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Euro 2024: Defending champions Italy joins Spain, Croatia in tough group

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Italy celebrates after winning the Euro 2020.[Courtesy]

Italy and Spain will add to their storied European Championship rivalry next year, after the defending champion and two-time recent winner were drawn together in a tough group with World Cup semifinalist Croatia and Albania on Saturday.

Euro 2020 winner Italy fulfilled predictions as the most difficult and dramatic option to come from the pot of lowest-ranked teams at the back end of a draw ceremony that was pranked by a British social media comedian as its name was called.

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