There are few bridges between Spain and Italy. One is football. The two teams will meet in the European Championship semi-finals on Tuesday at 9 p.m.
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Spaniards and Italians respect each other distantly, especially in football.
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They don’t particularly like each other. There is also a lack of mutual admiration, the proximity of mutual borders. There are few bridges between Spain and Italy. One is football. France, the motherland of the revolution, lies like a buffer between the two nations. Spain and Italy have been ruled by brutal dictatorships in the last century. Italy from Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime, which perished in World War II. General Francisco Franco ruled Spain after a devastating civil war until his death 46 years ago, after reinstating the monarchy.
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