Postpublished at 21:40 British Summer Time 24 June
Albania 0-1 Spain
Into the final 10 minutes.
Albania need to do something quickly but Spain are so well drilled.
They've been pretty comfortable all game to be fair.
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Mattia Zaccagni scores in 98th minute as Italy draw 1-1 with Croatia to reach Euro 2024 last 16
Luka Modric had given Croatia lead seconds after seeing penalty saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma
Croatia finish group campaign on two points and unlikely to qualify as one of best third-placed teams
Group winners Spain beat Albania 1-0 thanks to Ferran Torres strike in off post
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Croatia 1-0 Italy
Mattia Zaccagni and Nicolo Fagioli replace Matteo Darmian and Jorginho for Italy.
Postpublished at 21:39 British Summer Time 24 June
Croatia 1-0 Italy
Italy have 10 minutes left to score and be sure of a last-16 place. Croatia have 10 minutes to see this job through.
'Brozovic has been really good'published at 21:39 British Summer Time 24 June
Croatia 1-0 Italy
Danny Murphy
Former England midfielder on BBC OneMarcelo Brozovic has been really good and it's been his best game at this Euros.
Alessandro Bastoni watches it really well Brozovic knows he can put the cross in because he's got a target in there.
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Croatia 1-0 Italy
Standing ovation for Croatia captain Luka Modric as he comes off to be replaced by Lovro Majer.
Postpublished at 21:38 British Summer Time 24 June
Albania 0-1 Spain
Albania are nearly caught on the counter. Loads of time for Dani Olmo to shoot but his attempt spins off an Albanian defender and behind for a corner.
get involved Postpublished at 21:38 British Summer Time 24 June
Croatia 1-0 Italy
Chris Sutton
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 LiveYou just feel the way this game is going, Italy are going to create a big opportunity.
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Croatia 1-0 Italy
Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni's heading in the opposition box hasn't been great tonight but he stops Ante Budimir having a huge chance for 2-0 with a head away here.
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Croatia 1-0 Italy
Croatia's Marin Pongracic is booked for a foul. Their fourth yellow card of the game.
There was a chance yellow cards could come into play if Albania and Croatia were level but don't think we need to worry about that now.
'It's hard to get the ball back'published at 21:37 British Summer Time 24 June
Albania 0-1 Spain
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC TwoWhen you play against Spain or any Spanish side, trust me, it's hard to get the ball back.
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Albania 0-1 Spain
That's not bad!
Time is running out and Kristjan Asllani goes for goal from outside the box. Just wide. Albania's fans respond with huge roars of encouragement.
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This is looking like it will be a grandstand finish. My wife is half Croatian but I love pizza so not sure whose side I'm on!
Gary
Postpublished at 21:35 British Summer Time 24 June
Croatia 1-0 Italy
Italy were doing alright earlier on - probably when their 0-0 was enough - but have tailed off.
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Albania 0-1 Spain
Albania keeping running into dead ends. Lots of promise but they cannot hurt a well organised Spain side.
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Albania 0-1 Spain
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC TwoArmando Broja should be starting in this team. Fans are delighted to see him on the pitch now and he has got to give everything in this second half for his country.
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Croatia 1-0 Italy
Italy bring on Atalanta striker Gianluca Scamacca for Giacomo Raspadori, who I've barely noticed.
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Albania 0-1 Spain
Albania need to find two goals otherwise they're going home. Sixteen minutes plus stoppages remain.
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Croatia 1-0 Italy
Giacomo Raspadori's free-kick hits the wall and flies over the bar for Italy's 10th corner of the night. Raspadori's corner and follow-up cross are cleared.
Postpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 24 June
Albania 0-1 Spain
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC TwoThey have lost something Spain haven't they? The pace has just dropped a bit.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:30 British Summer Time 24 June
Albania 0-1 Spain
Spain have sent on their wonder kid.
Sixteen-year-old Lamine Yamal is introduced. Ferran Torres has come off.
