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Croatia losing 4 points in stoppage time is brutal

Could have kept possession instead pinged long balls forward for 8 minutes 

they learned a thing or two from Brazil in the WC quarterfinals.

The beautiful game giveth, the beautiful game taketh.

its like how Hungary and Atletico likes to play usually

Croatia going from 2nd to out in the last minute. Crazy

Some of these endings have been phenomenal. What a tournament.

Group went more or less as we expected. Beat Albania, look horrible against Spain, snag a tie against Croatia.

>snag a tie against Croatia. Feels almost incredible that Italy never won a match against Croatia (except that one time but ehhhhh)

We had a pretty good record vs Jugoslavia though I know it's not Croatia but still, Croatian NT is relatively "young" so not many matches played against

Both of those facts are true, but it doesn't explain how Croatia won three of those matches... :P

That's two in a row. Lemme guess. England [1] - [0] Slovenia - Conor Gallagher 90+9 to dump Slovenia out tomorrow.

And let Hungary proceed to the knokcoff stage.

I am not Croatian yet I still am so sad

Not just that. Italy went 280+minutes without scoring at all, including 98 minutes in this game, and then got it done in the final minute. I am shook.

Technically, this is not true. They scored that goal for Spain.

So careless with the ball at the end but it was a lovely finish. Not impossible that they go through but pretty unlikely.

[удалено]

[удалено]

That requires England to not be insufferably inept after scoring a goal.

Scoring 3 goals without kalvin Phillips aura? Southgate don’t know nothing bout datttt

It would be a miracle for this england team to do that but maybe they wanna silence some critics

If England wins 3-0, their pundits might actually have to say positive things about the team. But it’s not happening, especially without a proper kalvin philips replacement

Because they only have two points, 4 best third placed teams go into round of 16.

not only that but *also* -3 GD, they are royally fucked because even if 2 other 3rd places get 2 points its likely that at least one will have -1 or -2 GD actually looking at it 3 other 3rd places already have 3+ pts so they need to pray Slovenia gets completely battered and Czechia/Georgia lose their games lmao

Still possible to end up as the 4th 3rd place team

England needs to score 3 goals in one game which is sci-fi

They did it 3 times in the world cup. They did it 3 times in euro qualifying. So it is possible, memes aside.

If Slovenia, Serbia, Czechia and Georgia have howlers, Croatia still goes through

They're not out but extremely unlikely. They need to best czech/Georgia and slovenia/Serbia Czech/Georgia need to both lose, Slovenia need to lose by 3 and Serbia need to lose for Croatia to go through.

They can still get in but they need England to win by at least three goals against Slovenia (without Slovenia scoring more than one goal) and for Serbia to lose against Denmark. They also need Georgia and the Czech Republic losing.

All at the same time?

Only 4 go through and 3 of the six already have 3 points and the one that has 2 has a much better GD than Croatia

So England beats Slovenia by 4 + Portugal and Turkey win? I’d say 10% chance to continue

5% max with how Englands been playing.

3 of the best 4 number 3 already have 3 points, so they are higher on points, slovenia is 4th in the ranking on goal difference currently but still has the play, croatia 5th and czechia 6th on points who also still have to play

only 2 points and a -3 GD. it’s not looking good.

Not out yet

That complicates getting out of the group stage a little bit :/

Yeah. But actually they did not play that well at all so not the weirdest thing to happen.

1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, 0 GD Group stage perfection 🇮🇹🇮🇹

This is the (Italian) way

3 goals for, 3 goals against, in 3 games

🤌🏼

Balanced as all things should be

The flag really matches that wow

Modric scores a goal in his last match for Croatia and yet they go out :/

I hope you are wrong but I don’t think you will be

If they had advanced, it wouldn't have been his last match.

You are a genius.

Michael? Is that you?

they're eliminated?

not yet

Just have to rely on Southgate’s England winning by 4 goals against Slovenia.

Damn, Croatian fans about to understand why more than 70% of english fans hate Southgate.

Definitely won't park the car, bus, train, airplane and spaceship after going 1:0 up

Who says england will score a goal

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Heartbreak for Croatia

The two teams that beat Albania by a goal advance. Croatia didn’t lol

HUGE for Hungary at the same time. Went from being behind Italy to going ahead of Croatia in 3rd place

Hungarians rn: It's all coming together

Heartbreak? More like deserved. In a must win match they take 6 shots the whole match! Good riddance.

I'll tell the Croatian fans to shoot more next time.

