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Italy-Spain a battle of world's best - Llorente

The Sevilla forward is excited about the stand-out match of the round-of-16, which is a repeat of the Euro 2012 final, and lavished praise on the Azzuri coach

Fernando Llorente has labelled Italy's match against Spain as a showdown between "two of the best teams in the world".

The sides meet on Monday with a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 up for grabs, as Spain seek to defend their European Championship crown.

Sevilla's Llorente, capped 24 times by Spain, lauded the influence of Italy boss Antonio Conte, who was his coach at Juventus, ahead of what he expects to be a thrilling contest.