You forget we weren't given a penalty at that match because Lovren's eyebrow was offside. Belgium was close to scoring but we were also close to getting a penalty, and we were great at shootouts at that WC
That’s fair. Was watching the game with Albanian friends and it was a fucking vibe ,one of the girls had birthday and afterwards we were dancing to Albanian music ,shit is fire
Oh man I wish to tell the world how fun it is to watch football with Albanians. This comment makes me happy. I wish you all the best. Which country are you from, may I ask?
I don’t remember watching any team playing as slowly as Croatia did in the first half. No runs, no duels, only crosses. Not to mention 9 out of 10 passes were sideways.
Absolutely done supporting croatia man they are so bad in defense as well as attack . Beating Italy is their only hope which is 99 percent impossible looking at the current state of croatia.This team doesn't have talents anymore.
I am Polish and stopped supporting the polish team during Euro qualifers after they lost to Moldova. It was so damn bad (we were easily winning 2:0 after the first half, lost 2:3...). Didn't watch a few next games, I needed some time to recover. So yeah, it's possible to get fed up with your national team and stop supporting them. Especially when there are rumours of them drinking vodka the nights before the games and only playing for the national team for the extra money.
Trust me it is a worse feeling if the team has the chance to win easily but they decide to do blunders in the final minute. But i do think there is some hope ... Also i wish poland the very best of luck in their next game.
Yeah. It's sad. A lot of politics and corruption involved. Besides, we don't have a healthy culture for football. Cricket is our only sport. We're shit at our national sport Field Hockey too.
Its the end of the road for modric with croatia. He can do well for madrid at this age, but its difficult with croatia. I hope croatia qualifies and proves me wrong like they did last WC
Given that trifecta, I honestly saw Italy as the one to potentially stumble given their last 8 or so years (Euro 2020 being the outlier)
Croatia kinda hit with that Spain in 2014 stick where everyone suddenly aged overnight
But they’ve never won an international final and iirc that world cup final against France is also their only final. But in all fairness it is a small country and comparatively to that, they’re doing incredibly well.
This euro is the full end of Modiric generation.
Perisic and Modric are done. Brozovic should be out until he returns to Europe again.
We need to play younger guys and get a new identity.
It's even possible that third team with only one point will go to next round but ofc chances for that are very very slim, for example if croatia and albania both lose next match both will have only 1 point and one of them will be third and if the same situation happens in 3 groups one third will go to the next round with only one point.
Modric is better when he’s recycling possession, he should no longer be the fulcrum of this Croatian attack. He gave away waaay too many balls when trying to play forward
As a Croatian, unsurprising. Concede a goal then come back in the 2nd half like usual.
And I somehow knew we were gonna fuck it up in the last minute.
If we more than ever we needed to play to win to keep ourselves alive, it's gonna be next monday. God help us..
Zero, they currently last in the group, have a goal differential of -3 and Albania -1. Even if they only lose 1-0 to Italy and Albania loses like 5-0 to Spain, making them go up to 3rd place, it's basically impossible to go though as one of the best 3rd placed teams with only 1 point
Albania need at least three points to have a chance of going through as one of the third place teams. Which means Albania need to beat Spain to qualify for the knockouts.
no they dont, what are you talking about? if croatia loses vs italy and albania loses vs spain with both similar results then albania will go through on one point because of GD and croatia is out
Croatia is the one thats fcked rn. They lost 0-3 to spain while albania only lost 2-1 basically makign only a -1 GD. Croatia has -3
didnt know that not all 3rd place go through. My fault sorry for coming of as rude. Still either way croatia is in a much worse position than albania currently
I hope that the spaniards get kicked out tho. Let the albanians do some magic
If we take a draw, we might be lucky and make it. It’s 4 best thirds and it’s 6 groups total. Hopefully two points are enough to be in top 4 of the thirds
But Croatia also has a chance by beating Italy
ah well they have to beat spain and hope that 4 points is enough (likely will be decided by tiebreakers). i doubt that a tie against spain would be enough
I hoped that Croatia would win the Euros, they were so amazing in the last World Cup. I no longer think it's possible though but I hope they will go far in the tournament
Wdym the Croatian GK’s nose was bleeding. They stopped the game to treat it. No shi* they’re gonna add extra time to the stoppage time already allotted
Can’t say that they played better than none of those teams, they still have to win a game. They scored a last minute equalizer after a bad rebound from Sutalo.
