Montpellier (France): Alvaro Morata is joint top scorer at Euro 2016 but doesn&rsquo;t care who hits the net if Spain beat a familiar Italy side to a coveted quarter-final place&nbsp;in their last 16 clash on Monday.
<img title="Spain's Alvaro Morata takes part in a training session at Saint Martin de Re's stadium on Thursday. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/jun/25-Alvaro-Morata.jpg" alt="Spain's Alvaro Morata takes part in a training session at Saint Martin de Re's stadium on Thursday. Pic/AFP" /> Spain's Alvaro Morata takes part in a training session at Saint Martin de Re's stadium on Thursday. Pic/AFP
&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t care less about the top scorer&rsquo;s chart if we lose,&rdquo; Morata said after the defending champions&rsquo; shock 2-1 defeat to Croatia left them second in Group D and facing a nightmare draw as they bid to retain their title.
Against all hopes and expectations, Spain&rsquo;s second-place finish means they now face what Morata, who has spent two seasons with Juventus, called a &ldquo;tough&rdquo; and &ldquo;tactically perfect&rdquo; Italy side in Paris. Moreover, the winners of the tie on Monday could face Germany in the quarter-finals and hosts France in the last four.
&ldquo;They&rsquo;re undoubtedly one of the toughest teams we could have drawn,&rdquo; said Morata, who will return to Real Madrid following the Euros after the Spanish giants triggered a buy-back clause in his contract with Juventus this week.
&ldquo;Tactically, I think they&rsquo;re perfect and we&rsquo;ll have to put in a perfect performance of our own if we&rsquo;re going to beat them.&rdquo;
Unsurprisingly, Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque had been hoping for an easier path to the latter stages. &ldquo;We have time to analyse the next game (with Italy), but it wasn&rsquo;t the route we had planned to take,&rdquo; he said.

Alvaro Morata is joint top scorer at Euro 2016 but doesn&rsquo;t care who hits the net if Spain beat a familiar Italy side to a coveted quarter-final place&nbsp;in their last 16 clash on Monday.

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