Euro 2024: head-to-head Spain - Italy (Group B) on Thursday 20/06/2024 (kick-off at 21:00 CET)

With a squad valued at €965m by the website Transfermarkt (as of 20/06/2024), the Spanish team's players are worth 37% more than Italy's (€705m), as the two nations prepare to face each other on Thursday 20/06/2024 (kick-off at 21:00 CET) on Matchday 2 in Group B of Euro 2024 at the Arena AufSchalke (50,000 capacity) in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

The Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF), which posted a turnover of €347.8m in 2022, had 1.25 million licence holders in 2023, slightly more than the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) with 1.04 million and a turnover of €191.1m over the same respective periods.

On social networks (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, as of 10/06/2024), the Italian national team is the 5^th most followed among the 24 teams taking part in the competition. They have 14.1 million followers, slightly more than their Spanish rivals, who count 13.8 million across the four platforms.

Eighth in the FIFA rankings, 'La Roja', three-time winners of the competition (1964, 2008 and 2012), are one place ahead of the 'Squadra Azzurra', ninth and title holders (victory…