FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Round of 16 - Croatia v Spain - Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark - June 28, 2021 Spain's Alvaro Morata celebrates scoring their fourth goal Pool via REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
LONDON (Reuters) - Spain coach Luis Enrique sprung a selection surprise by dropping striker Alvaro Morata to the bench for his side’s Euro 2020 semi-final clash against Italy at Wembley on Tuesday.
Morata, who plays his club football in Italy with Juventus, has started every game at Euro 2020, but is replaced by the scorer of Spain's clinching penalty in their quarter-final shootout victory over Switzerland, Mikel Oyarzabal, who makes his first start of the tournament.
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