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If England manage to beat Denmark (and I think they should, though it is far from a foregone conclusion), I reckon Italy is a better matchup for them than Spain would have been ……

Italy have been brilliantly exciting, but they have lots of injuries now and their attacking play leaves vulnerabilities at the back - whereas Spain’s possession play would have really frustrated England, pushed them back and made them wholly dependant on frantic counterattack on the few times they actually had the ball.
Italy v Spain was an excellent match of the highest order. Spain have not played better in this tournament than they did against Italy. Dani Olmo was man of the match but blazed the penalty over but Spain had the better chances to have won the game.