✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Tuesday 25 June 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 25 June 2024
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuesday 25 June 2024
👉Draw at the 98th against the Croatians, we are in the Round of 16
Italy miracle
Heartbeat Blue
Giggio saves everything
Punished by Modric
Zaccagni keeps us alive with a final magic
On Saturday there’s Switzerland pic.twitter.com/5L8mVVAfD9
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Tuesday 25 June 2024
Front Page Corriere dello Sport, Tuesday 25 June 2024
👉From nightmare to celebration: 1-1 with Croatia, Saturday there’s Switzerland
Euro Pheeeew!
Crazy Italy: passes in the 98th minute thanks to Zaccagni
Azzurri in the Round of 16
Good news, the Italian team qualified for the UEFA Round of 16 as 2nd in Group B. Spain qualified as Group B Leaders. Italy will play against Switzerland on Saturday 29 June at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany at 18:00.
Spain secured their spot after beating Albania 1-0. Spain ended with a perfect nine points in Group B.
Italy, the defending European champions, advanced to the Round of 16 after defeating Croatia 1-0 in the group stage. Italy ended 2nd in Group B.
🇮🇹 Italy qualified for the UEFA EURO 2024 Round of 16.
47% Ball Possession CROATIA and 53% Ball Possession ITALY
Croatia 1 – 1 Italy
55′ Luka Modric 98′ Mattia Zaccagni
✅ Croatia and Italy ended the UEFA EURO 2024 Group Stage Group B game with a draw on Monday 24 June at the Leipzig Stadium in Leipzig, Germany. Italy battled until the end, and literally got the qualification to the Round of 16 in the 98th minute with the equalizer goal by Mattia Zaccagni. At the last breath, when only the most optimists believed in a miracle. Zaccagni finds the magic touch that gives Italy the second place of the group and the transition to the round of 16. Definitely, a great moment for Zaccagni to score his first goal with the Italian team to give Italy the qualification. I cried and jumped celebrating this goal, ITALIAAAAAA, thanks Zaccagni!
This will be the third meeting between Croatia and Italy in a major international tournament and for the third time, it will be in the group stage. Croatia won 2-1 in the 2002 World Cup, before drawing 1-1 at EURO 2012. Italy is coming off a 1-0 defeat against Spain, a match in which they recorded their lowest record of shots in a European Championship match since this data became available (four). The Azzurri have never lost two consecutive matches at the European Championships.
The UEFA EURO 2024 Group B Standing shows Spain in the 1st position with 9 points and a positive goal difference of +5. Italy in the 2nd position with 4 points and a goal difference of “0”. Croatia in the 3rd position with 2 point and a negative goal difference of -3. Albania in the 4th position also with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -2.
🇭🇷 Serie A and Serie B Players with Croatia’s EURO 2024 squad
Defender Martin Erlić (Sassuolo) listed among substitutes
Defender Marin Pongračić (Lecce) 78′ minute yellow card, played all 90 minutes
Midfielder Mario Pašalić (Atalanta) played the first 45 minutes and was replaced by Ante Budimir.
Midfielder Nikola Vlašić (Torino) had to leave from June 18 the national team camp and miss the remainder of the European Championship in Germany due to a muscle injury during training.
What a rollercoaster. In the 52nd minute, Italy conceded a penalty following Davide Frattesi handball inside the penalty area. It is Luka Modric to take the penalty spot while goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved the penalty in the bottom right corner.
The bad news is that Luka Modrid, just few minutes after his failed penalty, he gave Croatia the lead in the 55th minute. Modric defeated goalkeeper Donnarumma from very close range with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
38 – At the age of 38 years and 289 days, Luka Modric is the oldest player to ever score at the UEFA European Championship finals. Timeless. #EURo2024pic.twitter.com/ESECX0gDAk
An agonizing ending with a ray of hope. Italy equalized in the 98th minute. Mattia Zaccagni defeated Croatia goalkeeper with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Riccardo Calafiori.
🏆👉 🇭🇷 Croatia 1 – 1 Italy 🇮🇹 98th minute, ⚽️ goal by Mattia Zaccagni equalized for @Azzurri_En with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Riccardo Calafiori. https://t.co/4F81bRb8rf
97:19 – Mattia Zaccagni's is the latest goal scored by Italy (excl. extra-time) at the UEFA European Championships (97 minutes and 19 seconds). Providential.#EURO2024#CroatiaItalypic.twitter.com/3Rw08rdfVE
✅ Stats before the game: Since gaining independence in the early 1990s, Croatia has remained unbeaten in the eight matches played against Italy (W3, D5). Notably, all the last three matches have ended 1-1. For the fifth time Croatia will find itself challenging the reigning national champions in a European Championship match and for the fifth time it will happen in the group stage. Previously, they beat Denmark 3-0 in 1996, drew 2-2 with France in 2004, lost 1-0 to Spain in 2012 and beat the Spanish 2-1 in 2016. Since the group stage was introduced in 1980, Italy have lost their final group match in only one of their nine European Championship appearances (W6, D2), a 1-0 defeat to Ireland in 2016 . So far Croatia have conceded five goals in the two group stage matches of EURO 2024, only on two occasions have they conceded more goals in a single group stage of a major international tournament: six at EURO 2004 and six in the 2014 World Cup. Croatia has not yet found success at EURO 2024 (1N, 1P), the last time they finished a group stage of a major international tournament without a win was in the 2006 World Cup (2N, 1P). The Croatians have won their last group match in three of their last four major international tournaments (N1) since losing to Mexico 3-1 at the 2014 World Cup.
