As the first semi-final of the Euros looms we get to witness the tournament’s two best and most decorated coaches collide in Luis Enrique and Roberto Mancini. Both former beloved sons of Barcelona and Sampdoria respectively, both tasked with healing wounds of footballing nations after falling, getting to work on rebuilds to usher in more youthful rosters. 

On the basis of the tournament alone, the style of football, the fervour awoken in the fans and getting to a semi-final in the first place, you could say Mancini and Enrique have achieved what they wanted to in restoring national pride and can leave the tournament with their heads held high. 

Neither of course, would be content with this however and as they both rest their heads on Tuesday night somewhere in different lavish hotels in London, the Italian and Spaniard will be wondering what their opposite counterpart has up their sleeve for the tie. In what is sure to be a tactically fascinating matchup it is worth unpacking the details of where the game will potentially be won and lost:

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