UEFA European Championship Scores & Fixtures
UEFA European Championship Table
On Monday 24th June
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Match Participants:
Match Participants:
Group A
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
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| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
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- Italy, Position 2, Points 4
- Croatia, Position 3, Points 2
Group B
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
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Group C
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
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Group D
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
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Group E
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
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Group F
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
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| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
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- Croatia, Position 5, Points 2
3rd Place Ranking
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
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| 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
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Key
- Position 1 - 2 : 8th Finals
- Position 3 : Possible 8th Finals
Team Lineups
home team, Croatia
Manager: Zlatko Dalic
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Pitch Formation
1, Livakovic, Goalkeeper
2, Stanisic, Defender
6, Sutalo, Defender
3, Pongracic, Defender
4, Gvardiol, Defender
10, Modric, Midfielder
11, Brozovic, Midfielder
8, Kovacic, Midfielder
25, Luka Sucic, Striker
9, Kramaric, Striker
15, Mario Pasalic, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, D. Livaković
- Number 4, J. Gvardiol
- Number 3, M. Pongračić , Yellow Card at 78 minutes
- Number 6, J. Šutalo
- Number 2, J. Stanišić , Yellow Card at 82 minutes
- Number 8, M. Kovačić , substituted for L. Ivanušec at 70 minutes
- Number 11, M. Brozović , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 1
- Number 10, L. Modrić , Captain, Yellow Card at 60 minutes, substituted for L. Majer at 81 minutes
- Number 15, M. Pašalić , substituted for A. Budimir at 46 minutes
- Number 9, A. Kramarić , substituted for J. Juranović at 90 minutes
- Number 25, L. Sučić , Yellow Card at 24 minutes, substituted for I. Perišić at 70 minutes
Substitutes
home team, Croatia
- Number 26, M. Baturina
- Number 16, A. Budimir
- Number 5, M. Erlić
- Number 18, L. Ivanušec , Yellow Card at 73 minutes
- Number 23, I. Ivušić
- Number 22, J. Juranović
- Number 12, N. Labrović
- Number 7, L. Majer
- Number 24, M. Pašalić
- Number 14, I. Perišić
- Number 17, B. Petković
- Number 20, M. Pjaca
- Number 19, B. Sosa
- Number 21, D. Vida
away team, Italy
Manager: Luciano Spalletti
Formation: 3 - 1 - 4 - 2
Pitch Formation
1, Donnarumma, Goalkeeper
13, Darmian, Defender
23, Bastoni, Defender
5, Calafiori, Defender
8, Jorginho, Defensive Midfielder
2, Di Lorenzo, Midfielder
18, Barella, Attacking Midfielder
10, Pellegrini, Attacking Midfielder
3, Dimarco, Midfielder
11, Raspadori, Striker
19, Retegui, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, G. Donnarumma , Captain
- Number 5, R. Calafiori , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 3
- Number 23, A. Bastoni
- Number 13, M. Darmian , substituted for M. Zaccagni at 81 minutes
- Number 8, Jorginho , substituted for N. Fagioli at 81 minutes
- Number 3, F. Dimarco , substituted for F. Chiesa at 57 minutes
- Number 2, G. Di Lorenzo
- Number 10, L. Pellegrini , substituted for D. Frattesi at 46 minutes
- Number 18, N. Barella
- Number 19, M. Retegui
