The defeat of the Eagles It means that these three teams, with 4 points left to play the third day of their respective groups, are guaranteed at least to pass as third classified, so England advances from Group C, while France and the Netherlands They do it from D.
It is worse Croatia, which with only two units makes it very difficult to recover one of the four tickets given to the third parties of each key. The Italian’s goal Mattia Zaccagni (90’+8′) in the last action of the match left teammates Luka modric on the edge of the abyss, in the presumed last dance of the eternal captain with his team.
The oldest in the Eurocup
“It’s very stressful, we fought until the end but unfortunately football has been ruthless with us. It’s been cruel,” Luka Modric assessed at a press conference. At 38 years and 289 days old, the Croatian ‘wizard’ broke the record established in 2008 by the Austrian Ivica Vastic, who had scored at 38 years and 257 days old, a consolation prize that does not compensate for the complicated situation of his national team.
The Azzurriafter turning the situation around in an agonizing way, are already thinking about their next rival in the round of 16, Swiss2nd classified in Group A. Meanwhile, in Düsseldorf, a Spain filled with substitutes, maintained its winning streak and won by the minimum (1-0) against Albania thanks to a goal Ferran Torresalthough the Red From the previous match, they had already guaranteed a place in the round of 16 as first in the group. Spain He hopes to meet his rival in the round of 16, whom he will face on June 30 in Cologne.
Does Mbappé play in France?
Although the results of Group B took away some of the excitement from Tuesday’s matchday, it remains to be seen if, freed from the pressure of playing for a place in the round of 16, France either England They offer a better game than seen so far in the tournament. The Bleus They face the already eliminated team in Dortmund Polandin a match in which they hope to have the captain again Kylian Mbappé (photo), wearing a mask after breaking his nose against Austria.
“He’s getting better and better. Today (Monday) he feels better than yesterday and the day before yesterday. That’s normal since he’s training. The bruise has deflated and he’s getting used to the mask,” declared the French coach. Didier Deschamps. Englandfor its part, will be measured with Sloveniawith the selector Gareth Southgate in the eye of criticism from the English press.
Source: Ambito
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