. He's won it back. Fabian Ruiz. Niko Williams. Fabian Ruiz. Williams has won that in the air. Too strong for Di. For Lorenzo. As well as too quick. And too skillful. I mean to be fair to him he shows. Good fight. And upper body strength to win the ball. But come back inside. He'll get a right good look at it. Watch this. One. Two. And then he comes back inside there. Rodri there is tall and useful in the air. Arata very good in the air. Carvajal's on the near post by the way. How good in the air can he be? Machines and a couple. I don't know what Giorgio would say about that right now. If I had an Armani suit I'm not sure I'd want Italian. Painted all over the back of it. Williams. He meant that. Pedri. Williams. Down. Oh he needs a cup of tea. Yeah I might say get him a cup of tea and go on with it. A wee ice pack for his head. Fair challenge. Kukerea again. Williams. Plenty of red shirts forward here. Rodri on an overlap. I'm not sure that's a great run from Rodri. I don't know where Williams got that. But Lorenzo. Fabulous. Williams. Got the control he deserved. Oh and he almost picked it up again too. Brightly and lively. Williams. This is Kukerea. Pulled back and Pedri's mitted a great chance at the second. And he steered them both. He gets his feet are all wrong. He's got to open his body up. He's too square to it. And that's what he does. He just knocks it kind of back when it comes. Fabian Ruiz. Bastoni down the river. Fabian Ruiz. Williams. Rodri. Dean Lorenzo. Kukerea. I don't think anybody will get it. Williams. I think he's probably won it by about 15 seconds. Well they're in control again Spain. Well and truly. Williams. Quicked on by Morata and they're not. Initially. It does the goalkeeper get a touch. Comes off Morata's head. Yeah I thought he would. That's the one that does it. Great play again down the left hand side. He's been excellent Williams. Ignizio at the cross. And I think to myself the goalie must. The goalie's got to go for it Clive. You can tell by the angle. And I can tell by Calafiori's reaction. He gets caught under his feet a little bit. But it's the touch that does for Calafiori. But listen he deserved it. Spain have been the better team. Space all over the place. Dropping little hand grenades all around. World Cup. Two European Championship finals. For Spain. Ten tournament goals in all. Alvaro Morata up. Been shown a yellow card. Yeah it does well. I'm not sure whether it's going in or not. But he's not dropped possession of the ball. They can't do anything with it can they? De La Fuente's going to freshen up the Spanish attack too. Williams against Di Lorenzo. He's done better in this second half. They're right back. Lovely touch. Outside of the boot. Back inside. Correa to Williams. Williams! Backed against the crossbar. That is scorcher. What a view we had of it as well Clive. We're right behind. It's been magic. Just cuts inside. Di Lorenzo again. It's a good run from Correa. Takes a bit of pressure off. Beautiful. You know exactly what he's trying to do. He's trying to find that top corner. Excellent effort. Donnarumma wasn't getting that. He's been brought. Going to give way to Jose Perez and Miquel Sobalo. Real fuck your dad. He's had a bit of a career makeover the last 18 months at Real Betis. Work out the other side really well, don't they? That came from the opposite full-back. Excellent. Williams. Into trouble by his captain. Williams. Fabian Ruiz. It's Lieb regrouped. Williams. A bit more changes for Spain. It's a blast from the past. Involvement at the age of 30. A surprise inclusion. Right at Williams. Two of the stars of the night. Scoreline.