“Murder” of Italy and “golden” achievement of Spain. What is happening at the European Championship?
Konstantin Krinsky June 25, 2024, 01:00 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Albania is going home, but Croatia is not yet.
The group stage of Euro 2024 for Group B ended today: Spain finished first, Italy finished second, Croatia third and Albania packs its bags. More details about the matches are in our summary.
Croatia was one minute away from the Euro Cup playoffs. Much is now in England’s hands.
What a pity for Luka Modric! The veteran seemed to have led his team to the Euro 2024 playoffs and erased all the negativity from the previous rounds. But Mattia Zaccagni put it in the 90+8 minute and made it almost impossible for the Croatians to advance from the group. For the Balkans to succeed, they need three unanswered goals from England against Slovenia. Let’s be honest: Gareth Southgate’s team is unlikely to be able to do this. One ball is difficult for him and then there are three left.
As for the Italians, they easily reached the playoffs from second place. Nothing changes for them. At the same time, it cannot be said that Luciano Spalletti’s team seems confident: four points, one of which was obtained at the last moment, is, to put it mildly, not an ideal result. But the glasses don’t smell!
Meeting details
Modric scored a historic goal in the Euro Cup! But Italy…
Spain repeated the result of 2008. What happened then, you yourself know.
Even with the second team, the Spanish team wins! And again without conceding goals. The Albanians’ goal was scored by Ferran Torres, who is not yet included in Luis de la Fuente’s main team. The Spaniards finished the group stage with a 100 percent points record. The last time this happened was at Euro 2008, which was triumphant for this team. Are you aiming for a third European Championship victory in 16 years? Strongly!
The Albanians finished last. But they did not disappoint: they fought, they fought and they were very good in their episodes. Interpretation skills were lacking in some places. And, as coach Silvinho said, it is important to stay alive in the “group of death.” Despite the situation and the need to pack their bags, the Albanian team leaves the tournament “alive”. It was impressive.
Recording what happened
Spain perfectly surpassed the group stage of the Euro Cup. This has not happened for 16 years.