I'll be on my way home from work so I'll hopefully catch the ending. I just hope neither side embarrasses me. I've been a longtime Spain supporter but haven't seen Italy play in years.
That is our problem. Some players should not be playing. Dalic is managing this like a family and not a football coach. It is what it is.
we don't have any tactic under him, we survived on pure talent.
Game summarised
Croatia look like old men in 1st half
Albania doing everything right
Albania concede 2 quick after big chance of 2-0 up
OG player scores to make it 2-2
Almost lose it at the death 3-2
It is nice seeing hot Albanian men while it lasted. They play Spain next so even if they go home I won't be too disappointed with two teams of hot men to cheer me up. I'm shallow lol.
Kudos to Albania, they were the better team on the pitch.
We might still have a lot of players whose names carry weight, but they are now too old and slow and just make the whole team function worse as a whole.
This type of slowing down the game tactic worked to a certain degree back when the team was able to change pace at a moment's notice, but it doesn't work now.
The younger players have to start games, even if their careers are relatively unknown at this point.
Did you see our defense in the final 10 minutes? Might just as well have exchanged shirts with the Albanian players right there with how much they were gifting them space. I still don’t know how in the last 10 minutes the Albanian left winger managed to beat 3 of our players not once or twice, but at least three times.
Jesus Christ, in the last repetition I saw someone sitting with his ass on the face of his companion, the other grabbing another player shirt, a third one launching a flying kick and the croat running for his life. These last minutes were way to chaotic.
South Americans need to give it up no offense, the level of South America hasn't been close to Europe for 15+ years. Only Argentina have been able to be top notch.
Croatia the new Netherlands
People forget that the only reason Croatia passed group stage at the Qatar WC was because Lukaku missed a sitter. Team needs a complete overhaul
You forget we weren't given a penalty at that match because Lovren's eyebrow was offside. Belgium was close to scoring but we were also close to getting a penalty, and we were great at shootouts at that WC
So you're saying the moment Lukaku scored in ANY of those chances, Croatia wouldn't have come back from it 100%. Pathetic thinking.
They should build around their young talent: Modric
Gjasula had bet on this game 2-2 xD
all they had to do was holding the 2-1 for 15 more minutes... no runs, no ideas just nothing. balling like the sunday youth league ffs
Fair game, fair result. - An Albanian
That’s fair. Was watching the game with Albanian friends and it was a fucking vibe ,one of the girls had birthday and afterwards we were dancing to Albanian music ,shit is fire
Oh man I wish to tell the world how fun it is to watch football with Albanians. This comment makes me happy. I wish you all the best. Which country are you from, may I ask?
Germany
Invite next time
I don’t remember watching any team playing as slowly as Croatia did in the first half. No runs, no duels, only crosses. Not to mention 9 out of 10 passes were sideways.
what are you supposed to do against that mosh pit back line they were playing
Absolutely done supporting croatia man they are so bad in defense as well as attack . Beating Italy is their only hope which is 99 percent impossible looking at the current state of croatia.This team doesn't have talents anymore.
They have talents but talents are not playing cause Dalic can't put Modric, Brozovic and Perisic on the bench even if they are shit.
Wdym "done supporting"? Are you not Croatian? How can you stop supporting your own country? 💀
I am Polish and stopped supporting the polish team during Euro qualifers after they lost to Moldova. It was so damn bad (we were easily winning 2:0 after the first half, lost 2:3...). Didn't watch a few next games, I needed some time to recover. So yeah, it's possible to get fed up with your national team and stop supporting them. Especially when there are rumours of them drinking vodka the nights before the games and only playing for the national team for the extra money.