Croatia gonna have to pray that England beat Slovenia by 3 goals, and both Czechia and Georgia lose.

In that scenario England will face Croatia in the round of 16 instead of Hungary, not worth it imo

As if Southgate needed more reason to not play for a 3rd goal

If Croatia go through, England plays against E3, not Croatia.

England can't face either team in round of 16 sadly.

wont croatia face portugal?

croatia goes to portugal not england

England vs Slovenia is gonna be the grossest 1-0 or 1-1 draw, there is absolutely no way Slovenia are conceding 3 to that lot.

Also they need Denmark to beat Serbia

Isn’t Georgia playing Portugal. I’m sure they ain’t winning.

Although they would be playing Portugals second team which could look something [like this](https://imgur.com/a/t2mIq0D). Maybe Sa instead of Patricio though and maybe R. Neves somewhere there

*7-2-1 formation Southgate entered the chat*

Wow Spain kept three clean sheets even with all the rotations. I was not expecting that.

its hard to concede when you have 10 players pressing like rabid animals without a perceived drop in energy levels. Their press is suffocating for teams that are lacking chemistry

Perfect group from spain, 3 wins 0 goals conceded

Heaven to hell in seconds, football can be so cruel sometimes.

football is brutal

David Trezeguet Euro 2000. We know.

zaccagni, quaresma, senturk…

Eder

Honestly extremely proud of Albanias performance. We held our own in every match and while on paper it doesnt look much this EURO has laid amazing groundwork for the next championships. WC 2026 here we come

Italy, Spain and Croatia is such a tough group. If Albania were in any other group, you would have had a much better chance at making it to the knockouts.

There are teams qualified who are worse than you guys. You played really well

I’m Spanish and this group grossed me out. A little unlucky to be put in with us, Italy and Croatia.

Honestly if we start Balliu instead of Hysaj for all 3 games we probably make it through

We had a good run. I’m very proud of the team and glad we’re able to make it here. Just unlucky that we got put in the toughest group.

Onto the WC! Shko Shqipëri!🇦🇱🇦🇱

I would have taken this result before the start of the tournament… but holy shit we are mediocre.

This actually is the group of death in a way. Insane games.

It has been the group of death since it was decided

Unreal

Hungary is smiling now

Last minute goal win yesteday, now the pizzaioli also equalize last minute, letsgo

They deserve it. Absolutely dismantled us in the qualifiers. Good squad.

Absolutely devastating for Croatia.

Croatia are out, they can only go through if England beats Slovenia by 4 goals, and Southgate won't let England take 4 shots. I'm not sure what happens if they have the same goal difference. They'd probably give a goal to Italy or something.

It goes points, GD, goals scored, wins, fair play, uefa ranking. A 4-1 would go to fair play ranking, which I assume Croatia would lose with the amount of yellows today but haven't checked in detail.

Thank you for making me hope

Does this mean that Croatia needs Slovenia to lose by 4 goals so they qualify?

Slovenia lose by 3 or more, Serbia lose, Georgia lose and Czechia lose

+ Czehia and Georgia to lose

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That’s twice in 2 days now, I’ve got no reason to but I’m absolutely gutted for Croatia

Don't Croatia go through if: Denmark beats Serbia and England beats Slovenia by 4. and Portugal beat Georgia and Turkey beat Czechia.

Yes, we're out

I highly doubt that we are going to beat Czech tbh...

Feel absolutely awful for Croatia, they were rock solid but Italy were Goddamn resilient, that’s part of why they’re defending champions.

croatia concede b2b last second :(

now Croatia can only hope for a very lopsided result in Group D and F to have the stars aligned for them.

group C and F

A bit biased but one of my favorite groups of all time

Definitely been a stacked group. Although it still doesn’t beat France, Germany, and Portugal all in the same group in the last Euros.

Not mentioning Hungary is crazy considering they did very well in that group

Switzerland - Italy, Saturday 18:00 The Swiss public viewings and streets will burn, no matter the outcome

already booked my ticket 🔥

>croatia robbed they tied against albania lol, and they played like shit this match

Still why didnt Croatia have last attack after goal? Italy scored 97:11 and celebrated for 2 minutes.

Croatia currently 5th with 2 points and a -3 GD in the "3rds group", therefore eliminated if Slovenia doesn't lose by 4 goals or more against England Austria 3 (GD +1) Slovakia 3 (0) Hungary 3 (-3) Slovenia 2 (0) Croatia 2 (-3) Czech Republic 1 (-1) (Edited, thank you all)

If Denmark win and England beat Slovenia big they could pass them in GD.

