The ball is crossed by Cesara Azpilicuety and he is marked down for the hat trick.
Hannah Mckay, Reuters
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The players of “La Roja” turned the development after Pedri’s own goal and five minutes before the end they led 3: 1 thanks to the hits of Pablo Sarabia, César Azpilicueta and Ferran Torres. However, the Croats forced an extension after the goals of Mislav Oršič and Maria Pašalič. However, Álvaro Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal decided another goal from the 100th and 103rd minutes.
Coach Luis Enrique’s charges were among the top eight teams in the competition after nine years, and in the quarterfinals they will face the best of France-Switzerland on July 2. At the same time, as the first team in the history of the European Championships, they scored five goals in a row in the second match. On the contrary, Croats have been waiting for a quarter-final participation since 2008.
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Recent opponents of the Czech team from the basic group of Croats entered without their best scorer at the Perišič tournament, who had a positive test for coronavirus. Rebich played in his place in the attack. However, it was the Spaniards who had a better entry into the match, and after a quarter of an hour of play, Koke ran for the defense, but the goalkeeper Livakovič struck well. Subsequently, Morata, who hit Vid’s hand at the head, also failed, but because the Croatian defender had it at his body, referee Cakir did not order a penalty.
Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simón would probably not see each other after Croatia in the first half of the EURO round, against Croatia.
Stuart Franklin, Reuters
Moreover, it was even worse for the Spaniards a moment later. During one of the passes, Pedri sent a pass almost halfway through the field to Simon, but the ball jumped his right foot and ended up in the net. It was a record ninth own goal in the tournament and, according to the Opta server, even scored from the longest distance in the history of the European Championships (45 meters).
However, the “La Roja” footballers managed to equalize by the half. Seven minutes before the break, Gayá fired hard, the goalkeeper Livakovič pushed the ball just in front of him and the arriving Sarabia was not wrong.
EURO 2021
The European Football Championship, which was originally scheduled to be played a year ago, it starts on June 11 and ends on July 11. EURO is hosted by eleven countries, the Czech national football team is in group D together with England, Croatia and Scotland. The championship finale is played at the legendary Wembley.
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Although the Croats sent a new striker Kramarič to the second half, it was still the Spaniards who dictated the pace of the game. In addition, they transformed the territorial dominance in the percentage ratio of 68:32 into the second goal shortly before the end of the hour of play. After the ball was lifted in from the left, Azpilicueta was on his own in the home side’s penalty area and should have scored after 80 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. The Chelsea defender scored his first national team goal and at the age of 31 became the oldest Spanish author of the first EURO goal.
When Ferran Torres raised after a quick break in the 77th minute, it seemed that the Spaniards would calmly head to the quarterfinals. However, in the end, the Croats mobilized their forces and five minutes before the end, they returned them to the game with a stop after a scrum, alternating with Oršič. The goal technology assured the referee that the ball crossed the goal line in a confusing situation.
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Croatian goal joy.
Stuart Franklin, Reuters
Encouraged vice-champions of the world then intensified the attack and in the second minute of the set time, another substitute player, Pašalič, jumped on Oršič’s center and sent the match into overtime. Oršič became the first alternating Croatian football player to score a goal and assist in a big tournament.
The striker Dinama Zagreb then had another shooting opportunity in overtime, but he overshot it and his teammate Kramarič soon caught it with a reflexive intervention by Simon. On the contrary, the goals were scored by the Spaniards. In the 100th minute, Olmo found Morat in the center, who did not give Livakovich a chance with a blow under the crossbar. The goal-paralyzed Croats arrived with the fifth goal after a quick break by Oyarzabal.
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The ball is in the Croatian net and the Spaniards are celebrating!
Hannah Mckay, Reuters
The Spaniards then survived the escape of Budimir, who just missed the right post, at the beginning of the second overtime, and on the second attempt they watched the progress until the end. Together with the previous 5-0 win over Slovakia, they became the first team in the history of the European Championships to score ten goals in two consecutive matches. They thus surpassed the previous nine-goal record of the Dutch, who 21 years ago won 3: 2 over France and subsequently outclassed 6: 1 Yugoslavia.
“We really suffered this. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to advance in the elimination phase. But now we’ve broken the ice against the world runners-up. It’s not good to have two goals at the end of normal playing time, but we were in overtime. better team and we deserve to move on, “Azpilicueta told UEFA.
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Disappointed Croatian fans after the loss of their footballers to the EURO with Spain.
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“The opponent was better in the first 60 minutes. But once we started attacking at the end, we played better and created more chances. Thanks to that we balanced and showed our quality and character. At the beginning of the overtime we were able to complete everything, but we didn’t change two good ones. chances and, on the contrary, collected two more goals, to which we could no longer react, “said Croatian captain Modrič.
“The fact that we scored five goals and advanced means that we are constantly improving. It proves that we have a good team. We played a good match and beat a very good team. We are still going up in performance,” added Spanish captain Busquets.
| European Football Championship – Round of 16 (Copenhagen): |
| Croatia – Spain 3: 5 after extra time (3: 3, 1: 1) |
| Goals: 20. own Pedri, 85. Oršič, 90. + 2 Pašalič – 38. Sarabia, 57. Azpilicueta, 77. F. Torres, 100. Morata, 103. Oyarzabal. Judges: Cakir – Duran, Ongun (all Tur.) – Dankert (video, Germany). ŽK: Brozovič, Čaleta-Car (both Chor.). Attendance: Attendance: 22,771 (limited number). |
| Croatia: Livakovic – Juranovic (74. Brekalo), Vida, Caleta-Car, Guardiol – Modric (114th Ivanusec), Brozovic, Kovacic (79th Budimir) – Vlasic (79th Pasalic), Petkovic (46th Kramaric), Rebic (67 Oršič). Coach: Dalic. |
| Spain: Simón – Azpilicueta, García (71. P. Torres), Laporte, Gayá (77. Alba) – Koke (77. Ruiz), Busquets (101. Rodri), Pedri – F. Torres (88. Oyarzabal), Morata, Sarabia (71. Elm). Trenér: Enrique. |
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