In the battle and 2nd group of Euro 2024!
After the premiere in Munich, on Saturday (15/6), the action begins, among other things, in… the group of death. Where the European champion Italy and the semi-finalist Spain are considered the big favorites for the two tickets of direct qualification to the “16”, however there is also the… world cup Croatian but also the ambitious and dangerous Albania.
The Spain and Croatiantherefore, they face each other on 19:00 in the Olympic stadium of Berlin, in the premiere of the 2nd group (Italy-Albania at 22:00 the other game).
The match will be televised by ERT1 and radio by News Bulletin 247while there will be live updates from sport-fm.gr.
On the one hand, “Furia Roja”. In the previous Euro it reached up to semi-finals, where he was eliminated by Italy on penalties. At the World Cup in Qatar he did not fare well, as he was eliminated in just the “16” from Morocco. However, last summer… he was relatively mastering it Nations League, even against its current opponent. It’s about her 12th appearance in the final phase of the event, having won the trophy three times (1964, 2008 and 2012).
By Luis de la Fuente on its bench from January 2023, with the 62-year-old technician succeeding Luis Enrique. It is in a stage relative renewalwith several of the “pizzirikades” (mainly from Barcelona) giving their “present”.
In the qualifying group he did… parade, finishing in 1st place and to +4 from 2nd Scotland (from whom they also suffered their only loss of points, losing 2-0 away). Two “five” split its warm-up friendlies against Andorra (5-0) and Northern Ireland (5-1).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVqtb1_3QuA
On the other hand, Croatian. Only with… surprise is no longer associated with any of its course. All the same, she has managed to consider any outcome contrary to her latest successes a failure. Euro 2024, then, for its formidable total Zlatko Dalic, who completes a seven-year stint on the bench of Hrvatska. An ensemble in every sense of the word, with terrific chemistry and of course quality.
Croatia in recent years has made a… bang in the World Cups (2nd place in 2018, 3rd in 2022). In the summer of 2023, he was defeated in the final of the Nations League by Spain, on penalties. Briefly, it reaches the… source -which given the facts is a huge feat- but he doesn’t drink water. Now she seeks to make a difference in a European Championship, where her greatest success so far is her presence in the quarter-finals (1996 and 2008). After all, he has been eliminated in the round of 16 the last two times. Does he recommend her? Her 7th appearance in Euro and 6th in a row.
At the level of the roster, the vast majority of its main protagonists in its recent successes are once again “present”, led of course by Lukas Modric! And if the years pass, new blood comes. As… young can be considered (based on the experience he has collected), for example, Joseph Guardiol. Of course, Domagoi is also on the mission Vidawith the central defender of AEK participating in the final phase of a major tournament for the 7th time in his career!
He only narrowly missed the final stage. After all, it was the 21st and last time in history to secure a direct ticket (via the group stage of the qualifiers) to the stadiums of Germany. Finished at 2nd place of the 4th group with 16 points, behind Turkey (17 points) and ahead of Wales (12 points), Armenia (8 points) and Latvia (3 points). Essentially, the home defeat (0-1) against Turkey cost her the first place (of course, she also got a “double” in our neighboring country, in the 2nd matchday). Excellent in friendships of its preparation, initially beating North Macedonia (3-0) and then the away match against Portugal (1-2).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEm0vgAx9yo
In the competitive part now, as far as Spain is concerned, o Laporte suffering from annoyances. Although he got time to participate in the last friendly, he is expected to miss today’s game and probably the next one against Italy. There is also the possibility of replacing him in the mission. There are no problems for standard guests.
See Spain and Croatia profiles here.
Possible compositions:
Spain (Luis de la Fuente): Unai Simeone – Carvajal, Nacho, Le Normand, Grimaldo – Merino, Rodri, Pedri – Yamal, Morata, N. Williams.
Croatia (Zlatko Dalic): Livakovic – Stanisic, Sutalo, Pongracic, Guardiol – Kovacic, Brozovic, Modric – Meyer, Budimir, Kramaric.
Referee of the match will be the Englishman Michael Oliver (VAR his countryman, Stuart Atwell).
Source: Sport Fm
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