2024-06-15 20:28:33
Spain completed Croatia 3-0 in a single half within the derby of the loss of life of the European “B” group.
Alvaro Morata opened the scoring within the twenty ninth minute after the ball was received away within the Croatian half and the striker popped up alone in opposition to Livakovic and made no mistake. 3 minutes later, Fabian Ruiz made it 2:0. Within the added time of the primary half, Yamal put the ball on the ft of Dani Carvajal and he made it 3:0.
The complete circus got here across the eightieth minute. Referee Michael Oliver awarded a penalty for tripping Bruno Petkovic by Rodri and Rodri was proven a yellow card. VAR confirmed it. Petkovic took the 11-meter, Unai Simon saved it, however Perisic returned the ball within the penalty space and Petkovic scored. Nonetheless, Perisic was discovered to have entered the penalty space sooner than the shot and an oblique free kick was awarded to the Spaniards.
Within the very first second, Lamin Yamal turned the youngest participant within the historical past of Europeans. He’s solely 16 years and 338 days previous. The previous file was held by the previous European of Poland’s Kasper Kozlowski, who was 17 years and 246 days previous.
Alvaro Morata scored his seventh European objective, forward of solely Cesc Fabregas in conditions resulting in a objective. Fabregas has 3 and 5 assists in European. He left injured within the second half as a consequence of muscle issues.
Carvajal turned the oldest Spaniard to attain in a European competitors at 32 years and 156 days. He was assisted by Yamal with the file for the youngest participant.
Compositions:
Spain: Unai Simon – Daniel Carvajal, Robben Le Normand, Nacho Fernandez, Marc Cucurea – Pedri (60-Dani Olmo), Rodri (87-Martin Subimenti), Fabian Ruiz – Lamine Yamal (87-Ferran Torres), Alvaro Morata (67 -Miquel Oyarzabal), Nico Williams (67-Miquel Merino).
Croatia: Dominik Livakovic – Josip Stanisic, Josip Šutalo, Marin Pongracic, Josko Guardiol – Luka Modric (66-Mario Pasalic), Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic (66-Luka Sucic) – Lovro Meyer, Ante Budimir (56-Ivan Perisic), Andrei Kramaric (72-Bruno Petkovic).