All the combinations with which Italy will be able to continue its journey to the European Championships. To remain master of its own destiny, Spalletti’s national team cannot lose the last match of the group.
After the defeat against Spain, Italy will play for passage to the round of 16 of the European Championships in the last match of group B of the European Championships. Indeed it will be Italy-Croatia to establish the fate of Spalletti’s national team, with the Azzurri who, in order not to depend on the results of the other matches, will need to win or draw against the Croatian national team, although in the event of a defeat they will still have the possibility of going through as third place .
Italy in the round of 16 if… results and combinations against Croatia
Italy will qualify for the round of 16 in the event of win or draw against Croatia, regardless of the result of Albania-Spain. In this case, Spalletti’s national team Group B would close in second placebehind Spain already confident of first place, and would meet the second in group A in the round of 16.
What happens if Italy loses against Croatia
In case of defeat Italy instead she would no longer be the master of destiny. In fact, Spalletti’s national team would close the group with just 3 points, and it certainly would behind both Croatiawho would surpass the Azzurri at 4 points, than to Spain, already sure of first place with the 6 points gained in the first two games. In the event of a surprising Albania’s victory against Spainhowever, Italy would end up being overtaken at 4 by Albania too, and would close the group in last place and be eliminated from the European Championships. Otherwise, however, Spalletti’s national team would finish the group in third place with 3 points and could go through to be among the four best third-placed teams. The Azzurri should therefore hope that at least two of the teams that finish their group in third position, with a lower score than Italy, with the same points but a worse goal difference. This is the case of Hungary, third in Group A but with a goal difference of -3: the national team, in the event of a defeat, would at best have a difference of -1.
How Croatia plays and what to expect from the match against Italy at the 2024 European Championships
The ranking of Group B at the European Championships, who advances on equal points
In the event of Italy’s draw with Croatia, and Albania’s simultaneous victory against Spain, the group standings would see Spain first with 7 points, Italy and Albania on 4, and Croatia last with 2 points. In this scenario, theItaly would finish ahead of Albania for having won the direct clashand would qualify for the round of 16 in second place.
