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
Josko Gvardiol overhit the pass to Ante Budimir.
If Gvardiol took a bit more care Budimir could've been in for a shot.
Image source, Getty ImagesAlbania 0-1 Spain
Almost a spectacular finish by Joselu!
A cross is whipped into the box and the Spain forward, who is standing about eight yards out, meets it on the volley but it falls agonisingly wide.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Chris Sutton
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Croatia have got to play with greater intensity in the final third.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Good run from Josko Gvardiol for Croatia and he picks out Ante Budimir in the box but they can't fashion a chance.
Albania 0-1 Spain
Albania have hardly touched the ball this half.
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Croatia could no worse than putting Gvardiol up front after some of his goals for Man City this season.
Steve
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Osasuna's Ante Budimir goes up front for Croatia, a proper focal point in the middle. But it's another player in his 30s on.
Albania 0-1 Spain
Ellen White
Former England striker on BBC Two
I can see Spain potentially scoring more goals in the second half.
Croatia 0-0 Italy
Italy bring on Inter Milan's Davide Frattesi for Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini at the break.
Croatia make a switch too, Ante Budimir on for Mario Pasalic.
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Ben: Spain should have won all three of their matches by half time. They have been mightily impressive again tonight, and it must be nice to have so many quality options in the squad. Hunger and desire all over the pitch, and the fact they're threatening from crosses too, is a worrying prospect for any of the other teams in this tournament.
Chris: Given how brilliant Albania were in the first two games, it was always going to be a big ask for another top performance.
Who is heading through and who is going home? They're getting back under way in both games.
HT: Albania 0-1 Spain
Jose Fonte
Euro 2016 winner with Portugal on BBC Two
It's tough. Spain are a really great team and it's very difficult to play against them. I'm saying that from experience but I believe that the best thing Albania can do is make them go wide because all Spain want to do it play through the lines in the middle. So make them go wide and then defend as a group.
Albania 0-1 Spain
Ashley Williams
Former Wales defender on BBC Two
Dani Olmo caught the eye straight away with his positioning and his patience and then there is a lot of clever little bits of skill in the game.
HT: Croatia 0-0 Italy
Wayne Rooney
Former England striker on BBC One
That was very boring.
Image source, Getty ImagesHT: Albania 0-1 Spain
Ellen White
Former England striker on BBC Two
The amount of bodies that want to be in the box too. It just seems there is a connection with Spain that seems to be working.
FT: Albania 0-1 Spain
Ashley Williams
Former Wales defender on BBC Two
Ferran Torres is unbelievable. The timing of that run might look really simple but it's not. It was perfect. You can see the quality of that finish into the corner.
HT: Croatia 0-0 Italy
Micah Richards
Former England defender on BBC One
Italy get a draw, they go through.
How Luciano Spalleti sets up his team, I thought they would attack the game a bit, but the 5-3-2 [formation] is stifling the game and Croatia don't have the legs to get in behind them.
Image source, Getty ImagesHT: Croatia 0-0 Italy
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on BBC One
Very flat.
Italy have changed their shape and they got some crosses into the box, but the standard has been poor.
HT: Croatia 0-0 Italy
Wayne Rooney
Former England striker on BBC One
Croatia have to be a bit more precise and the tempo needs to be quicker.
Croatia need to try move the Italian defenders across the pitch - the tempo is too slow.
HT: Croatia 0-0 Italy
Chris Sutton
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Up top Zlatko Dalic made the changes for this game but with the greatest respect to Kramaric, he's a nice forward but him as the main striker, I am surprised.
This has been a typical Croatia performance. They have had a lot of the ball and looked nice with it but they haven't done enough.
Image source, Getty Images| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).
