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The Italian national team begins its journey to preserve the European Nations Cup title when it faces Albania, at ten in the evening today, Saturday, at the Signal Iduna Park stadium, as part of the first round of the second round of the group stage of the Euro 2024 championship, which will be held in Germany until next July 14.

The Italian team will be required to achieve victory over Albania, especially since the Azzurri face much more difficult tests in the upcoming confrontations in order to maintain their title in the European Nations Cup, as they are placed in one of the strongest groups in the Euro after they were drawn by draw with Spain, Croatia and Albania.

The Italian national team relies on the character of the defending champion team and the tactics of coach Luciano Spalletti, in addition to many shining stars in European championships such as Barella, Chiesa, Davide Fratesi and Pellegrini.

National coach Luciano Spalletti has been leading the Italian national team since last August when he took over from Roberto Mancini, after leading Napoli to the historic Italian League title. He then headed directly to the national team, and with it, worked on rebuilding the team by mixing veteran players who won the last Euro championship with... Mancini and adding a new generation of players.

The Italian national team participated in the qualifiers and ranked second in Group C behind the England national team after collecting 14 points from 8 matches during which it achieved 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, scoring 16 goals and conceding 9 others. Inter star Davide Fratesi topped the Azzurri's top scorer in the qualifiers with 3 goals.

The Italian national team succeeded in winning the Euro title twice, the first in 1968 and the second in the last edition, Euro 2020.

The Italian national team also relies on Calcio stars, led by Nicolo Barella, one of the most important midfield players who led the team to win the last Euro, but the 27-year-old player has now reached the peak of his career after reaching the Champions League final with Inter, in addition to winning the Scudetto with the Nerazzurri this year. season.

On the other hand, the Albanian national team returned to the finals after being absent from the last edition, noting that the Albanian national team is participating in the European Nations for only the second time, and it seeks to present an honorable image of Albanian football, which has developed significantly in the past years.

The Albanian national team is considered the unluckiest of all the UEFA Euro 2024 teams, after it was drawn into the death group with Spain, Italy and Croatia.

The Albanian national team qualified after topping Group E with 15 points, ahead of the Czech Republic on goal difference after achieving 4 victories, 3 draws and one loss in 8 matches. The team scored 12 goals and conceded 4, and Jaser Asani and Nadim Bajrami topped the team’s top scorers in the qualifiers with 3 goals each.

This is only the second participation of the Albanian national team in history, after it participated for the first time in Euro 2016 and was eliminated from the group stage.