Euro 2008 - Spain vs. Italy Preview: Furia Roja & Azzurri in a Classic Red vs. Blue Encounter

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mcalcio mcalcio posted 6/22/2008 from www.mcalcio.com [flag]
Bring out the castanets and wake up the opera singers: on Sunday, Spain and Italy will step onto Vienna’s Ernst Happel stadium ready to dance, and it will surely be a very hot-blooded affair. Two teams with common linguistical heritage but radically different styles of play, the Azzurri and La Furia Roja have also arrived at Euro 2008’s Quarter-Finals following opposite routes. [link]
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