I’m begging to be proven wrong in the second half - but as it stands, this tepid performance between two giants of the international scene has been one of the worst halves of football thus far in the tournament, with Spain playing some nice football and the Italians stifling the play all night. However, Toni has looked like he’s keen up the other end, and if Spain continue to press who knows what will happen.

“They’re the team who are trying to score the goals are Spain” I hear the northern tones of Alan Shearer ring in my ears… and it’s difficult to deny that the geordie favourite is right. Take a look at the statistics, taken from the CPI, below - shots 10:1 in favour of the Red Fury, and hark at the Azzurri who have had just 43% of possession over all.

The phingy label blog were all excited about this game…  How wrong they were - for now at least.