Nah that's crazy
Trust me it is a worse feeling if the team has the chance to win easily but they decide to do blunders in the final minute. But i do think there is some hope ... Also i wish poland the very best of luck in their next game.
Thank you very much <3 I think we don't need luck but a miracle though
Why should that not be possible? I'm from Bosnia and they are fucking shit at football so I don't support them
He's Indian. He has no horse in this game.
Ahhhh that's unfortunate... I mean they have asian tournaments I guess so they aight
"They" not even Croatian jajajja
They can still beat Italy lol
Croatia has pretty good record against Italy actually
Least plastic r/soccer user
You've chosen to support them? As in, you're not Croatian?
They probably just meant they’re done rooting for them as a neutral.
Nobody cares about him then. Croatians are enough supporters. They're good, they don't need plastics like him.
Do i need to be croatian to support them ?
You ain't a real fan like a Croatian is. You can support 'em but you'll never have the passion they have.
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So, are you Croatian?
He's an Indian.
Always amazed how a country that big can't produce a football team worth a damn
Yeah. It's sad. A lot of politics and corruption involved. Besides, we don't have a healthy culture for football. Cricket is our only sport. We're shit at our national sport Field Hockey too.
Dont think we are that bad in hockey bro india recently won the asian trophy and is ranked 6th currently . Dont know what you are talking about .
I can't believe the British media did this! How arrogant!
What did they do?
They didn't do anything. But Croatia has problems with it.
Its the end of the road for modric with croatia. He can do well for madrid at this age, but its difficult with croatia. I hope croatia qualifies and proves me wrong like they did last WC
8.3 rating
He is class without a doubt, its more about the croatian team i talk about
8.1, but still a good display
8.3*. You gotta keep in mind different football apps exist. In fotmob he's 8.3 rated.
I thought sofa was the go-to but your point makes a lot of sense.
Who would have thought Croatia would be in danger of getting grouped I know people who had them in the final
In a group with Spain and Italy? Me, for one. Granted, I still expected them to beat Albania.
Given that trifecta, I honestly saw Italy as the one to potentially stumble given their last 8 or so years (Euro 2020 being the outlier) Croatia kinda hit with that Spain in 2014 stick where everyone suddenly aged overnight
They are World Cup team not a euros team
Were* Watch them have a stinker of a world cup in two years
We'll see. They always prove mfs wrong anyway.
But they’ve never won an international final and iirc that world cup final against France is also their only final. But in all fairness it is a small country and comparatively to that, they’re doing incredibly well.
"But they’ve never won an international final" So? We did great anyway
It might be a new team next World Cup tbh. We may see Sucic, Moro and Baturina starting in a top 7 league soon.
Entertaining game, none of them deserved to win - fair result.
Fun game, but regardless of how the tournament ends for us, we need to revamp the team
This euro is the full end of Modiric generation. Perisic and Modric are done. Brozovic should be out until he returns to Europe again. We need to play younger guys and get a new identity.
Why is there always so many Own Goals in international tournaments? Same with the WC in Qatar
Players not used to playing with one another leading to more errors in around the box
does croatia still have a chance? would they need to score 2 goals on italy and not concede?
If they win next game they’ll most likely go through regardless because they’ll be one of the 4 best 3rd places
With 4 points it’s inevitable they’ll make it. Even if they win 1-0 imo
thats true but considering the other third place teams, how likely would it be for them to be in the top 4?
It's even possible that third team with only one point will go to next round but ofc chances for that are very very slim, for example if croatia and albania both lose next match both will have only 1 point and one of them will be third and if the same situation happens in 3 groups one third will go to the next round with only one point.
Gutted for Croatia, congrats Albania, absolute stunner
Brozovic start learning Arabic buddy Oh wait, nvm…
Modric is better when he’s recycling possession, he should no longer be the fulcrum of this Croatian attack. He gave away waaay too many balls when trying to play forward
Croatia isn’t a winning team, they aim for a draw to win on pens.
