Italy vs Spain LIVE: Nations League result, final score and reaction tonight

Italy 0 - 1 Spain

41 mins: Things go from bad to worse for Italy. Leonardo Bonucci jumps into an aerial challenge elbow first and hits Sergio Busquets in the face. The Spain captain makes a meal of it but it is a yellow card. It’s also Bonucci’s second of the match and Italy are down to 10 men.

38 mins: Chance! Insigne goes wide from inside the box! This is probably Italy’s best chance of the match so far. They break past Spain on the left side with an overlapping run from Emerson. The left-back drives into the box and cuts the ball back into the middle where Insigne is wide open. He just has the goalkeeper to beat but fires his effort on the volley well wide of the back post.

36 mins: SAVE! A hopeful long ball sees Bernardeschi played in behind on the right side of the pitch. He brings the ball into the box and has Chiesa up with him. He decides to go it alone and aims for a small gap at the near post. Unai Simon is aware of the danger and reacts sharply to push the ball onto the post denying Bernardeschi an equaliser!

33 mins: There’s a few heavy tackles flying in and Leonardo Bonucci isn’t best pleased with some referee, Sergey Karasev’s, decisions. The Italy captain voices his displeasure and is rewarded with a yellow card.

It’s all getting a bit spicy out there, as it usually does when Italy find themselves behind.

30 mins: It’s been a good response from Italy. They’ve won a few decisions and caused a few problems from set pieces. A free kick from about 30-yards is cleverly knocked into the box by Insigne and Barella is in behind. His first touch is poor though which allows Gavi to get across and win the ball for Spain.

27 mins: Gavi gets back to stop Verratti from crossing the ball into the box and sends the ball behind for an Italian corner. Giovanni Di Lorenzo makes a darting run towards the near post and meets the cross as it comes in. He dives at the ball and whips his head towards goal only to see his effort narrowly fly wide of the near post.

24 mins: The goal has really put Spain into the ascendancy. Italy’s early momentum has been evaporated and the visitors are seeing more of the ball. Marco Verratti is overwhelmed in midfield but gets lucky as a poor tackle from Gavi gifts Italy a free kick in the middle of the pitch.

20 mins: How is it not 0-2? Spain play the ball out to Oyarzabal on the left. He carries it back into the box but has his shot blocked. The rebound comes to Busquets who shoots to no avail but Spain get a third crack at goal as the ball squirts out to Alonso. He drills one at Donnarumma who spills the ball onto the post before Bonucci clears it off the line!

17 mins: There’s the breakthrough! Spain have just started to up the tempo of their attacking play in particular down the left wing. A long ball comes up to Oyarzabal who knocks it down to Alonso before sprinting down the wing. The left-back finds him with a lovely forward pass as Ferran Torres sprints into the box. Oyarzabal whips in the cross and Torres meets it on the volley and guides the ball into the far bottom corner!

12 mins: Jorginho fouls Sergio Busquets in the middle of the pitch and Spain win a free kick. Instead of punting it long the visitors knock the ball back to their defenders in order to push higher up the pitch. Busquets gets it back and flicks the ball out to Alonso on the left. He slides it into the box and picks out the run of Pablo Sarabia. Sarabia pulls it back for Mikel Oyarzabal but his shot is blocked by Bastoni and Italy boot it clear.