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 0-0 Italy
Danny Murphy
Former England midfielder on BBC One
When Croatia get in the wide positions they have got to whip the ball in and get some numbers in the box.
Get some crosses in there and take a risk.
Albania 0-1 Spain
David Raya has had absolutely nothing to do all game. He attempts a rare clearance and almost makes an absolute mess of it.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Croatia fans applaud as left-back Josko Gvardiol deals with a threat to head the ball back to his keeper from 40 yards.
Albania 0-1 Spain
Was that an attempt or was Dani Olmo trying to find a team-mate inside the Albanian box? Either way it drops wide of the target after a corner is punched clear by keeper Thomas Strakosha.
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Say what you want about the Italians (their football at this tournament may not be great to watch), but you can’t argue that their coaching team look as stylish as they did at the last Euros.
Charlie
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Chris Sutton
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
The Italians look far more dangerous than the Croatians when they are going forward.
Croatia are pretty in possession at times but lack that punch.
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Croatia work a corner back to Luka Modric but his cross is beyond Mario Pasalic.
Albania 0-1 Spain
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC Two
Albania need to do more of putting the ball into channels, trying to win corners, free-kicks and set-pieces. I think that the more they play in their own half, the more it encourages Spain to get on top of them.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Danny Murphy
Former England midfielder on BBC One
This Italian side tonight were outclassed by Spain, but they have done OK tonight.
They have got used to the system and they have had the best chance of the game - I think Luciano Spalletti will be reasonably pleased.
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Italy midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini, the Roma captain, has a go from 20 yards out but his low shot is saved by Dominik Livakovic, who has been the busier keeper.
Albania 0-1 Spain
Rey Manaj goes down and Albania are unhappy they have not got a free-kick. Spain play on and almost conjure up a second goal.
Spain are comfortably in control. They're so well organised and are passing it around with so much confidence.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Croatia still haven't had a shot since the fifth minute. They need to win to have a realistic chance of going through. Not great.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Chris Sutton
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Image source, Getty ImagesCroatia when they have been in possession haven't created real clear-cut chances yet.
That was better. More pacing in their passing but Donnarumma was down smartly.
The key for Croatia is that they have got some good ball players so move it quicker.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Italy midfielder Nicolo Barella has played more line breaking passes in the final third than any other player so far (three).
Croatia 0-0 Italy
The two captains involved. Luka Modric blasts a ball across the box which Gianluigi Donnarumma gets down low to get his gloves on.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Alex Bysouth
BBC Sport at Red Bull Arena
Oh, what a save! The whole Croatia end behind the goal held their breath as that cross dropped on to the head of Alessandro Bastoni, waiting for the net to ripple. They couldn't quite believe their eyes when it didn't. The Croatia fans have been by far the louder throughout, but were silenced for a split second there.
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Loving the Spanish summer kit! Very chic.
Raymond
Albania 0-1 Spain
Albania don't want to be going home just yet but they have serious work to do. They've still to force Spain keeper David Raya into a save and, as it stands, they're bottom of Group B and heading for the exit door.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Chris Bevan
BBC Sport at Red Bull Arena
it was around about this point of their game against Spain that Croatia unravelled after a decent start and although they haven't conceded yet, the same is happening here.
Croatia dominated possession in the opening minutes but they cannot keep hold of the ball at the moment, and it has been like that for a while. They need their midfield to take hold of the ball and take the sting out of this game for a while.
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Chris Sutton
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
That's an unbelievable piece of goalkeeping.
Bastoni shouldn't give him a chance though. He should go across him back towards the post and he doesn't.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
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| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
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| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
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| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
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Manager: Zlatko Dalic
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Luciano Spalletti
Formation: 3 - 1 - 4 - 2
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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).