- Number 11, G. Raspadori , substituted for G. Scamacca at 75 minutes
away team, Italy
- Number 15, R. Bellanova
- Number 4, A. Buongiorno
- Number 24, A. Cambiaso
- Number 14, F. Chiesa
- Number 16, B. Cristante
- Number 22, S. El Shaarawy
- Number 21, N. Fagioli , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 6
- Number 7, D. Frattesi
- Number 6, F. Gatti
- Number 25, M. Folorunsho
- Number 17, G. Mancini
- Number 26, A. Meret
- Number 9, G. Scamacca
- Number 12, G. Vicario
- Number 20, M. Zaccagni
home team, Croatia
Manager: Zlatko Dalic
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Pitch Formation
1, Livakovic, Goalkeeper
2, Stanisic, Defender
6, Sutalo, Defender
3, Pongracic, Defender
4, Gvardiol, Defender
10, Modric, Midfielder
11, Brozovic, Midfielder
8, Kovacic, Midfielder
25, Luka Sucic, Striker
9, Kramaric, Striker
15, Mario Pasalic, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, D. Livaković
- Number 4, J. Gvardiol
- Number 3, M. Pongračić , Yellow Card at 78 minutes
- Number 6, J. Šutalo
- Number 2, J. Stanišić , Yellow Card at 82 minutes
- Number 8, M. Kovačić , substituted for L. Ivanušec at 70 minutes
- Number 11, M. Brozović , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 1
- Number 10, L. Modrić , Captain, Yellow Card at 60 minutes, substituted for L. Majer at 81 minutes
- Number 15, M. Pašalić , substituted for A. Budimir at 46 minutes
- Number 9, A. Kramarić , substituted for J. Juranović at 90 minutes
- Number 25, L. Sučić , Yellow Card at 24 minutes, substituted for I. Perišić at 70 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 26, M. Baturina
- Number 16, A. Budimir
- Number 5, M. Erlić
- Number 18, L. Ivanušec , Yellow Card at 73 minutes
- Number 23, I. Ivušić
- Number 22, J. Juranović
- Number 12, N. Labrović
- Number 7, L. Majer
- Number 24, M. Pašalić
- Number 14, I. Perišić
- Number 17, B. Petković
- Number 20, M. Pjaca
- Number 19, B. Sosa
- Number 21, D. Vida
away team, Italy
Manager: Luciano Spalletti
Formation: 3 - 1 - 4 - 2
Pitch Formation
1, Donnarumma, Goalkeeper
13, Darmian, Defender
23, Bastoni, Defender
5, Calafiori, Defender
8, Jorginho, Defensive Midfielder
2, Di Lorenzo, Midfielder
18, Barella, Attacking Midfielder
10, Pellegrini, Attacking Midfielder
3, Dimarco, Midfielder
11, Raspadori, Striker
19, Retegui, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, G. Donnarumma , Captain
- Number 5, R. Calafiori , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 3
- Number 23, A. Bastoni
- Number 13, M. Darmian , substituted for M. Zaccagni at 81 minutes
- Number 8, Jorginho , substituted for N. Fagioli at 81 minutes
- Number 3, F. Dimarco , substituted for F. Chiesa at 57 minutes
- Number 2, G. Di Lorenzo
- Number 10, L. Pellegrini , substituted for D. Frattesi at 46 minutes
- Number 18, N. Barella
- Number 19, M. Retegui
- Number 11, G. Raspadori , substituted for G. Scamacca at 75 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 15, R. Bellanova
- Number 4, A. Buongiorno
- Number 24, A. Cambiaso
- Number 14, F. Chiesa
- Number 16, B. Cristante
- Number 22, S. El Shaarawy
- Number 21, N. Fagioli , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 6
- Number 7, D. Frattesi
- Number 6, F. Gatti
- Number 25, M. Folorunsho
- Number 17, G. Mancini
- Number 26, A. Meret
- Number 9, G. Scamacca
- Number 12, G. Vicario
- Number 20, M. Zaccagni
- Referee:
- Danny Makkelie
- Video Assistant Referee:
- Rob Dieperink
- Assistant Referee 1:
- Hessel Steegstra
- Assistant Referee 2:
- Jan de Vries
- Fourth Official:
- Serdar Gözübüyük
- Assistant VAR Official:
- Pol van Boekel
Match Officials
Match Stats
Key, Croatia v ItalyOverall Possession
Shots
Croatia 6Italy 12Shots on target
Croatia 4Italy 3Shots off target
Croatia 0Italy 2Blocked shots
Croatia 2Italy 7Total touches in the box
Croatia 21Italy 26Goalkeeper saves
Croatia 2Italy 3Fouls
