Italy counts the seconds! The whole team fell into a carnival, the 38-year-old Magic Flute was unwilling, and England was happy

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2024-06-25 05:06Published in Liaoning

On June 25, Beijing time, the final round of the group stage of the European Cup began, and Group B Croatia and Italy ushered in a life-and-death battle, and Italy only needed a draw to qualify. In this game, with Zaccagni's countdown to equalize, Italy drew 1-1 with Croatia and advanced to the round of 16 in the second group.

Group B is one of the groups of death at this European Championship, with favourites Spain, defending champions Italy, World Cup semi-finalists Croatia and Albania, who are stronger than famous. In the first two rounds, Spain qualified early with 6 points, Italy ranked second with 3 points, and Albania and Croatia were both ranked third and fourth with 1 point. For Croatia, they must win if they want to qualify, otherwise it is the difference between a death sentence and a suspended death. Italy, on the other hand, is not at the point of resting and may be out of the tournament if they lose. The two old traditional powerhouses, meeting in a narrow way at the end of the battle, have to defend the glory and aura, which has a trace of tragedy.

In terms of starters, Croatia still continued the framework of the first two games, Kramaric played as the center forward, Modric and Brozovic sat in the midfield, Gvardiol led the backline, and the goalkeeper was still Livakovic; On the Italian side, Manuel Pellegrini led the way. In the opening stages, Susic's long-range shot was knocked out by Donnarumma, after which Croatia did not threaten to attack and played unhurriedly, as if it was not Italy who drew the qualification, but them. Italy's Bastoni's close-range header was saved by Livakovic and almost rewrote the score. The two sides exchanged a blank at half-time.

In the second half, the Italian team Frattesi handballed in the 51st minute, and the referee gave a penalty. Luka Modric's penalty was saved, and Budimir's shot was saved again in the second attack, and Modric made up for it to break the deadlock. Di Lorenzo and Calafiori and Dimarco on the left were all responsible, and Donnarumma threw punches and roared. It was the 38-year-old's fourth goal at the European Championships, and it has been 16 years since his first goal. The Italian team continued to change attackers to launch a general attack, and Croatia retracted the defense. Eight minutes of stoppage time were fleeting, and just as everyone was waiting for the final whistle, Zaccagni scored into the corner with a handful of effortless shots in the 98th minute to make it 1-1 to Italy's draw. In an instant, the joy and sorrow were completely reversed. The whole Italian team reveled, and it meant that Croatia was almost going home.

After this game, Spain did not release Albania on the other field, winning 3 consecutive games and 9 points to qualify, Italy ranked second with 4 points, Croatia was third with 2 points, and Albania was at the bottom. After Italy's qualification, they face Switzerland, who are second in Group A, in the quarter-finals, and their winner will likely face the winners of Group C. This situation may not be what England want, after all, Croatia are the opponent they would like to meet more than Italy. England, who had almost reached the semi-finals after winning the group, opened the champagne early this time.

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