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Key man: Mario Balotelli

Italy have already met Spain once in this competition, in their first group outing in Gdansk, which finished level.

Del Bosque needs to get it right this time for Spain because history awaits this special group of players.

Yet, in a sense, they have already achieved their most significant task; transforming the perception of a team many felt, like England, were destined to fail.

'This feels different,' said skipper Iker Casillas.

'Four years ago we achieved something the team had never achieved before.

'Then we won the World Cup, which showed we were evolving as a team.

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