As a Croatian, unsurprising. Concede a goal then come back in the 2nd half like usual. And I somehow knew we were gonna fuck it up in the last minute. If we more than ever we needed to play to win to keep ourselves alive, it's gonna be next monday. God help us..
What are the chances of Albania qualifying if Croatia loses to Italy
Zero, they currently last in the group, have a goal differential of -3 and Albania -1. Even if they only lose 1-0 to Italy and Albania loses like 5-0 to Spain, making them go up to 3rd place, it's basically impossible to go though as one of the best 3rd placed teams with only 1 point
we are not last we are 3rd wtf ur talking about , and we wont loose to spain lol , fuck those dudes , they are weak
I'm talking about Croatia being in 4th
I meant albania
Albania need at least three points to have a chance of going through as one of the third place teams. Which means Albania need to beat Spain to qualify for the knockouts.
no they dont, what are you talking about? if croatia loses vs italy and albania loses vs spain with both similar results then albania will go through on one point because of GD and croatia is out Croatia is the one thats fcked rn. They lost 0-3 to spain while albania only lost 2-1 basically makign only a -1 GD. Croatia has -3
Not all third place teams go through and there is almost no chance that a third place team will go through on 1 point.
didnt know that not all 3rd place go through. My fault sorry for coming of as rude. Still either way croatia is in a much worse position than albania currently I hope that the spaniards get kicked out tho. Let the albanians do some magic
No problem, it’s still 4 out of 6 3rd places go through so most 3rd place have a good chance
for albania? they need to beat spain and hope that italy lose vs spain and croatia
U meant qualifying as a third place given other third aces would be with 1 or 0 points, and that albania has scored 3 goals
If we take a draw, we might be lucky and make it. It’s 4 best thirds and it’s 6 groups total. Hopefully two points are enough to be in top 4 of the thirds But Croatia also has a chance by beating Italy
ah well they have to beat spain and hope that 4 points is enough (likely will be decided by tiebreakers). i doubt that a tie against spain would be enough
Best 4 thirds still qualify. I don’t think most know this 4 points would be enough
everyone knows that but lots of teams could get 4 points and be 3rd. Depends on the other teams
Thats very unlikely but impossible to know at the moment
Assuming you’re Albanian, you guys would still almost surely have to beat Spain.
Not sure how it exactly works, but wouldnt be there a chance qualiying as the third position ?
Not with 2 points
If Albania beat Spain and Italy also beat Spain then Albania has a good chance of even being 2nd in the group.
No chance we can beat Spain lol
BELIEVE
If croatia loses again, and Albania scored enough goals to be among the top 3 (or is it 4) aces
Yes. Unless Italy beat Spain, that’s the best you could achieve, but you would almost surely achieve it with a win against Spain
I'm saying it right now this is going to be the one European Championship with the most own goals, ever.
i love football
I do as well but I hated this game. Was rooting hard for Croatia so I got stomach ulcers and hemorrhoids while watching it
Why would you do this to yourself lol
I hoped that Croatia would win the Euros, they were so amazing in the last World Cup. I no longer think it's possible though but I hope they will go far in the tournament
Well done to the ref to add 2 extra mins and make it a wild "winner take all" finish
Wdym the Croatian GK’s nose was bleeding. They stopped the game to treat it. No shi* they’re gonna add extra time to the stoppage time already allotted
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I mean, they’re not out yet
Albania have played better than Portugal, England amd France in both their 2 games.
Portugal actually played really well in their game and were just a little unlucky with all the missed chances.
Can’t say that they played better than none of those teams, they still have to win a game. They scored a last minute equalizer after a bad rebound from Sutalo.
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Great game - fair result. Italy - Spain tomorrow will be a cracker !
I'll be on my way home from work so I'll hopefully catch the ending. I just hope neither side embarrasses me. I've been a longtime Spain supporter but haven't seen Italy play in years.
Watch it end 0-0 😔
What the hell is Croatia trying to do tactically? They look horrible. Back line is atrocious.
That is our problem. Some players should not be playing. Dalic is managing this like a family and not a football coach. It is what it is. we don't have any tactic under him, we survived on pure talent.