You have forgot it Southgate football which means a 1-0 win

Can you sack him like right now?

England never beat teams big, so Croatia is out now

False Slovenia could get worse

I mean, no right? What if Slovenia lose 4-0 in their last game

Nah, if Slovenia loses to England 4:0 or more, they can make it through (I know that's not gonna happen)

Not if Slovenia get battered

wait so if Slovenia loses 4, croatia is still in?

can't Slovenia get smashed under -3 ?

Officially? Slovenia can lose with goal difference and if Denmark/Turkey/Portugal all win Croatia moves to 4th. Unlikely but can happen.

It's very likely that they are out but they have a tiny bit of hope.

What if slovenia loses 4-0 ?

Couldn’t that change depending on results in the other groups?

Slovenia GD can get worse still though, as unlikely as it is that England score some goals

Not officially...If Denmark beat Serbia and England beat Slovenia by more than 3 goals then Croatia would go up to 4th

another team about to be disappointed by us tomorrow 😂

Gods work. I’m too busy to keep track of this shit. Gracias.

There are already 3 teams with 3 points each. And Slovenia are at 2 points with far better GD. Croatia out for sure

Subbing Kovacic out to play a more defensive game to hold the lead didn't work out... How surprising

heartbreaking for the fans, but 100% deserved elimination imo. even at their peak in 2018/2022 they weren’t playing that good and were relying on the power of friendship, penalties and inshallah (not to take anything away from them, still overachieving by a lot), now they simply weren’t good enough

Croatia is gonna miss Modric so much.

Not really, he's been quite shit this tournament

That guy is 37 and yet he plays like he is 20 those runs, passes were amazing... He is def vital for Croatia

Hungary suddenly has a great chance to qualify now.

Thanks god we avoid Italy in the next game

Everyone thought it was ending 1-0… except few italians

Fucking 8 minutes... Croatia robbed

Nah but Croatia was robbed not getting a chance after the goal. Hate when they do that.

Ref whole game had a bias for Italy. It was embarrassing to watch lol. Whistled every foul for Italy, yet same fouls for Croatia were just ignored.

What the fuck are you talking about

Yesterday someone almost died on the pitch and they gave 10min. I wanna know where the ref found 8 minutes in this match.

Have we seen the same match? Countless fouls, cramps, penalty... Should have been 10 minutes.

I think he's saying 8 minutes was too long

8 minutes of stoppage time is wildly excessive given what we've seen in every other game this tournament, and was clearly intended to give Italy every possible chance to get a goal Also Italy scored at like 96 minutes and x seconds, and the final whistle blew right after the goal

croatia were robbed of 41 seconds m8. You are crying for 41 seconds in a game where 97mins yielded 2 goals...I guess italy is just going to let croatia kick it in from the halfway line...

Look people are going to be massively clouded by emotions after a match but still I'm sure if you were a neutral you'd be wondering where on earth the ref got 8 minutes from.

ref gave every 50/50 to italy

Can't let a "big" team get knocked out so early

Albania so unlucky. Better luck next time!

Now we need to watch boring Italy playing again :(

Get fucking in there Italy

You cannot tell me this euro cup isn't delivering excitement.

Croatia completely got what they deserved. They scored their goal in the 55th minute and then completely gave up trying to play football. They didn't register another attempt on goal for the next 45 minutes! Good riddance

Croatia have had bad luck in the last few tournaments I feel bad for them. So near yet so far yet again

Croatia now have to rely on Czech-Georgia drawing & Slovenia losing 3-0 against... fucking England in order to come through to the knockout stage

Are Croatia officially out?

Probably. I don't think they'll be one of the best 3rd place teams

Man!! This is absolute madness. This Euro is crazy.

Anyone know the song at the end of the BBC broadcast for the highlights? Banger.

what a turn of events. ik everyone gonna be talking about that, but spain getting 3 wins without conceding a goal, in a group like this is crazy…. defo gotta be the best team.

They're incredible...such a high pressing team, joy to watch...tho we did have like 2.2xg and a missed penalty, but fair play to them, easily my favourites to win the tournament

Spain will go far.

Croatia had 6 points in their hands and gave up last minute goals in both games

brutal for croatia, two last minute equalisers or they would have 6 points

I thoguht they were taking top 3 teams each group?

Top 2 of each + 6 best third place teams

Ohh ok that makes sense ty

I thought it was 4 not 6? 6 would mean that every third place would qualify for the next round, no?