Croatia 18Italy 6Corners
Croatia 2Italy 11Season so far
UEFA European Championship
Key, Croatia v Italy
Goals scored
Croatia 3Italy 3Goals conceded
Croatia 6Italy 5Shots
Croatia 34Italy 27Shots on target
Croatia 19Italy 10Shots off target
Croatia 15Italy 17Blocked shots
Croatia 10Italy 17Passing accuracy %
Croatia 89Italy 87.94Points gained from a losing position
Croatia 1Italy 4Form guide
All competitions
Croatia draw
v Albania
2
2
UEFA European Championship
Italy lose
v Spain
1
0
UEFA European Championship
Croatia lose
v Spain
3
0
UEFA European Championship
Italy won
v Albania
2
1
UEFA European Championship
Croatia won
v Portugal
1
2
Friendlies
Italy won
v Bosnia-Herzegovina
1
0
Friendlies
Croatia won
v North Macedonia
3
0
Friendlies
Italy draw
v Turkey
0
0
Friendlies
Croatia won
v Egypt
2
4
Friendlies
Italy won
v Ecuador
0
2
Friendlies
Previous meetings
All competitions
Croatia and ItalyCroatia Won 3Italy Won 1Draw 5
Played
9
Previous scores
All competitions
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers
Croatia 1 , Italy 1 on the 12th of June 2015
Croatia
Italy
12th of June 2015
Italy 1 , Croatia 1 on the 16th of November 2014
Italy
Croatia
16th of November 2014
UEFA European Championship
Italy 1 , Croatia 1 on the 14th of June 2012
Italy
Croatia
14th of June 2012
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Match Facts
This will be Croatia and Italy’s third meeting at a major tournament, all taking place in the group stages. Croatia won 2-1 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup before a 1-1 draw at UEFA EURO 2012.
Since gaining independence in the early 1990s, Croatia are unbeaten in their eight meetings against Italy (W3 D5). Their last three encounters have all ended 1-1.
This will be Croatia’s fifth UEFA European Championship meeting with the current reigning champions, with each game coming in the group stages. They beat Denmark 3-0 in 1996, drew 2-2 with France in 2004, lost 1-0 against Spain in 2012, before beating the Spaniards 2-1 in 2016.
Since the group phase was introduced in 1980, Italy have lost their final group game in only one of their nine appearances at the UEFA European Championship (W6 D2), going down 1-0 against Republic of Ireland in 2016.
Croatia have conceded five goals in two UEFA EURO 2024 group stage matches so far, only conceding more goals in two major tournament group stages, shipping six in EURO 2004 and six at the 2014 World Cup.
Croatia are winless at EURO 2024 (D1 L1) but haven’t gone through a group stage without winning at a major tournament since the 2006 World Cup (D2 L1). They’ve won their final group game at three of their last four major tournaments (D1) since losing 3-1 to Mexico at the 2014 World Cup.
Italy lost 1-0 to Spain last time out, attempting their fewest shots in a UEFA EURO game on record (four). They have never lost consecutive games at the European Championship.
Croatia have already had more shots (38) and more shots on target (15) at EURO 2024 than they had in their EURO 2020 group stage (30 shots, 10 on target). Indeed, they’ve only had more efforts on target at the group stages of two UEFA EURO tournaments – 19 in 2004 and 16 in 1996.
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is set to make his 10th UEFA EURO appearance for Italy – aged 25 years and 120 days on the day of this game, he will be the youngest goalkeeper to hit this milestone in European Championship history (current youngest is Rui Patrício in 2016, aged 28).
Luka Modric made his 34th appearance across the UEFA EURO + World Cup combined for Croatia against Albania, a total just six outfield European players can better. On MD2, he played 64 passes in the final third, the second-most by a player on record in a European Championship match (1980 onwards), behind Mesut Özil for Germany vs Greece at EURO 2012 (74).