0 – Italy will field a starting XI without Juventus players in a major tournament match (World Cup/EUROs) for the first time since the 1998 FIFA World Cup, against Cameroon. Unexpected.#EURO2024#CroatiaItalypic.twitter.com/36kcbgMofr
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant referees: Hessel Steegstra (NED) and Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink (NED)
⚽️ Goals: 55′ Luka Modric (C), 98′ Mattia Zaccagni (I)
🟨 Booked: 24′ Luka Sucic (C), 60′ Luka Modric (C), 73′ Luka Ivanusec (C), 78′ Marin Pongracic (C), 82′ Josip Stanisic (C), 91′ Marcelo Brozovic (C), 93′ Riccardo Calafiori (I), 96′ Nicolò Fagioli (I)
🏆👉 Here are the official starting lineups for the UEFA EURO 2024 Group Stage Group B Matchday 3 game Croatia vs Italy on Monday 24 June at the Leipzig Stadium in Leipzig, Germany at 21:00.
🇳🇱 Dutch Referee Danny Makkelie will be assisted by Hessel Steegstra (NED) and Jan de Vries (NED). The Fourth Official will be Serdar Gözübüyük (NED). The Video Assistant Referee will be Rob Dieperink (NED)
The UEFA EURO 2024 Group B Standing shows Spain in the 1st position with 6 points and a positive goal difference of +4. Italy in the 2nd position with 3 points and a goal difference of “0”. Albania in the 3rd position with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -1. Croatia in the 4th position also with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -3.
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant referees: Hessel Steegstra (NED) and Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
Video Assistant Referee: Rob Dieperink (NED)
41% Ball Possession ALBANIA and 59% Ball Possession SPAIN
Albania 0 – 1 Spain
. 13′ Ferran Torres
✅ Spain won the UEFA EURO 2024 on Monday 24 June 2024 defeating Albania at the Düsseldorf Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. Spain already qualified to the Round of 16 and claim all full 9 points leading Group B. Italy got a late equalizer goal in the 98th minute against Croatia reaching 4 points and qualifying as second of the Group. Spain took the advantage with Ferran Torres and then fails some potential occasions with Torres himself and with Olmo. In the second half Albania builds some dangerous situations with Broja but in the end to celebrate Spain which, despite the turnover, gets clean Sheet and the three points.
Spain have won all eight previous matches against Albania (31 goals scored, 3 conceded). Among the national teams against which Spain has always found success, against no other has it boasted more matches – eight wins out of eight also against Liechtenstein and Malta.
The UEFA EURO 2024 Group B Standing shows Spain in the 1st position with 9 points and a positive goal difference of +5. Italy in the 2nd position with 4 points and a goal difference of “0”. Croatia in the 3rd position with 2 point and a negative goal difference of -3. Albania in the 4th position also with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -2.
🇦🇱 Serie A and Serie B Players with Albania’s EURO 2024
Goalkeeper Etrit Berisha (Empoli)
Elhan Kastrati (Cittadella)
Defender Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta)
Defender Elseid Hysaj (Lazio)
Defender Ardian Ismajli (Empoli)
Defender Marash Kumbulla (Sassuolo)
Midfielder Kristjan Asllani (Inter)
Midfielder Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo)
Midfielder Ylber Ramadani (Lecce)
Forward Medon Berisha (Lecce)
Spain took the lead in the 13th minute. Ferran Torres defeated Albania goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Dani Olmo.
🏆👉 🇦🇱Albania 0 – 1 Spain 🇪🇸, 13th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ferran Torres for @SEFutbol with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Dani Olmo. https://t.co/NcjLkbDyM4
✅ Stats before the game: Albania have conceded at least two goals in each of their nine meetings with Spain in all competitions. The 9-0 defeat in the European Championship qualifiers in December 1990 remains the largest ever for the Albanian national team in an official match. Albania have scored the first goal in each of their two EURO 2024 matches, although they have yet to find success (D1, L1). No nation has ever scored the first goal in three consecutive European Championship matches without managing to win any of them.
Spain could win the first three matches of a European Championship for the second time in the competition, having done so in 2008 – an edition which they then won (1-0 against Germany in the final). Albania have conceded two goals in each of their last two matches, both at EURO 2024 (1-2 v Italy, 2-2 v Croatia), after having conceded two or more goals only once in their previous 14 matches in all competitions. The Albanians have not conceded at least two goals in three consecutive matches since a series of five between October 2016 and June 2017. In the last match against Italy, Spain gained possession of the ball in the final third of the field on 10 occasions: it is the highest figure for the Spaniards in a European Championship match since the 2008 quarter-finals, again against the Azzurri (13).
By Anna Italia