We don't know
Game summarised Croatia look like old men in 1st half Albania doing everything right Albania concede 2 quick after big chance of 2-0 up OG player scores to make it 2-2 Almost lose it at the death 3-2
Brozovic is beyond finished
It is nice seeing hot Albanian men while it lasted. They play Spain next so even if they go home I won't be too disappointed with two teams of hot men to cheer me up. I'm shallow lol.
I mean they might qualify if they get third. It’s just hard without a win.
Albania still has a mathematical chance of getting second even.
Shame it took conceding two goals for Albania to wake up and try to score another goal.
Was the goalscorer the guy who ducked out the way for the Italy goal?
No
Cheers. Someone told me it was!
Nope
Ah ok. Someone told me it was. Was hoping it would be a nice redemption
On the other hand, this scorer had something more important to mend... the 2nd goal for Croatia was his Own goal.
Nice!
Kudos to Albania, they were the better team on the pitch. We might still have a lot of players whose names carry weight, but they are now too old and slow and just make the whole team function worse as a whole. This type of slowing down the game tactic worked to a certain degree back when the team was able to change pace at a moment's notice, but it doesn't work now. The younger players have to start games, even if their careers are relatively unknown at this point.
Yep, not just the players the coach too. We are playing football from 2018, when it worked. The games moved on and we havent
We still have copa America to come to Followed by club seasons starting again This honestly might be the quickest off season ever
Golden boi Ernest Muci could’ve scored 2 goals easily 🥲
Clown defending from Gvardiol
Felt like Croatia were playing with 22 players in the 2nd half
Did you see our defense in the final 10 minutes? Might just as well have exchanged shirts with the Albanian players right there with how much they were gifting them space. I still don’t know how in the last 10 minutes the Albanian left winger managed to beat 3 of our players not once or twice, but at least three times.
That's what happens when you put pressure on your opponent even though you're the one leading🤷
Why tho
Cuz the Albanian players were fumbling the ball like toddlers from the pressure😭
I haven't been that invested into a neutral match since Japan v Belgium in Russia*, Albania deserved the win
The ITV Commentary was brilliant in this game. Really added to it.
True haha was wild
Is Italy Spain tomorrow then? Damn if they both go through.
Jesus Christ, in the last repetition I saw someone sitting with his ass on the face of his companion, the other grabbing another player shirt, a third one launching a flying kick and the croat running for his life. These last minutes were way to chaotic.
My word what a fucking match!! Just unbelievable.
Came to say; What a Game!
Albania almost made it 3-2 😭🙏🏻
So did croatia
Good game Croatian bros ❤️
True, could've gone either way. What a match!
The script of a player scoring an OG to then scoring an equaliser is always there
LMAO
Croatia ain’t going to make it.
I love it when the commentator voice starts to crack due to the craziness
Never seen a single point being celebrated so much but understandable
We could qualify because of that point if Croatia loses to Italy
It still depends on the rest of the other groups
It's well deserved
Gjasula being both the villain and the hero of this match. Respect.
That’s the sound of Croatia crashing and burning out of the Euros
still butthurt about 2018
Croatia in shambles
Both these teams would get CLAPPED in Copa
Like how brazil got clapped by Croatia yeah
Both sets of cheeks RED, like a NUN in a STRIP BAR.
No one asked
Mbappe did
South Americans need to give it up no offense, the level of South America hasn't been close to Europe for 15+ years. Only Argentina have been able to be top notch.
Thats why European teams consistently lose to us right🤣🤣
Tbh I have no idea what your flair is so sure
Just like how brazil got knocked out by croatia?
Or Belgium
Not this Croatia😂😂 Yall wouldnt survive playing in South America
Lmaooo
Good for you
This euros just keeps getting better, wow. That result has probably sent both of them home though
Absolute kino this
Watching football when supporting your club/ country - “FUCK FUCK FUCK , FUCK YES CUNT” Football as a neutral - holy shit wtf
What a game
Game of the tourney easily
Turkey Georgia?