Thursday, June 23, 2016

Spain says lessons learned from Croatia loss (The Associated Press)

Spain's Nolito, left, duels for the ball with Juanfran during a training session at the Sports Complex Marcel Gaillard in Saint Martin de Re in France, Sunday, June 19, 2016. Spain will face Croatia in a Euro 2016 Group D soccer match in Bordeaux on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

SAINT-MARTIN-DE-RE, France (AP) -- An over-confident Spain has learned the lessons of its shock defeat to Croatia and won't fall into the same trap against Italy in the last 16 of the European Championship. Defender Juanfran Torres said Thursday that Spain, already qualified for the round of 16, fell into a trap at 1-0 up. ''This small excess of confidence that we had is something that needs to change against Italy,'' Torres said.


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