Extreme Flat! Italy counterattacked and advanced, Croatia was very wronged, Huang Jianxiang: Where did it come for 8 minutes?

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2024-06-25 05:36Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

The final match of Group B is officially underway, with Croatia and Italy going head-to-head. Previously, Italy was in second place with 1 win and 1 loss, and only a draw was needed to qualify. For Croatia, because they only got one point in the previous two games, they can only take all three points in the last battle. The game did go in the direction everyone had envisioned, with Luka Modric's follow-up strike giving Croatia a great chance, but in the final minute of stoppage time, Zaccagni's counter-attack equalised the scores and changed the fortunes of both teams. Italy qualified directly from the group, while Croatia only had 2 points and was out!

Croatia, who had no way out, kept trying to attack the Italian hinterland after the opening. And Italy is not in a hurry, and while playing steadily, they use defensive counterattacks to threaten the Croatian defense. However, for Croatia, although the team is in control and can also dominate the counter-attack on the spot, the lack of change in tempo makes it difficult to create a dangerous attack against Italy's three central defenders.

In the 20th minute, Retegui's close-range header was blocked by Gvardiol. Lorenzo Pellegrini then fired in a cushioned cross and Retegui wasted another good chance. Then for a long time, the Italian team took the initiative in the attack, and in the 27th minute, Bastoni's header was saved by Livakovic without being guarded!

After being attacked by Italy for a period of time, Croatia changed their tactics and strategy, deliberately slowing down the pace and stabilizing the overall situation while holding the ball. Luka Modric ran back and forth on both flanks to create a couple of dangerous combinations for Croatia, but struggled to break through Italy's dense defence. At the end of the final half, neither team scored a goal, and the competition ended 0:0 for the time being.

Although the fate of the two teams is different, Italy has more options, and Croatia is fighting with their backs, but Italy plays more calmly. Using his defensive formation of five defenders, he almost completely limited Croatia's attack, and for a period in the middle of the game, the attacking end suppressed Croatia's attacks, Retegui and Bastoni, and was only lucky to score. On the other hand, Croatia, although it has put on an offensive formation of 433, it is difficult to play a dazzling match on the offensive end, even if it has the advantage of possession, but it lacks vertical penetration, and almost all of them are horizontal passes. And there is almost no change in the tempo, which is also where the team struggles relatively well.

After the start of the second half, Croatia's offensive routine, compared to the first half, has a good improvement, in the 52nd minute, the front field continued to win the opportunity, Kramaric shot, caused Frattesi's handball, the referee directly blew a penalty, but unfortunately Modric's penalty was saved by Donnarumma!

Just a minute later, Croatia threatened again, with Boudimir's header saved by Donnarumma again, but Luka Modric slotted home from the spot! After breaking the goal, Modric couldn't hide his tears, after all, the pressure was too great, and this lightning redemption was a kind of release. After the balance of the game was upset, there was a noticeable change in the pace and intensity of the two teams.

Italy clearly dominated the attack, with Darmian on the wing getting a number of good chances in the box, but whether it was a shot or a cross, the final shot was not always done well. Besieging Croatia's penalty area, the cross from the two wings did not work too well, Retegui's physical decline coupled with the advantage of Croatia's height. However, Croatia's formation is relatively deep, and there are opportunities for long-range shots at the top of the penalty area.

Subsequently, the two teams continued to change horses, Italy replaced Scamacca, and the penalty area formed a double high striker configuration! After Budimir came on the pitch, the threat to the Italian defence, even the active movement in the defence, provided a great help to Croatia. In the 86th minute, the Italian side crossed the penalty area, Kramaric and Frattesi missed opportunities in a row, but what they didn't expect was that in the last minute of the supplementary shot, Zaccagni counterattacked and scored a goal to equalize! This is the end of the competition.

was helpless, the team could have qualified directly, but unexpectedly, Croatia fell at the last second. The national team careers of veterans such as Modric and Perisic may be over when they hide their faces and cry. Although the result of the game has been decided, we still have to ask a very controversial question: why eight minutes of stoppage time? Except for a video replay of the penalty, the game was basically very smooth, and Huang Jianxiang and Xu Yang both raised great doubts about the 8-minute stoppage time.

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