Albania party as Kovacic bursts into tears. A goal in the 96th minute by Gyasula, who had earlier caused an own goal that seemed decisive, gave Sylvinho’s team a 2-2 against Croatia and also did Italy a favor as they now see their path to the round of 16 going downhill. Crazy and endless match in Hamburg. For an hour and a quarter Albania daydreamed. Laci’s lightning goal, scored by a very inspired Asllani, he had deceived everyone also because Croatia in the first half looked like a cemetery of elephants, a team resigned and at the end of the cycle. Everything changed in the second half when Dalic’s national team started to turn: a real siege that led to the comeback in the final quarter of an hour of the match and the 2-1 overtaking with Kramaric’s goal just over 15 minutes from the end and immediately afterwards Gyasyula’s own goal. Incandescent ending, very long teams and no less than 3-4 scoring opportunities per side. One – the good one – is exploited by Gyasyula who scores the 2-2. Croatia is desperate and now victory on the third day is mandatory for both of them so as not to rely only on the hopes of one of them being among the best third parties.
Euro 2024, Group B: the situation in Italy’s group
However, Italy cannot yet celebrate direct access to the round of 16 although Croatia and Albania ended in a 2-2 draw. Spalletti’s team will have to wait for the match against La Roja to better understand in what position they will be able to access the next round. In Group B, meanwhile, Italy and Spain they remain first to three points with Croatia and Albania to one point in the standings.
Euro 2024: Croatia-Albania, the tactical key to the match
Dalic change his Croatia. Perisic full back on the leftwith Petkovic central reference and widened Kramaric. However, the Croatian coach does not change his game system, despite the 3-0 defeat against Spain, and confirms his 4-3-3. Everything changes for Albania after the match lost against Italy: Sylvinho switches from 4-4-1-1 to 4-2-3-1 with Manaj first striker Supported by C with Bajrami And Asani wide on the outside lanes.
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Euro 2024, Modric never ceases to amaze with Croatia
After an initial period in the shade it also grew Modric: The direction of the Real Madrid point guard was decisive in the second half, with many assists and many quality plays coming from his feet. He will certainly be one of the biggest dangers for the Azzurri on Monday. Class has no age and Modric certainly has an advanced age but also infinite class. Kramaric is also among the best in the race, author of the temporary equalizer (1-1) on his 33rd birthday.
Euro 2024, Albania scores again in the first minutes of the game
After Bajrami’s flash goal at Euro 2024 against Italy, Sylvinho’s team found the lead again after the first minutes of the game: Laci’s header opens the scoringin the match against Croatia, taking advantage of a perfect cross by Asani, born from a perfect action of the Albanians.
Euro 2024, Croatia’s tops and flops
- Perisic 6.5. Although he plays as a left-back, he manages to create the most chances (3) in the match.
- Brozovic 5. Low pace in the first half, not very concentrated in the game and not active in participating in the maneuver.
- Kovacic 6.5. Among the best on the pitch, unsurpassed in tackling. He carries out the two phases with great pace but is unable to be dangerous going forward.
- Pasalic 6. He entered the second half in place of Brozovic, a performance without particularly dangerous offensive ideas.
Euro 2024, Albania’s tops and flops
- Hysaj 5. He pushes a lot on the right lane and prefers the offensive phase to the non-possession phase. He drops in the second half, arrives late and fails to close in the 73rd minute on Kramaric to avoid the Croatian equalizer. A decisive mistake.
- Strakosha 7.5. The former Lazio player (now at Brentford) had to bow twice but avoided at least 4-5 goals with prodigious interventions.
- Asllani 6.5. Very active in the build-up phase of the game, he assisted the goal and came close to scoring twice.
- Ramadan 6. Game of containment and sacrifice, he doesn’t shine and receives the highest number of fouls throughout the match (3).
- Bajrami 5.5. Not very active on the left flank, the Sassuolo winger remains far from goal and almost never dangerous.
- Djimsiti 5. Very unfortunate own goal in the 75th minute when he involuntarily returned Sucic’s shot into his own net.
Croatia-Albania under x-rays: historical data, trends and curiosities
It was about the first ever meeting between Croatia and Albania, in any competition. L’Albania they have won just one of their last 10 matches in which they faced a country for the first time (D5 L4), beating the Faroe Islands 3-1 in June 2023. Croatiahowever, began his journey in EURO 2024 with a 0-3 defeat against Spain, although they have not lost two games in a row in an edition of a major international tournament since EURO 1996 (0-3 against Portugal and 1-2 against Germany).
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