Group B comes to a conclusion today:
Albania - Spain
Croatia - Italy
Group B current standings
1st Spain 6pts +4 GD
2nd Italy 3pts 0 GD
3rd Albania 1pt -1 GD
4th Croatia 1pt -3 GD
The teams' respective situations:
Spain: Already guaranteed first place due to their better head to head
than Italy. Can play / test out reserves should they wish.
Italy: With their better head to head than Albania a draw would give
them second place. A narrow defeat would see them in contention for a
highest rank third place team spot.
Albania: A win (bearing in mind Spain might not have their strongest
team out) would see them reasonably confident of a highest ranked third placed team spot. A draw would see them in contention for a a highest
ranked third placed team spot, although given Hungary would be ahead of
them in the rankings their chances would depend on England, Denmark,
Portugal and Turkey winning their final group matches.
Croatia: Pretty much the same outlook as Albania, although with a worse
goal difference their chances of going through in third place following
a draw are decidedly slimmer.
RM
Real_Mardin wrote:
Group B comes to a conclusion today:
Albania - Spain
Croatia - Italy
Spalletti benches Chiesa, Scamacca and Frattesi, in come Raspadori,
Retegui and Darmian. A switch to a 3-5-2 formation? We'll see. I have a
bad feeling about this. A good feeling for Croatia, that is.
13 minutes Spain play Torres through, his low shot clips the post and
goes in to give Spain a 1-0 lead.
Croatia - Italy is 0-0.
Real_Mardin wrote:
13 minutes Spain play Torres through, his low shot clips the post and
goes in to give Spain a 1-0 lead.
Croatia - Italy is 0-0.
A bit better from Italy after a rocky first 10 minutes. Retegui with
two
half-decent chances.
Futbolmetrix wrote:
Fox Sports commentator reminds us that Italy has only won once in nine
tries against Croatia (that's actually 0 in 8 in Croatia's modern incarnation). A few years ago, Brazil was the only other team with a
winning record against Italy (now North Macedonia and Costa Rica added
to the list?)
HT:
Albania 0 - Spain 1
Aslani forced a save from Raya with a thunderous shot just before half
time, other than that its depressing how better Spains reserves are
than another European countrys first XI.
Italy 0 - Croatia 0
Futbolmetrix wrote:
Italy the better team after the first 10 minutes. Bastoni with the best
chance with a header from six yards out, well saved by Livakovic.
Still,
Croatia easily has enough talent to sneak a goal.
Second half started. Spalletti, who had complained about the state of
Italy's fitness level, sends in Frattesi for Pellegrini.
Italy the better team after the first 10 minutes. Bastoni with the best chance with a header from six yards out, well saved by Livakovic.
Still,
Croatia easily has enough talent to sneak a goal.
Must be pen.
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Must be pen.
Indeed.
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Must be pen.
Indeed.
SAVE!!!
anders t wrote:
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Must be pen.
Donnarumma saves Modric's penalty, but Italy can't clear its lines, on
the ensuing Croatian attack Donnarumma performs another miracle on
Modric, but Luka is quickest to the rebound and bangs it in.
1-0 Croatia. I don't see Italy coming back from this, too limited offensively.
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Must be pen.
Indeed.
SAVE!!!
BUT MODRIC GETS THE REVANGE!
1-0 55'
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Futbolmetrix wrote:
anders t wrote:
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Must be pen.
Donnarumma saves Modric's penalty, but Italy can't clear its lines, on
the ensuing Croatian attack Donnarumma performs another miracle on
Modric, but Luka is quickest to the rebound and bangs it in.
1-0 Croatia. I don't see Italy coming back from this, too limited
offensively.
Maybe set pieces will save us. Bastoni goes close once again.
Maybe set pieces will save us. Bastoni goes close once again.
On 2024-06-24 4:20 p.m., Futbolmetrix wrote:
Futbolmetrix wrote:
anders t wrote:
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Must be pen.
Donnarumma saves Modric's penalty, but Italy can't clear its lines, on
the ensuing Croatian attack Donnarumma performs another miracle on
Modric, but Luka is quickest to the rebound and bangs it in.
1-0 Croatia. I don't see Italy coming back from this, too limited
offensively.
Maybe set pieces will save us. Bastoni goes close once again.
Way back when Germany and Spain were bad and I mean like 10 days ago, I picked Croatia to win the group. 3 points will get you through to the
next round, so Italy should be through as well. Assuming the old men of Croatia dont blow it and they might
Quoting anders t in rec.sport.soccer:
Must be pen.
Group B final standings:
1st Spain 9pts +5 GD
2nd Italy 4pts 0 GD
3rd Croatia 2pts -3 GD
4th Albania 1pt -2 GD
Italy and Croatia literally changed positions with the last kick of the match.
Whoa.
Zaccagni 97' minute equalizer. Spectacular goal, to be fair. I feel for Modric.
Real_Mardin wrote:
Group B final standings:
1st Spain 9pts +5 GD
2nd Italy 4pts 0 GD
3rd Croatia 2pts -3 GD
4th Albania 1pt -2 GD
Italy and Croatia literally changed positions with the last kick of the
match.
Switzerland-Italy is the first confirmed R16 match
That goal all but guarantees that Austria are going
through to the knockout stages
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